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| Bed Hog | The mastiff that pins you within your own bed leaving little chance to move and feeling paralyzed by morning; the mastiff(s) that occupy your bed before you get a chance to get in bed, forcing you to use the couch | ||
| Big Stink | Mastiff flatulence | Fart, Mastiff gas, Wind |
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| Body Hug | When a mastiff leans his body into yours |
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| Boogie-Woogie | When a mastiff is wiggling their rear with excitement to see their owner | Boggie-Woogies-all-the-day |
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| Butt Puncher | The mastiff that uses his or her muzzle to "punch" you square in the butt; especially comical when it is done to guests who least expect it | Gooser |
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| Bye-byes | Car rides | ||
| Circle tail | The mastiff wags their tail in a circle fashion while it is held straight out | ||
| Couch Potato | The sedentary mastiff (all mastiffs!) | ||
| Couch Protector | The mastiff who uses his or her body weight to prevent the couch from a random gravity flux event | ||
| Counter slime | The remnants of counter surfing |
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| Counter surfing | When the table or counter is muzzle height and the mastiff knows there is good eats up there...or they're just nosey | ||
| Dead soldier | A war torn stuffed animal | ||
| Deep Sleeper | The mastiff that has a VERY hard time getting up in the morning or from a long nap |
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| Drool bucket | Another name for any mastiff | ||
| Eye booger | The mucus that accumulates in the corner of the mastiff's eyes after a long nap | Eye goober |
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| Face nibblin' | When a mastiff chews on their human's face using only their front teeth; it's a fast-paced nibbling action; can be performed on arm or hand | Bities |
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| Flap face | A big mastiff face with dangling jowls | Drapery | |
| Fluffy | A long-coated mastiff | ||
| Footwarmer | Mastiff sitting on, not AT your feet |
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| Fresh | Clean water |
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| Gloop | The nasty slime left in the bottom of a water bowl |
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| Happy dance | The whole body stomp performed when something is exciting |
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| Happy ears | When the ears are placed back a certain way while the mastiff is joyful; often accompanied by head swaying |
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| Happy tail | An exceedingly fast wag of the mastiff's tail while the tail is in a normal, lowered position |
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| Head hugs | The way a mastiff presses their head against you affectionately | ||
| Hip prop thingy | The way a mastiff uses the edge of the couch to rest their rump upon, often to plant themselves next to the person they will be getting lovies from | the One Cheek Sneak | |
| Huskaphilia | When the freshly-fallen or falling snow makes your mastiff think they are a malamute; related to Malamutation | ||
| Independent contractor | Any mastiff that takes down doors, walls or windows by himself | ||
| Jelly Beans | Two or more mastiffs competing for attention |
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| Kitty pomade | The stuff left behind on kitty after mastiff gives it a good snuffle; makes interesting mohawks and spikes |
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| Lap Warmer | A Mastiff rather heavily sitting on your lap | ||
| Malamutation | When your mastiff thinks they are the main character in a Jack London story |
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| Massive resistance | A Mastiff's practice of going totally limp when s/he doesn't want to do whatever her/his owner wants her/him to do |
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| Mastiff Entertainment | The resident cat and boss of the home |
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| Mastiff Hurricane | When a mastiff wreaks havoc and ruin in the house | ||
| Mastiff Marks | Dried drool on the TV screen or clothing | Similar to Wall wax |
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| Mastiff Mountain | A pile of mastiff poop, when artfully deposited is known as "poop henge" | Land mine, POOP HENGE | |
| Mastiff Olympics | When a mastiff rolls on their back, kicking their legs, having a wonderful time while doing it, making grunting noises sometimes, and it is evident this takes A LOT of effort | ||
| Mastiff Smile | When a mastiff sleeps on his back, with his head upside down, exposing all of his teeth in a goofy upside down grin. |
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| Moistmug | When a mastiff comes to you right after they drink, sharing their muzzle moisture with you | ||
| Momma snap | The correction of a momma mastiff to a youngin' | Queen snap |
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| Moose boy | The adolescent male mastiff that has no idea he weighs over 100 pounds | ||
| Mouthing | When a mastiff leads a person by the arm or hand (or other body part) with their mouth | Owning | |
| Muzzle dipper | The mastiff that dips their entire or partial muzzle into the water bowl to drink |
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| Neck Ruffle | The mastiff's neck skin bulges through the collar and drapes over it |
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| Nibblin' | When a mastiff chews on pillows or blankets using only their front teeth | Bities |
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| Nun hat | When our mastiff gets very excited or interested in something, and he holds his ears so high that he looks like Sally Field in "The Flying Nun"; example: "Ollie has his nun hat on." | ||
| Oldster | The mastiff with WHITE MASK rather than black mask | ||
| Poop connoisseur | The mastiff with coprophagia, either to supplement their diet or because they think it tastes good |
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| Pouty lip | When a mastiff with an underbite has their lower lip exposed in a pathetic, pouty fashion | Poopy Lip, Lipping | |
| Puddle of rug | What a mastiff turns into when it sleeps, particularly true for the Neapolitan mastiff | ||
| Puffing the Flews | When a mastiff blows air out of is closed mouth, and it "puffs" out his flew area | ||
| Ride Junky | The mastiff needing two bye-byes a day to stay happy |
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| Road Block | Mastiffs that decide to body block you in every direction after you've taken great pains to escape their pindown on the couch. Somehow hallways are no match for these manipulative monkeys. |
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| Serious Furniture Overload | When they all pile on to a favorite couch and for some reason do not all fit | ||
| Side swipe | The wet spot on your leg after your mastiff walks by |
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| Slinger | A long extension of saliva hanging from the mastiff's mouth | Goobers, Jowl juice, Mouth-boogers, Shoelace, Slimer, Slobber | |
| Snapper | A nice deep relaxing nap with mastiff and human | ||
| Songster | The mastiff that is not shy about singing | Howler, Carooner | |
| Speed bump | The nuchal crest on the mastiff's cranium; some have a more exaggerated crest | Knowledge bump | |
| Sticky yucky | A partially chewed rawhide |
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| Stomp stomp | When a mastiff makes his or her presence known with stomping, swaying, dancing, and vocalizations; only some mastiffs do this, usually the dominant ones; can be done to announce to owner that it is supper time |
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| Teddy Bear | Enormous dog that thinks it can blend in with the other stuffed animals to accompany the human child to bed. Think ala E.T. | ||
| The Claw | The big paw on your leg that squeezes and pulls you closer for attention, althewhile digging their nails into you | ||
| The Lean | The mastiff presses against you with so much force they could knock you to the floor with their body weight | Body lean |
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| Token small dog | A small dog that resides in the mastiff's home; usually lords over the mastiff | ||
| Tongue Baby | A mastiff who is known to have a bit of their tongue sticking out while sleeping or while relaxed; the mastiff has no idea it is sticking out | ||
| Tree trunk | The mastiff's tail; of particular notice when it is hitting you while being wagged | Whip; Cat toy |
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| Union contractor | This one gets help from his buds (see independent contractor) |
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| Wall wax | The slingers that end up on the wall and ceiling | Wall goobers, Wall art | |
| Wrinkle Face | The mastiff showing off their wonderful wrinkles |
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| Zoomies | Insane running, often in circles and up onto furniture if it's in the way. If done outside, the circles are done so quickly that the Zoomer looks like he or she might fall inward at any moment. The Zoomer often kicks up chunks of dirt and/or grass and has a very goofy grin on his/her face with tongue lolling to one side. This insane burst of energy is often followed by the total collapse of said Zoomer at the exact spot where he/she stopped. Depending on the age and energy level of the Zoomer, Zoomies can last anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes or more. |
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| Fawns have more fun! |
| "What the lion is the the cat, the mastiff is to the dog." |
| Love me, love my mastiff. |
| Got mastiff? |
| I don't own a mastiff, a mastiff owns me. |
| My mastiff owns the house; I just pay the house payment. |
| My mastiff is smarter than your honor student. |
| How much does your dog weigh? |
| You could put a saddle on that dog! |
| How much does your dog eat? |
| Does it drool? |
| Does it shed? |
| Is that a dog or a HORSE? |
| How can you let that big dog in your bed? |
| You actually keep those big dogs in your house? |
| Who cleans up your yard? |
Couch Protector
Fluffy 1
Fluffy 2 (Celestial Lady Marion)

Head hugs
(This
is hip prop thingy gone WRONG)
Hip prop thingy
Huskaphilia
Independent Contractor
Mastiff Mountains in the Making
Mastiff Mountain,
soccer ball for size comparison
Mastiff Olympics 1
Mastiff Olympics 2 Mastiff Olympics 3
Oldster
Puddle of Rug 1
Puddle of Rug 2
Serious
Furniture Overload
Slinger 1
Slinger 2
Teddy Bear (bonus - second picture also Tongue Baby!)
The Claw.......

Token small dog 1
Token small dog 2
Token small
dog 3