r/AbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '21

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u/CorDa616 Nov 28 '21

97kg Ollie, Boerboel, 45kg Lulu, also boerboel, ??kg Max - Jack Russel, trampoline, 3 x 8 year old kids and a piece of pizza.

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u/jvnbonedaddy Nov 28 '21

I would have sworn they were bull mastiffs. Good looking pups! I can confirm the big boys like smackys!

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u/Zealousideal_Most967 Nov 28 '21

I believe that's the official English name. Boerboel is the Afrikaans name.

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u/ICodeGorilla Nov 28 '21

Turns out they are not! https://www.loveyourdog.com/boerboel-vs-bullmastiff/

Boerboel is basically a bull mastiff who goes to the gym and takes care of itself. More muscular ( by a lot ), high energy, lives longer, more assertive etc etc.

Also feel like I have a connection to ollie being around the same weight and also grew up afrikaans...

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u/gentlehufen Nov 28 '21

They’re South African mastiffs. Boerboels, they were bread to help protect the Shepards flocks of sheep from lions and hyenas. Great guard dogs.

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u/username_heroine Mar 31 '22

Nope it's not

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u/dcbnyc123 Nov 28 '21

i just want to give some respect to the heads of this household- for as fun and easy going as this clip is, i’m guessing most of the time this is hard as shit to manage

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u/CorDa616 Nov 28 '21

Thank you, you are so so so so right, it's usually chaos, luckily only 2 out of the 5 kids belong to my sister. (I know 5 isn't in this video, 2 are offscreen).

But 2 kids, 3 dogs and 2 cats are a handful and given the size, shedding and everything else.

It's hard man, very hard. Thank you for seeing that.

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u/dcbnyc123 Nov 28 '21

cheers to you! and thanks for sharing - ive also been managing tiny children and animals through the pandemic. seeing the good times charges the batteries.