The Best of Friends

I'm highly skeptical of South African Mastiffs (Boa Boars - liberties have been taken with this spelling). Karma was attacked by one at about seven in the morning as this dog pulled out of the owners hands in it's enthusiasm to attack Karma. Happily Karma was youngish, saw him coming, and probably had at least 10 kgs on it. Karma went up on his back legs and met the evil beast on equal terms. I managed an ineffectual kick into the evil one's flank (I had Karma on the lead, so had a bad angle). Karma fought the evil one off, and then went back to his walk, with his feather duster tail up in the air - nothing bothered Karma, he really matched his name! So I was skeptical when I met Ijronn.

Ijronn is a beautiful dog, both in form, but especially in personality. He's about the same age as Kin, they are in the same weight class (Kin 74 kgs, Ijronn 81 kgs) and they are the best of friends. We live a couple of Km apart, but text to try to take trips together. The two our soooo happy to meet, they play, and they are soooo happy it's great to see them.

Reidar, and Karin (the owners) are as lovely as their dog.