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Charlemagne at Covenant Farm

"Charlie" is the foundation of our Second Generation Mastador breeding program (Mastadors bred to Mastadors, rather than Labs bred to Mastiffs) His mother is an AKC registered black English Labrador Retriever and his dad is an AKC registered fawn English Mastiff. He was born in April 2015. He weighs about 125 lbs.

Charlie's puppies have not been a disappointment. A wide array of colors, along with his friendly, calm demeanor, seem to be transmitted to all of his kids. His own unusual color shows up in at least one puppy in all of his 2nd generation litters.

Charlie is named for the Christian emperor, Charlemagne, of the Holy Roman Empire (724 AD to 814 AD). He brought together the fragmented European nations and tribes under a Christian banner, after the Roman Empire had been destroyed by pagan, barbarian Germanic and Scandinavian tribes. While perhaps a *little* ostentatious, we love to name our studs after heroic and valiant men (like our Jeb Stuart and Rob Roy).

Charlemagne is the most prolific stud in the Mastador world, having sired over 750 puppies over the last almost-nine years. There are also at least that mny of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as his offspring are also being used as breeding dogs. We have used his son, Chachi (from Lorna Doone) and his grandson, Cooper. Chachi is the stud for Blue Ridge Mastadors. A breeder in Washington state uses his daughters (one from from Lorna Doone and one from Anabelle), and another Washington breeder uses is son (from Maggie) as a stud. The breeder we bought Charlie from in Florida, uses his son (from Anabelle) as a stud.

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Ragnar Lodbrok of Covenant Farm

"Rags" is an F1 Mastador. His mom is our Lab, Abigail Adams (Abby), and his dad is one of our visiting studs, Benjamin. Rags is a big, sweet lad, not an aggressive bone in his body. He weighs about 135 lbs. He has a nice, stocky body and blocky head. As Charlemagne nears retirement at almost 10 years old, Rags is his replacement.

Rags is named for Ragnar Lodbrok, the Viking Warrior king of legend. We love to name our studs after heroic and valiant men (like our Charlemagne, Jeb Stuart and Rob Roy). We look forward to his puppies with Sassa and Shelby Too!

~ Snoopy~

Snoopy is just over 2 years old. He's an AKC English Mastiff with championship titles in his pedigree. Weighing in at 180 lbs. currently, he still has some filling out to do! He's all muscle, with a gorgeous brindle coat, and a big blocky head. Snoopy was obtained from a family on the west coast, and he has already sired a litter of Mastiffs for them. We got him at the same time that we also got two English Lab lasses, Gypsy and Cowgirl.

Snoopy will be put with all three of our Labs, and at least one litter with Lola. The litters with the Labs will be 1st Generation (F1) Mastadors - 50/50. His puppies with Lola will be F1B - 75% Mastiff, 25% Lab.

Snoopy came to us as "Snoop Dogg," but being the kinda guy I am, I prefer to have him named after a family comic strip character, than a dope-smoking rapper. And besides, I think Snoopy is a cooler character. :)

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Sassa of Covenant Farm

Sassa is a First Generation Mastador. Her father is Duke Brown IX, a chocolate English Lab, and her mother is Magdalene May, a fawn English Mastiff.

Sassa and her sister Kensey came to us from a litter that we bought entirely from a family in Wisconsin, after mentoring them in the breeding process.We kept Kensey and Sassa and sold the rest of the puppies. Sassa has a beautiful build. She still has growing to do, but weighs about 90 lbs so far. She is has great guardian instincts, and loves to be close to her people. She has her puppies with Chachi, son of Lorna Doone and Charlemagne!
Lola the Lovely of Covenant Farm

Lola is an F2 (2nd Generation) Mastador. Her father is Chachi, the son of our Lorna Doone and Charlemagne, and her mother is our Sassa, our F1 Mastador.

Lola was purchased in 2021 from the customer that originally got her from us, as necessity for them required. We love her so much, she is such an excellent companion with adults, kids and other dogs, we decided to keep her! She is being bred to a purebred English Mastiff (Snoopy) and her puppies will be 75% English Mastiff, 25% Labrador. Lola weighs about 125 lbs.

Abigail Adams of Covenant Farm

Abby is a purebred English Labrador Retriever. She is the great-granddaughter of our English Labs, Kelsey & Rob Roy, and comes from Sunset Retrievers in Smithfield, Virginia. Abby's great-grandmother Kelsey, is our Anabelle's mother.

Abby has a medium-high drive. She loves attention, and she loves to play, play, play, with people, or any other dogs she can challenge to a game of keep-away. She smart as a whip. She is a well-built lass, weighing in at about 100 lbs.

Abby's has produced F1B Mastadors, 75% Lab, 25% Mastiff with Charlemagne. She has produced F1 (50/50) with Caesar and with Benjamin, both purebred English Mastiffs.
Gypsy of Covenant Farm

Gypsy is a purebred English Labrador Retriever. She comes from a long line of championship-titled dogs on both sides of her family! She was imported from Ukraine as a puppy, and her sweet, calm demeanor, along with her high intelligence and eagerness to please, make her an outstanding foundation for Mastadors.

Gypsy has a medium-high drive. She loves attention, and she also loves to play, play, play! She's very intelligent, and learns new things easily. She's had one litter of Labs, and is a great mom. She is stocky and bocky-headed, weighing in at about 75 lbs.

Gypsy will be producing 1st Generation (F1) puppies that will be all black. She has been bred to Snoopy, the purebred English Mastiff.

Shelby Too of Covenant Farm

 

Shelby is a second generation Mastador. Her coat is a beautiful reverse brindle that she produces in her puppies. She is a sweet, gentle lass, very affectionate, maybe even a bit clingy. She loves to be with her people. Shelby's first two litters are with Charlemagne. Future litters will be sired by Charlie's replacement, Ragnar Lodbrok of Covenant Farm ("Rags") She is named after our original Shelby, a yellow English Lab. Instead of calling her Shelby II, she is Shelby, Too. :)

 

~ Chachi ~

 

Chachi is the son of our Lorna Doone & Charlemagne. He is an F2 Mastador, 50% English Mastiff, 50% English Lab. He was brought in as a substitute sire for Sassa, who we obtained from outside our breeding lines. Having lost Chachi's mother to a tragic accident in December 2019, we chose to use Chachi to keep her excellent breeding line alive.

Chachi is a big, big, baby. He's a big 150-lb. couch potato, but still loves to play. He thinks he's a lap dog. No, really. He is owned by our dear friends John & Melissa Parr, who live not far from the farm. He produced two exceptional litters with Sassa.

~ Cooper ~

 

Cooper is a Visiting Stud that we used because our primary stud, Charlemagne, was going through some infertility problems in the late summer and fall of 2019. He had one litter with Kensey, before she died in a tragic accident. He is an F2B Mastador. He is 75% English Mastiff, 25% English Lab, and is the grandson of our Lorna Doone & Charlemagne. His puppies with Kensey and Lola are therefore Third Generation Mastadors, and are approximately 60% English Mastiff, 40% Labrador Retriever.

Cooper is a wonderful companion dog. He is about 140 lbs. He has never met a stranger. He gets along with other animals really well, and loves to hog the bed of his owners. We are excited to see what he produces with Lola the Lovely!

~ Benjamin~

Ben is a young lad, a purebred English Mastiff who is the stud we've chosen for our Lola and Abby. These photos are Ben at about 11 months old. He's owned by our good friend Jason Overstreet, who has owned three dogs from Covenant Farm over the years, Ben is *not* from us, and was chosen for that reason. Lola comes from our lines, and we never "line-breed" or inbreed. Ben is a sweet lad and a wonderful companion. Ben doesn't have a fancy breeder name. He's just "Ben"...

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