Lorna Doone was a First Generation Mastador. Her father was Max, our retired English Mastiff stud, and her mother was Annie, our retired yellow English Lab. She weighed about 130 lbs.

Lorna Doone was an exceptional dog, perhaps our favorite puppy we have ever owned. She was playful, very calm and laid-back, and very affectionate. She represented the very best qualities of both breeds. She produced 62 puppies with Charlemagne, and her legacy extends to another 20 grandpuppies, and 10 great-granpuppies. One of her sons will be serving as a visitng stuf for Kensey & Sassa' future litters. Lorna Doone was killed in December 2019, struck by a truck in front of the farm. She was five years old.

For Lorna Doone's registration, click on image:

See Lorna Doone's Pedigree HERE.

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

Kensey and her sister Sassa 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. Kensey had one litter with Cooper, grandson of Lorna Doone and Charlemagne. She tragically passed away after having escaped the farm with her sister for the day. We found them later in the day. Kensey was tired and limping, but there was no sign of emergency in her condition. She died the next morning. We have no clue what the cause was.

Maggie was born June 1st, 2015. She is a 2nd Generation Mastador. She and her sister Dixie come to us from Melissa Bieber. Her father is an F1B Mastador (75% Mastiff / 25% Lab) and her mom is an F1 Mastador (50% Lab / 50% Mastiff). Her puppies with Charlie will be 55% Mastiff and 45% Lab, and in cross-breeding parlance will be F2B Mastadors (halfway between 2nd & 3rd Generation).

Maggie's name is that of an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon princess that escaped the invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066 and went to Scotland. She married Malcolm III, King of Scotland. She was a devout Christian and is recognized as a saint by Roman Catholics and Anglicans. She brought reform to Scottish national life, through her influence on her husband, chiefly through the regular reading of the scriptures to him.

Margaret produced amongst her eight children, three kings of Scotland, and a queen of England (married to Henry I).

For Maggie's registration, click on image:

See Maggie's Pedigree HERE.

Kelsey of Covenant Farm

Kelsey came to us from a breeder in Oklahoma. She has a good pedigree. She has an excellent, soft, cream-colored coat, heavy build and nice, English-type head. She has a good drive, is very playful and mischievous, but settles down well when in the house. She has excellent retriever instincts. Kelsey weighs about 85 lbs and is AKC registered. Kelsey produced Lab with Rob Roy and Rhyme Time, and 1st Generation Mastador puppies with Max. She retired and spoiled in a house full of girls in Richmond, Virginia

Lilly is an AKC registered English Mastiff, born in 2010. She's about 135 lbs. Lilly is quiet, gentle and very affectionate. She loves to play with small puppies, and is very sweet with them, rolling over and letting them climb and chew on her. Lilly was retired to pet status in a home with other English Mastiffs in March 2017. She produced six litters with Maximus in her time.

Anne of Red House (Annie) is our adorable, silly girl, loved and spoiled by all. We have raised her from a puppy. A full English Lab, her pedigree is loaded with European & domestic champions, including several from England. She is a big girl, nearly 100 lbs., and is sweet and gentle. She loves to get down with the little pups and pretend she's one of them! She has a very calm, laid-back demeanor, and a beautiful cream-colored soft coat. She had four litters with Rob Roy and three with Maximus, our Mastiff. Annie was the foundation of our original Mastador breeding program.

Annie was retired in January 2015 at six years old. Her adopted family has seven children, two with Down's Syndrome. Annie is really in her element, being loved on and smothered by kids all day long at her new home with the churchill Family in Eden, North Carolina.

Sadie of Covenant Farm

Sadie was the daughter of our Shelby (retired), and was owned by our son, Sam Murch. She was a beautiful American & English girl with a light, soft coat, high intelligence and an even temperament. She turned 7 years old in June 2015. She weighed about 65 lbs. Sadie was retired and living with a retired couple, enjoying 24/7 attention and spoiling. She passed away in in 2018.

Molly Molasses of Covenant Farm

Molly has a mixture of both English and American in her background. She was our smallest dog, weighing only about 55 lbs. Molly is so sweet, I call her "the honeydripper". Her nicknames are "MollyPop", MarshMolly" and "Smalls". She is very affectionate, with an even temperament and a desire be close. She is an excellent and attentive Mom. She has a milk chocolate coat which is very sleek, glossy and smooth. She has a semi-blocky head, with the shorter legs of an English Lab, but the overall sleek body type of an American Lab. Her puppies mature in the 70-90 lb. range with Rhyme Time as the sire.

Molly was retired in January 2015. She lives in a home with three other dogs as companions, along with her adoptive family. As an added bonus, she has frequent visits with her son, Otis, from her very first litter with Jeb Stuart. She now lives with the Cohen Family in Augusta, Georgia. Addendum: Molly passed away in 2018.

Caesar is the son of our Maximus The Mightie Bandogge & Lilly the Beautyfull Bandogge of Covenant Farm. He is an AKC purebred English Mastiff from our very last litter of Mastiffs in 2016. Caesar is owned by our friend Carl Griffith, who is a professional dog trainer at K-9 Off-Leash, the trainers that we recommend to our puppy customers. He's a big, sweet baby and a gentle giant. He preoduce two litters of First Generation Mastador puppies with our Lab, Abigail.

Whiskey is the son of our Dixie & Charlemagne. He is a 3rd generation Mastador, approximately 50% English Mastiff, 50% English Lab. He is owned by Lee Peterson and Melissa Mutter. They established a small hobby breeding program as a satellite of Covenant Farm Puppies. They are located in Wisconsin, and produced three litters in 2022 and 2023. Whiskey was only used as a stud for Luna, who is the littermate of our Sassa. Whiskey weighs about 125 lbs.

This is Maximus. He is AKC registered from respectable bloodlines. He was born 4/24/11, weighs in at about 190 lbs., and the sire of all of our Mastiff and 1st Generation Mastador puppies. His handsome broad head and excellent apricot coat make him a truly fine-looking sire.

Max is a very calm, even-tempered lad. Max is a gentle giant, sweet and tender with little children and young puppies, completely oblivious to his own size. He is very affectionate and loyal. He loves to stay close to you, and can't understand why you wouldn't want him in your lap.

Max has sired Mastiff litters with Lilly and Mastador litters with Annie, Kelsey and Halo (daughter of Kelsey & Rob Roy). He is the father of our Lorna Doone and Anabelle.

Max is now retired to a pet home.

Where did Max get that ridiculous name?

The Mastiff is an ancient breed thought to be traceable back to the Phonoecians in the 4th Century B.C. We took Max's formal name from old descriptions we found of the Mastiff (in centuries past called the "Mastie" or the "Bandogge" or variations of them).

A description from 1631:

"First, the Mastie that keepeth the house. For this purpose you must provide you such a one as hath a large and mightie body, a great shrill voyce, that both with his barking he may discover, and with his sight dismaye the theefe, yea, being not seene, with the horror of his voice put him to flight...His disposition must neither be too gentle nor too curst, that he neither faune upon a theefe nor flee upon his friends; very waking; no gadder abroad, nor lavish of his mouth, barking without cause; neither maketh it any matter though he be not swifte, for he is but to fight at home, and to give warning of the enemie."

A description from 1570:

"This kinde of Dogge called a Mastyue or Bandogge is vaste, huge, stubborne, ougly, and eager, of a hevy and burthenous body, and therefore but of litle swiftnesse, terrible, and frightfull to beholde...For it is a kinde of dogge capeable of courage, violent and valiaunt, striking could feare into the harts of men, but standing in feare of no man, in so much that no weapons will make him shrincke, nor abridge his boldnes.

Jeb Stuart, The Legend of Covenant Farm

This James Ewell Brown Stuart ("you can call me Jeb"), our first stud, and father of over 125 Covenant Farm Puppies. A fine specimen of Southern Labrador manliness. Broad shoulders, narrow hips, broad head and fun personality. It doesn't get any better than Jeb! He is a terrific, loyal dog, loves to swim in our pond, and loves to please! He wags his tail so hard his whole hindquarters get in gear! He has an even temperament, and is a proven stud. He has sired at least a dozen litters here at Covenant Farm, to Shelby, Sophee, Gabby, Molly and Liberty. Jeb passed away in 2017 at 12 years old.