Mandingo. Thick, black, and will soon be pushing an oriental kid out of his bed wif his girl. Congrats on the new pup, and good luck with the training. I have a 4 month old English Mastiff at home now, and she's done real well so far. My $.02...socialize, socialize, socialize. That is good for them. Then again, being that he's black and needs to be socialized, you should call him Obama.