These adorable puppies are English Mastiffs.  If you click on the picture you will be taken to Gawkey Creek Mastiffs.

This is Tiger and Charlie.  Charlie is the black one and Tiger is the white, gray and black.  Both of our cats came to live with us from shelters.  Tiger and Charlie stay in the house and they rule the house!  Charlie loves to play with our son, Casey.  Casey plays ball with Charlie, while Tiger hides and tries to sneak up on Charlie. 

Our dogs are Sandy and Smokie - they rule the back yard.  Smokie was born the night of the Nashville tornado in 1998.  She was 1 of 13 and was the runt of the litter.  Smokie is part Chow and German Shepherd - we can always tell when storms are on the horizon.  Smokie loves to chase a ball or tug rope. 

Sandy is the baby of the family.  We got Sandy from the Rutherford County shelter.  She is part German Shepherd, but we don't know what else.  Sandy thinks that everything in the back yard is hers.  She loves to play with a ball or tug rope, but hasn't learned real well to bring it back to you.