Dustin Rhodes’ Mastiff Beast Takes Third Place At World’s Largest Dog Show
Dustin Rhodes and his mastiff Beast took home a big honor, winning third place in the working group open category at Crufts in the United Kingdom – the world’s largest dog show.
Dogs in the working group are meant to assist and protect their owners.
“It’s an incredible, incredible show,” Rhodes told Fox News Digital. “I guess this is the world’s largest dog show, so, we decided to go big or go home. Amazing, amazing show. Beast is really good with seeing somebody who has high blood pressure or low blood pressure, and we’ll go check them out. He’s a very smart dog. Mastiffs are amazing, amazing animals, man. I would never own another breed besides a mastiff, and I’ve had all kinds of dogs over my life and mastiffs are just everything – pure, loyal, loving, just crawling on your lap, hurt your bones.”
Beast weighs 250 pounds.
Team Beast made it to #BirminghamUK FOR @Crufts
So excited and honored to attend the show. My Beast is pretty tired today from all the travel woes!
Lets go #TeamBeast #UK #BirminghamUK #crufts2026 #crufts #DogNews #Mastiff #MastiffsOfInstagram #MastiffsOfFacebook #BeastyBoy… pic.twitter.com/63usdsHc0N— Dustin Rhodes (@dustinrhodes) March 3, 2026
Asked about his long-term goals for Beast, Rhodes replied, “Go for the (best in show) record. Twenty-nine I think for mastiffs. We have 13 right now. So, we’re gonna do our best in the next year and a half, two years, really campaign the dog and advertise the crap out of it. Hopefully, we’ll get there.”
Elsewhere during the interview, Rhodes gave an update on his recovery from double knee surgery.
