Breeds

Susan Smith, Tibet, Tsang Khyi, Yushu, Tibetan Mastiff

A Glimpse of Yushu

Yushu County, Tibet, in northwest China’s Qinghai Province is renowned for being the biggest breeding center of Tibetan Mastiffs in the world.

Training, Virginia Wind, More Molossers

A long-time Mastiff owner and trainer shares her advice for teaching Molossers to chill when the doorbell rings.

Fernando Casolino, Cane Corso

Fernando Casolino looks back over 80 years with the Cane Corso. */

Boerboel, Craig Bloom, Working Dogs, More Molossers

An avid sportsman goes in search of a Molosser whose instincts are still intact. Then he finds the Boerboel.

Belmondo, Dogue De Bordeaux

Almost two decades after his death, a legendary Dogue de Bordeaux is lovingly remembered.

Bas Bosch, Molosser Musings, Size, Mastiff

Bas Bosch challenges assumptions about Mastiff size.

Bas Bosch, hypertype, Molosser Musings, Neapolitan Mastiff

Columnist Bas Bosch on the most operatic of the Molossers: the Neapolitan Mastiff.

Bas Bosch, Bullmastiff, hypertype, Molosser Musings, Wrinkles, Dogue De Bordeaux, Mastiff, Neapolitan Mastiff

In this brilliant essay, Molosser expert Bas Bosch explains how wrinkling can be a bellwether for hypertype in the Molosser breeds.

Deer Run Arbaco, a dog found in the pedigrees of many American-bred Presas.

Arbaco, Deer Run, Dogo Canario, Presa Canario, Tobin Jackson, Mastiff, Rare Molossers, More Molossers

Did Tobin Jackson of Deer Run Mastiff fame "create" the American Presa Canario?

The kennels of Lyme Hall in the 1890s.

Lyme Hall, Medieval, Mastiff

The history of the world's oldest Mastiff kennel is as murky as it is enduring