Breeds

Charles C. Marshall, Vintage, Mastiff

The Mastiff in America

A 19th-Century account of the Mastiff captures a new English breed just as its roots are set in American soil.

Tattoos, More Molossers

When Modern Molosser sent out a call for our “Got Ink?” contest, we were inundated with a dazzling array of body art. Check out these tats!

Cardiac, Health, Robin Waldvogel White, More Molossers

Dilated cardiomyopathy strikes nearly every Molosser breed – and its causes are far from clear.

Brindle, More Molossers

Molosser breeders and exhibitors – particular in Bullmastiffs and Mastiff – agree that brindles face an unfairly uphill battle with judges.

Betty Baxter at Farnaby in 1975.

Betty Baxter, Brindle, Mastiff

Janine Morffew interviews the long-time Mastiff breeder-judge and author. */

Tu-Bo, a very influential Nepalese import to Europe in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

Marta Kowalska, Type, Tibetan Mastiff

Marta Kowalska of Poland discusses stylistic schisms that threaten to divide Tibetan Mastiff fanciers.

Anne-Marie Class, Judging, standard, Dogue De Bordeaux

Dogue de Bordeaux expert Anne-Marie Class deconstructs the breed.

Controversy, Cropping, Docking, Cane Corso, Dogo Argentino, Neapolitan Mastiff, More Molossers

The docking of tails and cropping of ears are all but extinct in certain parts of Europe. Are U.S. breeders feeling the pinch?

Head, Massimo Inzoli, standard, Cane Corso

Stumped by "slightly convergent upper longitudinal axes"? Specialist judge Massimo Inzoli demystifies the skull and muzzle planes in the Cane Corso.

Rhoda Winter Russell, Neapolitan Mastiff

Sighthound enthusiast Rhoda Winter Russell explains her unlikely love affair with the Neapolitan Mastiff.