Head study of Turk the Dogue de Bordeaux at Tring.
The taxidermied-dog gallery in Britain’s Natural History Museum has some surprising Molossers – including Mastiffs and Dogues – in the mix.
Swinford with the original Bantu.
A half-century ago, John Swinford decided to re-create the medieval guard dog. Here's how he did it.
The 18th-Century fountain at the royal palace of Caserta depicts a very modern-looking Cane Corso.
Nicola Imbimbo remembers the great dogs, and the great men, of the Neapolitan Mastiff's native Naples.
The Cane Corso is the athlete among Molossers. Here are 10 things to know about evaluating the breed.
Proof of her breed's athleticism, this Dogue de Bordeaux tries her paw at the fast-paced Sighthound sport of lure coursing.
In lure coursing, what Dogues don’t have in the grace of a Sighthound they make up for in focus.
In 1896, Dogue de Bordeaux fancier Jean-Pierre Megnin described the state of the breed, both in the show ring and whelping box.
Docility, sociability, temperament, curiosity, watchfulness and fiber are among the traits that comprise Cane Corso temperament.
If we lose the temperament, argues Cane Corso fancier Michael Ertaskiran, we lose the breed.Â
Christofer Habig outlines a plan to split the Tibetan Mastiff into two breeds: a true long-haired mastiff called the Zang Ao and the more moderate Do Khyi.
A head study of Ch. Snowy Mountain Chakotay at Iron Hills. Note the beautiful nose and lip pigment, as well as the absence of eye-rim pigment. While very desirable, pigmented eye rims are not a requirement of any Dogo standard.
Dogo breeders strive to accomplish what Mother Nature has created in the polar bear — a black-skinned animal with a full white coat.