Molosser Moment #7
Marie Moore helped re-establish the Mastiff in America after World War II, but she remains an enigma to many in the breed.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 8:09pm
New Stories
Basir, in foreground.
Molosser Moment #8
Basir became the prototype for the contemporary Cane Corso, and was the model for the modern breed standard.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 8:06pm
A Neapolitan Mastiff as big as a horse? Really?
Molosser Moment #9
A photograph of a Neapolitan Mastiff that is the size of a pony turns out to be an urban legend.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 8:02pm
Molosser Moment #10
It's unclear whether Marco Polo actually saw a Tibetan Mastiff while in China, but at minimum he introduced this exotic new breed to the Western world.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 8:00pm
The Battle of Agincourt.
Molosser Moment #11
Legend has it that Sir Piers Legh II was wounded at the battle of Agincourt in 1415, and his loyal Mastiff stood over him for hours while the battle raged.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 7:59pm
Molosser Moment #12
Richard Andsell’s 1865 painting “The Poacher at Bay” depicts a Mastiff-type dog deterring a game-stealing intruder
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 7:58pm
Molosser Magazin, published in both German and English, was required reading in the 1980s.
Molosser Moment #13
Christopher Habig's original German-based Molosser Magazin was a celebrated publication in the 1980s.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 7:57pm
The Sphinx-like down tells you this Mastino actor was more interested in something off stage.
Molosser Moment #14
Fang, the dog owned by Hagrid in the Harry Potter books, was played by various Neapolitan Mastiffs in the movie adaptations.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 7:56pm
Farcroft Felons Frayeur, whelped in 1927, was an early champion for Moseley.
Molosser Moment #15
At his Farcroft kennel in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1920s and '30s, S.E. Moseley perfected and solidified Bullmastiff type.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 7:55pm
Molosser Moment #16
It is quite possible that without French schoolteacher Raymond Triquet, the Dogue de Bordeaux would not have survived the 20th Century.
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 7:54pm
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