New Stories

Moving On

Alan Rostron of Graecia Bullmastiffs in the United Kingdom explains how a Bullmastiff that is built correctly will be a Bullmastiff that moves correctly.

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Sun, 09/06/2015 - 10:06pm

Molossus in the Crosshairs

The Neapolitan Mastiff is under siege in the United Kingdom. Will the rest of the world follow suit?

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Fri, 09/04/2015 - 11:00pm

Lessons From Basir

Basir was the prototypical Cane Corso, the dog on which the modern standard was based. But his story also explains why the breed has had such difficulty with consistency and standardization.

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Fri, 09/04/2015 - 2:18am

White-Hot Debate

We plumb the debate over this unusual color of Tibetan Mastiff.

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Thu, 09/03/2015 - 11:07pm

The Artful Molosser

A lifetime of collecting Mastiff memorabilia led Steve Oifer to set up a private "Mastiff Museum" in his New Jersey home.

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Thu, 09/03/2015 - 9:07pm

Sampling the Saga

An excerpt from the definitive book on the breed by its definitive authority, Raymond Triquet.

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Wed, 08/26/2015 - 11:48pm

The "zaccaro" is a style of Neapolitan Mastiff that distills the essence of the breed, with great bone and mass. But many do not know it was also the name of a breeder from Naples who bred this distinctive type.

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Wed, 08/26/2015 - 11:39pm

Estonian Evolution

Twenty years ago, hardly anyone in Estonia knew anything about Tibetan Mastiffs. But todaty, this tiny Baltic country is an epicenter of Tibetan Mastiff breeding.