MASTIFF ( Mastiff English)

FCI-Standard N° 264  / 18. 04. 2007/ GB

ORIGIN : Great-Britain.

PATRONAGE : FCI.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 06.03.07.

UTILIZATION : Watch and security dog.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. :            Group              2          Pinscher and Schnauzer-Molossoid breeds-Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs and other breeds.
                                                  Section 2.1 Molossoid breeds, Mastiff type.
                                                  Without working trial.            
                                            
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Head, in general outline, giving a square appearance when viewed from any point. Breadth greatly desired; in ratio to length of whole head and face as 2/3.  Body massive, broad, deep, long, powerfully built, on legs wide apart and squarely set.  Muscles sharply defined.  Size a great desideratum, if combined with quality.  Height and substance important if both points are proportionately combined.  Large, massive, powerful, symmetrical, well-knit frame.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : A combination of grandeur and courage.  Calm, affectionate to owners, but capable of guarding.

HEAD

CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Skull broad between ears, forehead flat, but wrinkled when attention is excited.  Brows (superciliary ridges) slightly raised.  Muscles of temples and cheeks (temporal and masseter) well developed.  Arch across skull of a rounded, flattened curve, with depression up centre of forehead from median line between eyes, to halfway up saggital suture.

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STANDARD   Group 2 - Dogs of type Pinscher and Schnauzer - Swiss Molossoidi and bovari dogs. Second section - Molossoidi - mastiff Type - class. n 72 English standard and standard American For it must of report must cite the fact that, allombra of the English standard of it exists an other, that American. The cultori of the standard will pardon me American who, in some drawn differs from that English, while in others he stretches to clear of the anatomical relationships and to render them devout comprehensible, but personally task that is gi difficult to select when a single standard exists figures two. I do not have nothing against the made in U.S.A. but, famous that the Americans at this point too much often in field cinofilo stretch to modify standard of race in way much subjective one, for devout reasons or little condivisibili, but, tried to think if every nation, came taken from the mania to personalize the race second the own convincements, we would have many various standards on the same race and in the best one of the cases great confusion would be only contributed to create one. plendida extraordinarily typical head of English subject Country of origin Great Britain Employment Dog from protection and guard

General aspect Sturdy, massive and imposing, the entirety image must harmonious and proporzionata. The noble and good, brave and obedient character. The head, from any part comes observed, must have a square aspect; desirable that the length of the skull is of 2:3 in connection with the total length of the head. The corporatura massiccia wide, deep, long and vigorous with the wide and straight limbs. Musculature very developed and plastic. Largeness and substance are wished, if with qualit the proportions they come respected.

Head and snout The wide skull between the orecchie and normally without wrinkles, but these are formed when the excited dog; sopracciglie leggermente pulled in on. The musculature of temples and cheeks developed well. The leggermente round skull with I furrow in means to the eyes that arrive until the met of the sagittale line. The short snout, begins wide under the eyes, and as soon as tapered until the front part, in dulled way in order finishing to square, forming an angle resisted with the back of the nose, a lot profondit from the tip of the nose until the jaw that much wide one. The tartufo it must frontally wide, if be seen, with the wide opened narici; if observed from the profile, it does not have to exceed or to be GO BACK TO LIST the mento. The labbra they diverge to obtuse angle, leaving from the septum, leggermente pendule, and of profile they have a angular effect. The length of the snout and the 1:3 in connection with the total length of the skull. The circumference of the snout (measured to the center between eyes and nose) of the 3:5 in connection with the circumference of the skull (measured in front of the orecchie). Well marked, but not abrupt Stop.

Eyes Small, two eyes separate from a space great how much to you, of dark nocciola color devout the possible one. The not visible membrane. Orecchie Small and thin, distanced and attacked to the high devout lateral points of the skull, in prosecuzione of the line occipita them. If the calm dog the orecchie are adherent and flat on cheeks.

Set of teeth To scissor; strong canines and wide separate one to you from the other. A lightest prognatismo comes tolerated, but only if the teeth are not visible to mouth sluice. Neck Leggermente arch, moderately along, much muscoloso, with one circumference from 2,5 to 5 cm approximately in less than that one of the skull measured to the orecchie.

Front The shoulder and leggermente oblique the advanced parts of the arm with good heavy musculature. The limbs are straight and strong, wide between of they with sturdy skeleton. The elbows are parallels to the body, the metacarpi straight. Log Wide, deep chest and very come down between the front limbs. Arched coasts and very you try. The false coasts arrive, deep and wide, towards the posterior one, until to the flanks. The circumference of the thorax must for approximately 1/3 exceeding the Height. The back and the lombi are wide and muscolosi; wide plates and much in the females, leggermente arch to you in the males. The height of the flanks emphasized.

Posterior The posterior limbs are wide and muscolosi with the inferior parts and the garretti very angled. Wide and straight legs in station and in motion. Tail Attacked high, it arrives until the garretti or beyond; wide to the root, it is sharpenned towards the tip; it hangs straight, if the calm dog, but curve with the tip forms one up that pu not to exceed the back, if excited.

Feet Large and round, with arched fingers and black nails.

Cape Short and adherent, not thin hair to the shoulders, the neck and on the back. Color Apricot, silver, fulvo and tigrato of gold. The snout, the orecchie and the tartufo must be always black. The eyes have a black edge, also the black mask must arrive until the eyes. Weight The males at least 75 kg; the females at least 65 kg. Ransom Height, in the males, at least 76 cm, nell females at least 69 cm. Famous In the males two testicoli in the scroto must be very visible.

Short historical signals Mastiff in native land considered the dogo national and sure between the breeds English devout ancient (it was present in England gi before the roman occupation), but its origins, according to several theories would not be Anglo-Saxon, in fact, one of the hypotheses, that devout credited vorrebere descendant of mythical the mastiff giant tibetano of Asian origin. In its history the mastiff it has acquitted you vary tasks, state dog from war to the flank of the Celti, dog from combat with the Roman that used it in arenas against bears, Tauruses and lions, dog from hunting to the large game in the immense noble English forests and finally like cana from guard of and peasants.

FAMOUS on the standard Every scostamento how much before indicated must be considered like a defect that verr penalized in function of the gravit.

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