Ralo
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Ahhhhhhhhhh The Mastino Napoletano.....beautiful animal, at least they were until some breeders ruined them with all the excessive skin. I prefer the early Mastino Napoletanos over the modern extremely wrinkled version that is prancing around in today's show rings. Here are a few pics of what they used to look like.
I don't know much about them, as my breed is the Cane Corso, but I have seen some of them at shows during my time in Italy.
They definitely are a breed that will capture your attention. I don't know how active they are.
I guess it would depend on who is breeding them, and what they are breeding them for.
I am sure the Mastino world is just like the Cane Corso world, in that you have different people with different views on the breed, so you will have different looks.
I know in Italy, there are people who still have some Mastino's with the old look, just not very many, and not out at shows.
I would agree that with the modern Mastino, with so much excess skin, there are bound to be some skin related issues, especially around the eyes.
Sabrina - Thanks for the referral. Dino is definitely an interesting boy.....any girlfriends for him yet?
Those look WAY better than the wrinkled ones
If yours looks similar what breeder did he/she come from?My Neo looks quite a bit like that. Almost exactly .He is as sweet as can be...If he knows you. He doesn't like strangers, be it people or dogs. Neos are awesome dogs but if you want a dog that's more of a 'Gentle giant' type I'd say go for the English mastiff (not that some Neo's aren't).
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...And that one, Wow. (don't mean to say he looks like mine just to make it clear. just that he looks awesome. )