| DESIGNER BREED REGISTRY BREEDERPAGES ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN MASTIFF/DEBOAR X BREEDER PAGES PUPPIES HAVE A TRACEABLE ANCESTRY PUPPIES ARE ELITE REGISTRATION NOMINATED MONSTERPIECE IS A REGISTERED DESIGNER BREED REGISTRY KENNEL NAME |
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| HEIGHT AND SUBSTANCE WITH LARGE BONE PREFERRED BUT IN GOOD PROPORTION. THE FIRST THING ONE NOTICES ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN MASTIFF IS THE SIZE AND THE OVERALL BALANCE WITH EVERY PART OF THE DOG BEING IN PROPORTION. THE NAM OR NORTH AMERICAN MASTIFF IS AN IMPRESSIVE LARGE VERY MUSCLED AND AGILE DOG THAT CLEARLY GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY. SERIOUS FAULTS- KINKED TAILS, GAIL TAILS, DOCKED TAILS, EXAGGERATED UNDERSHOT JAW, OVERSHOT JAW, GAIT BEING UNCHARACTERISTIC OF THE MOLOSSUS BREEDS, OVERLY EXCESSIVE WRINKLED DOGS AND OVERDONE DOGS. STANDARD HEAD AND UPPER BODY HEAD - WIDE AND FLAT BETWEEN THE EARS WITH THE STOP BEING WELL DEFINED. NOSE TO STOP CAN BE SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAT STOP TO OCCIPUT. THE PLANES OF NOSE TO STOP ARE PARALLEL WITH THE PLANES FROM STOP TO OCCIPUT. SERIOUS FAULT UNEVEN PLANES. EYES - TRIANGULAR OR GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF ALMOND SHAPE DUE TO HEAD WRINKLE EYE COLOR - SHADES OF AMBER, BROWN OR BLUE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE COAT COLOR EARS - SET HIGH ON HEAD AND CROPPED SHORT NOSE - LARGE AND WELL PIGMENTED BUT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE COAT COLOR OF THE DOG. THE NOSTRILS ARE LARGE AND WELL OPENED. LIPS - THICK AND LONG BUT NOT EXCESSIVE OR GIVING THE APPEARANCE AS PENDULOUS. THE TOP LIP SHOULD COVER THE BOTTOM NO MORE THAN ¾ OF AN INCH. THE BOTTOM LIP SHOULD NOT BE LOOSE OR FLESHY. •SERIOUS FAULT EXCESSIVE LIP BITE – THE JAW IS STRONG AND TAPERS SLIGHTLY FRONT TO BACK. A SCISSORS BITE IS PREFERRED AN EVEN OR SLIGHTLY UNDERSHOT BITE SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED. •SERIOUS FAULT OVERSHOT OR UNDERSHOT MORE THAN 1/4 INCH NECK - STRONG,WELL MUSCLED AND NOT TOO SHORT GIVING A BALANCED APPEARANCE TO THE HEAD AND BROADENING FROM THE BASE OF THE SKULL AND NICELY FITTING INTO THE SHOULDERS. DEWLAP - NEITHER EXCESSIVE OR PENDULOUS ELBOWS - TURNING NEITHER IN OR OUT BUT PARALLEL TO THE BODY. RIB CAGE - WELL SPRUNG AND WELL FILLED IN FRONT LEGS - THE FRONT LEGS CARRY THICK BONE, WITH WELL DEFINED AND HEAVY MUSCLE THE FRONT LEGS ARE VERSICLE WITH NO BOWING AS SEEN FROM THE FRONT AND SIDE. FRONT PASTERNS - THE FRONT PASTERNS ARE SHORT, THICK AND STRONG AND ARE IN PROPORTION TO THE LENGTH OF THE FORELEGS. FEET – WELL PADDED BUT TOES ARE NOT KNUCKLED NOR COMPACT AND SLIGHTLY EAST WEST BACK, HINDQUARTERS COLOR SIZE AND GAIT BACK - WIDE AND STRONG. HIGHEST PART OF SHOULDER BLADE BARELY RISING ABOVE THE STRONG, LEVEL TOPLINE OF THE BACK. TOPLINE - STRAIGHT CROUP - BROAD AND STRONG WITH HAS WELL-DEFINED MUSCULATURE. SEEN FROM THE SIDE, IT DROPS SLIGHTLY. TAIL - THE TAIL IS STRONG,SET RIGHT OFF THE CROP TAPERING SLIGHTLY TO THE END. WHEN IN REPOSE CARRIED LOW WITH A SLIGHT CURVE., WHEN ALERT CARRIED LEVEL WITH THE BACK WITH A SLIGHT CURVE SERIOUS FAULTS GAY TAIL, KINKED TAIL OR DOCKED TAIL HINDQUARTERS - STRONG AND MUSCULAR BUT IN PROPORTION TO THE REST OF THE DOG UPPER THIGHS - WIDE/DEEP WELL SHAPED, AND VERY MUSCULAR AS SEEN FROM THE BACK OR SIDE SECONDARY THIGHS/GASKINS - WELL DEVELOPED WITH PROMINENT MUSCULATURE. STIFLES - STRONG AND FIRM WITH THE CORRECT ANGULATION AS SEEN IN THE SHOULDERS HOCKS - TURNING NEITHER IN OR OUT •SERIOUS FAULT: COW HOCKED OR SICKLE HOCKS HIND FEET - SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE FOREPAWS, WELL PADDED AND POINT STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT. GAIT - ROLLING BUT GROUND COVERING AND STRONG. PACING IS ACCEPTABLE. THE OVERALL APPEARANCE IS A DETERMINED POWERFUL GROUND COVERING GAIT. •SERIOUS FAULTS: GAY TAIL WHEN MOVING, HACKNEY OR PRANCE TYPE GAIT,SIDEWINDING/CRABBING COLORS - BLACK, FAWN, BLUE, BROWN, CHOCOLATE, RED, BUCKSKIN, APRICOT COAT PATTERNS :SOLID MERLE, BRINDLE, PIED MALES - RANGE FROM UP TO 170 LBS .BUT GREATER WEIGHT IS USUAL AND PREFERABLE AS LONG AS CORRECT PROPORTION AND FUNCTION ARE MAINTAINED. FEMALES - UP TO 150 LBS. SOME FEMALES CAN BE AS LARGE AS MALES LARGER IS PREFERRED BUT SMALLER IS ACCEPTABLE AS LONG AS MASS AND PROPORTION IS THER.E THE ABSENCE OF MASSIVENESS IS TO BE SO SEVERELY PENALIZED AS TO ELIMINATE THE DOG FROM COMPETITION. |
