
| DESIGNER BREED REGISTRY ABOUT THE DOOLEY MASTIFF |
| A BREED 22 YEARS IN THE MAKING THE DOOLEY MASTIFF IS A BREED THAT POSESSES GREAT CHARACTER, INTELLIGENCE, WITH LOYALTY AND KINDNESS TO FAMILY. WHILE AN ALERT GUARDIAN THE DOOLEY MASTIFF WILL ACCESS A SITUATION AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. THE DOOLEY MASTIFF EXPREESSION CLEARLY GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF CONFIDENCE, UNCOMPROMISING CHARACTER, STRENGTH AND ABILITY. THE EXPRESSION IS INTENSE AND GIVING THE IMPRESSION OF GREAT STANDARD 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. CHRACTERISTIC WRINKLE AND FURROW BETWEEN THE EYES. SERIOUS FAULT UNEVEN PLANE,S NO CHRACTERISTIC WRINKLE AND FURROW BETWEEN THE EYES OR EXCESSIVE WRINKLE. 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 NOSE AND MUZZLE - 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 MUZZLE IS BROAD STRONG AND WELL DEVELOPED AND DEEP WITHOUT ANY WEAKNESS OR NARROWNESS. 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 AND THICK,SET RIGHT OFF THE CROP TAPERING SLIGHTLY TO THE END WHEN UNDOCKED. WHEN IN REPOSE CARRIED LOW WITH A SLIGHT CURVE, WHEN ALERT CARRIED LEVEL WITH THE BACK WITH A SLIGHT CURVE AT THE END SERIOUS FAULTS GAY TAIL, KINKED TAIL HINDQUARTERS HINDQUARTERS - WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REAR THE HINDQUARTERS STRONG THICK AND MUSCULAR BUT IN PROPORTION TO THE REST OF THE DOG. UPPER THIGHS -POWERFUL, WIDE/DEEP WELL SHAPED, AND VERY MUSCULAR AS SEEN FROM THE BACK OR SIDE SECONDARY THIGHS/GASKINS - WELL DEVELOPED WITH PROMINENT MUSCULATURE AND WELL LET DOWN. 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 POWERFUL. 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 VARIOUS SHADES FROM LIGHT TO DARK, BLUE, BROWN, BLUE FAWN COAT PATTERNS :SOLID , BRINDLE, PIED 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 THERE. MALES - RANGE UP TO 170 LBS . HEIGHT AND SUBSTANCE WITH LARGE BONE PREFERRED BUT IN GOOD PROPORTION. OVERALL BALANCE WITH EVERY PART OF THE DOG BEING IN PROPORTION AND PREFERRED SERIOUS FAULTS- KINKED TAILS, GAIL TAILS, VERY SHORT DOCKED TAILS, EXAGGERATED UNDERSHOT JAW, OVERSHOT JAW, GAIT BEING UNCHARACTERISTIC OF THE MOLOSSUS BREEDS, OVERLY EXCESSIVE WRINKLED DOGS(DEEP FOLDS) AND OVERDONE DOGS. PENDULOUS LIPS AND EARS. THE ABSENCE OF MASSIVENESS IS TO BE SO SEVERELY PENALIZED AS TO ELIMINATE THE DOG FROM COMPETITION. Adopted from the American Dog Federation standard of the breed 12/2018 |

