Neapolitan Mastiff and Bordeaux

Bosco and Kitty playing in the snow

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Neapolitan
• mastiff
• Dogue

[Hieronymus851]

The Neapolitan is about 4 years old in this photo. She is actually a good size for a girl, probably weighs about 58kg in this vid, she doesn't have a huge excess of skin

[Hieronymus851]

....the dogs around the 50-60 kg mark which is where they should be according to the written stnadard and for health reasons. Over recent years DDBs have been breed increasingly larger and with more skin, more akin to Neapolitans which is not what they are meant to look like!!

[Hieronymus851]

I think the Bordeaux was about 5 or so and the Neapolitan about 4 when this was taken. The girl is the right size for a Neapolitan, she just does'nt have the massive abundance of skin a lot of them do which gives the impression of greater size.  Bosco, the DDB, was at the smaller end of the scale but considering DDBs are supposed to be significantly smaller teh Neapolitans, it's not too much of a big deal. The big DDBs were dismissed from the ring at crufts this year with the judge preferring

[Hieronymus851]

I would say the Neapolitan out of mine, but if she's out the house the Bordeaux fills the role. A lot depends on the individual dog and the lines they come from, I don't know if you can make generalisations

[Hieronymus851]

About 45 min power walking per day, walking to heel and focused on the walk. 3-4 times a week, out to the park and off leash for as long as I like

[mgbrawl]

smiled watching this :). thats how mastiffs should be, fit, healthy and happy. your obveosly a responsible owner, wish more people were...

[kollaaa91]

We have a DDB male, 2 years old :)

he's about 57 kilo's now.

Hope he doesn't gain more..

I mean, the less he weighs, the better for his hips and elbows :)

I hate it when people get a "big dog" (mastiff's, dobermans, Pits etc)

and they start making him gain weight right away.. and then they're like really proud "my rottie is 65 kilo's!!" and i'm like "ouch.. I pitty your dog when he starts to hurt while moving..."

they think having them as big as possible is a good thing?!? -.-'

[eeloc1]

haha clash of the titans!

[parracatau]

mastiff is pretty ugly doesn´t look like a mastiff, your bordeaux is awsome

[sedod66]

@kollaaa91 lol thankyou! they are so funny to watch, cant wait to see her grow up too.

[kollaaa91]

@sedod66 awwww :D love it!

[sedod66]

@kollaaa91 theres a vid up of them playing in the park on my channel now. it was filmed on my phone so its got a strange view that i cant seem to change but youl still see them having fun!

[kollaaa91]

@sedod66 oooh okay hehe sorry, when you said girlfriend I thought you were gonna breed him :p

great that you're not one of those who just want to profit from your dog :)

yeah let me know when you put video's up :D I'd love to see them!

[sedod66]

@kollaaa91 no im not breeding him. ive just had him neutered now hes a year old. and ive bought a boerboel girl who is 15 weeks old now and they are best friends. he is very protective of her. i leave breeding to proper professionals! i will put some vids of them playing up soon. its very funny.

[kollaaa91]

@sedod66 sorry, but a year old and your gonna breed him soon? :S

he hasn't even reached the proper age to be checked for hip and elbow dysplasia (18-24 months)

it's extremely important to check for that, especially if you want to breed him

[sedod66]

@kollaaa91 no problem, he is a year old tomorrow and around 65kg now. hes turned into a very big male, and we are getting him a boerboel girlfriend soon!

[kollaaa91]

@sedod66 sorry how long it took me to reply :/

ours was around 26 kilo's at that age.. how much does yours weigh now?