Information Highway
Helping You Learn About Our Breed
The Neapolitan Mastiff
 
©Smiling Neo Graphic By: Julie Pengilley
All Illustrations By: Julie Pengilley
The Neapolitan Mastiff Super Information Highway Site Owner / Operator.
 
 
Muzzle Illustrations: 
                  #1.                                #2.                               #3.                             #4. 
 
#1. Correct Muzzle Length ( 1/3 Muzzle length / Head 2/3 ) and Wrinkle and Dew Lap.
#2. Long Muzzle and No Wrinkle lacking Dew Lap. (Generic Neo Head Type)
#3. Muzzle Converging. (Pointing Up)
#4. Muzzle Diverging. (Pointing Down)
 
Muzzle & Lip Illustration: 
                       #1.                                         #2.                                       #3. 
#1. Square Muzzle (Made by the lips and the lowest point of the commissures of the lips. Lips must form the inverted "V".
#2. Lips are thick and heavy giving a puffy look with the inverted "V".
#3. Incorrect Semi circle Lip, instead of the inverted "V".
 
Elbow Illustrations: 
                                #1.                                     #2.                             #3.
 
#1. Incorrect Elbows "In"    #2. Correct Elbows    #3. Incorrect Elbows "Out"
 
Hock Illustrations: 
 
 
Top Line Illustrations:
                     #1.                                          #2.                                           #3.
#1. Incorrect Top Line, High in the Hind Quarters
#2. Correct Top Line
#3. Incorrect Top Line, Swayed Back
 
Tail Crop Illustrations: 
                                    #1.                                #2.                                          #3. 
#1.  2/3 Tail Crop, Correct Tail Set    #2. Cropped Too Long       #3. Cropped Too Short.
 
Ear Crop Illustrations: 
                                                 #1.                                 #2.           
#1. Longer Ear Crop    #2.  Short Ear Crop
There is no set "Standard" for the Neapolitan Mastiffs Ear Crop.
 
Lacking Type Neapolitan Mastiff:
 
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