Read this description and see if you can conjure up in your mind’s eye what breed this describes:
“Large in comparison to the body. Differentiated from that of other … breeds by more extensive wrinkling and pendulous lips which blend into an ample dewlap. Toplines of cranium and the muzzle must be parallel. The face is made up of heavy wrinkles and folds. Required folds are those extending from the outside margin of the eyelids to the dewlap, and from under the lower lids to the outer edges of the lips.”
What breed does this make you consider?
Some say that the index of a breed is to be found in its head – and many would point to the Neapolitan Mastiff as Exhibit A. Its standard, which we shared above, does a fine job of describing a breed with a massive head, don’t you think?
Neapolitan Mastiff by Lyn Hamer Cook – DogArtByLyn
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