Neapolitan Mastiff Puppies Blog

Look at the face of this Neapolitan Mastiff pup, you will feel how much love a dog can give.

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A little Neapolitan Mastiff puppy sniffing around. Isn’t he cute?

This is Attila, an awesome neo puppy (?)… rather a dog. He is only 10 months old on this photo. Although, he looks like a beast, he is the friendliest dog ever. He is so mellow that I would just name him after a famous bear. He is giant too.

By the way, he lives in Florida but originates from Hungary, Europe.

I have to tell you…..I think the Neapolitan Mastiff is one of the most beautiful breeds. Ok, I may be a bit partial, and not everyone loves this dog. But I happen to think that puppies this gorgeous cannot possibly grow up to be ugly dogs!

The History of the Neapolitan Mastiff (also called: Mastino Napoletano, Mastino and Italian Mastiff) has a “tail” reaching as far back as 168 BC! It is a wonder, that even after more than 2000 years, the breed has stayed as unusual and special as it is. Originating from a now extinct breed, called the Mollosus, the Neapolitan was used in Ancient Rome to fight in arenas against lions, bears, and gladiators for entertainment. How did they spread through Europe? Well being dogs of war, they followed the Roman Legions, fighting alongside them. It became the favorite breed of Alexander the Great as well. For a long time after that the breed “disappeared” and many branches of the Mastiff developed in Europe. However in the 1940’s, the Neapolitan Mastiff was yet again discovered and sadly it was seen that – as with a lot of breeds – World War II, didn’t help with the perpetuation of the gene-pool of the Neapolitan. It almost became extinct but luckily it made a comeback and only in the 1980’s was it introduced into the USA. With a widespreading history, the Neapolitan Mastiff is cited as one of the most Ancient dog breeds.

Not exactly a poodle, even less so a lap-dog, the Neapolitan Mastiff is one of the most unusual and ( I think ) gorgeous dog breeds! Being fascinated with this breed, and having had the opportunity to visit a few top-class breeders of champion-line Neapolitan Mastiffs in Hungary I would like to start a Blog about this ancient breed. I welcome all comments and opinions from all the Readers who found my Blog. I will be sharing interesing and informative facts about one of the oldest breeds to walk this Earth!