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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
following
description
of
a
perfect
Mastiff,
taken
from
the
Old
English
Mastiff
Club's
Points
of
a
Mastiff,
is
admirable
as
a
standard
to
which
future
breeders
should
aim
to
attain.
POINTS
OF
THE
MASTIFF:
GENERAL
CHARACTER
AND
SYMMETRY--Large,
massive,
powerful,
symmetrical
and
well-knit
frame.
A
combination
of
grandeur
and
good
nature,
courage
and
docility.
GENERAL
DESCRIPTION
OF
HEAD--In
general
outline,
giving
a
square
appearance
when
viewed
from
any
point.
Breadth
greatly
to
be
desired,
and
should
be
in
ratio
to
length
of
the
whole
head
and
face
as
2
to
3.
GENERAL
DESCRIPTION
OF
BODY--Massive,
broad,
deep,
long,
powerfully
built,
on
legs
wide
apart,
and
squarely
set.
Muscles
sharply
defined.
Size
a
great
desideratum,
if
combined
with
quality.
Height
and
substance
important
if
both
points
are
proportionately
combined.
SKULL--Broad
between
the
ears,
forehead
flat,
but
wrinkled
when
attention
is
excited.
Brows
(superciliary
ridges)
slightly
raised.
Muscles
of
the
temples
and
cheeks
(temporal
and
masseter)
well
developed.
Arch
across
the
skull
of
a
rounded,
flattened
curve,
with
a
depression
up
the
centre
of
the
forehead
from
the
medium
line
between
the
eyes,
to
half
way
up
the
sagittal
suture.
FACE
OR
MUZZLE--Short,
broad
under
the
eyes,
and
keeping
nearly
parallel
in
width
to
the
end
of
the
nose;
truncated,
i.e.
blunt
and
cut
off
square,
thus
forming
a
right
angle
with
the
upper
line
of
the
face,
of
great
depth
from
the
point
of
the
nose
to
under
jaw.
Under
jaw
broad
to
the
end;
canine
teeth
healthy,
powerful,
and
wide
apart;
incisors
level,
or
the
lower
projecting
beyond
the
upper,
but
never
sufficiently
so
as
to
become
visible
when
the
mouth
is
closed.
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