| 1 Everyone wants a healthy dog/puppy from the Best parents & knowledgeable breeder. Here is a hook for you. Nowadays everyone has a website, majority say their dogs are the BEST and out of the best bloodline, what already sounds weird even for any newbie in any breed and should make a potential buyer to think over before dealing with those. What means the best bloodline? Who and when has declared which bloodline is to be considered the Best & Better over all? Sounds like a person gets up on stage declaring that she is the best, everything she has is the best over all rest. How pathetic it might sound !? The pity side is when ignorant 2-days-in-the-breed people promote themselves as "committed", "dedicated" and "knowledgeable", but in reality know nothing and need to spend a few more DAYS in the breed learning, reading, going to shows instead of throwing out the declaration about their dedication. If you know what "bloodline" means, how it starts, who is considered to |
2 be the first in the bloodline, etc., please ask those (just for your fun) to explain what they`ve meant saying LOUD words "the BEST" bloodline? If you will get any respond - you might LYAO ! More likely you will not get any respond, especially if you sound a bit educated on the topic and not new to the DOG WORLD. Mostly their "best" bloodlines have BIG Problems, more health issues than any other bloodline, and need a promotion because it is the only they have in hands and mate. Promoting themselves and bloodlines (they work with) as the BEST without the slightest idea what a word "bloodlines" means and stands for, without knowing the dogs` background, without seeing those in person, not seeing even the parents (only on the pictures, is at LEAST stupid ! Who sells the BEST bloodlines, knows nothing about it - it is just WORDS which vibrate air only! Make a note! Buying a Neapolitan Mastiff from those "best bloodlines" you might be buying yourself a veterinarian bill. |
3 Neapolitan Mastiff is a big and serious dog ! They mature after 2 years old. Before you buy a pup ask the breeder how old is the dam of the litter? How many litters has she had? Stay away from those who breed a female under at least 18 months old and after 5 years old, if she has already whelped more than 4 litters, has a few litters in a row without any rest being used for making puppies ! Do not buy if they say it is for improvement of the breed, for better health of the dam or for better health of puppies. IT IS NOT TRUE! Anyone who cares about his dogs does not use them for making puppies without rest many times in a row, since a dam is puppy herself. A Neapolitan Mastiff female is matured enough to have puppies not earlier than 18 months old. (Nobody wants their daughter become a mom at 12 years old). For this reason there is a limitation in breeding age in all FCI countries, a female cannot be bred earlier than a particular age, a litter cannot be registered if she is in whelp earlier than should, if |
4 she was not shown and was not awarded with "excellent" or "very good" estimation and written critique. For the same reason there are rules not to register 2 litters a year from the same female, what makes sense. AKC does not ask for the same, and you can register a litter out of the substabdard puppy-female with a few disqualification faults, never shown, having up to 8 teeth missing, and not even close to meet the breed standard. To reproduce healthy puppies with good immune system a Dam should be healthy and recovered after a previous litter. So beware if you want a healthy puppy! STAY AWAY from the breeders who say "The BEST bloodlines" because they do not know anything about it ! Some "dedicated breeders" mate 2 littermates (out of the same parents) and sell puppies as a "TOP breeding & show quality" trying to mask the negligence and the fact that such a mating was not even planned and done accidentally, but still will tell it was a breeding to improve the breed, health, etc., and sell puppies with no limitation for future breedings. |
| 5 Promoting the bloodlines as "THE BEST" where a dogs` life span is 2-3 yrs old, where the best dog they breed to (inbred or not) died not reaching 3-4 yrs old; if they have never seen in person that dog, or even more to say have not seen any parent of their stock, and are promoting their production only for a reason to sell puppies for $, and make more with the next litter. Healthy dogs do not die at 4 years old (except a tragical accident or negligence). Just think for a second, if a female had 10-13 puppies at 16 months old and goes to labor in 5-6 months again, what kind of health and immune system puppies will have in next litter? Or if 2 littermates were bred, what was that breeding for? To improve health or was it a negligence indeed? A life span of a female gets shorter |
6 if she is being used without a rest. Make a note !!! They more likely: - know nothing; - do not know the difference; - do not understand what is important; - do not care about dogs and how long thier life span is; - all mentioned above. Ask the breeder if she showed her Neapolitan Mastiffs at least once? (if yes, get a proof!) and ask why not ? Hopefully will get a reasonable respond, if will get any. Ask if the breeder knows the background of her Neapolitan Mastiffs as much as she says she does. To say she knows is just WORDS, nothing else, because everyone has his own understanding of that word meaning. |
7 When you have seen the parents and at least 2-3 generations behind of each dog you breed is when you can start thinking that you "know a bit" about your dogs` background. If they have made such statements and are trying to promote themselves as the BEST, they might not wish to share the truth about the real things, prefer to keep them in secret, or just do not know about what they promote..., being in the breed for a short time - STAY AWAY from those !!! The IGNORANCE and ABSENCEof any knowledge is clearly shown in all statements. You will need assistance with your puppy, and the IGNORANT breeder or someone who is inexpirienced could not mentor you as much as should. |
8 And breeding for inbreeding (blood-related) TO the representative of the breed who did not make 3-4 years old and reffering the BEST is just pity! To call yourself "dedicated" and "knowledgeable" without knowing the meaning of those words is not enough, especially when said by someone who does not know ABC in this breed yet!!! If will get lucky and get a response from these people, you will find out many interesting things ...everything, but NOT WHAT WAS ASKED... Do not buy the new hook easily, BE CAREFUL because they have already made some of the most ignorant statements without facts (about BEST bloodlines and colors), desiring in their own dreams that their best is the best and stating it LOUD in public. |
