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PYRENEAN MASTIFF


PYRENEAN MASTIFF
COUNTRY: Spain
WEIGHT: 120-155 pounds
HEIGHT: 28.5-32 inches
COAT: Moderate length
COLOR: Basically white with body or head markings of grays, brindle, black
OTHER NAMES: Perro Mastin del Pireneo, Mastin d'Aragon
REGISTRY: FCI
GROUP-.Flock Guard
Strong, symmetrical dog, of good presence, imposing and elegant. It has great head, long snout, black truffle. Canine teeth very sharpened; small and dark eyes. Fallen ears and finishing in end. Tail with low taken plume and.

Its hair is dense, thick, hard and not excessively long. Colors: target, with two spots sea breams or grays in the lateral ones of the head and at the beginning of the neck; they can also have spots in the later part of the body.
The black and white color less is appreciated.

Quiet, friendly, sparing in the feeding, intelligent and fast. It is a dog that adapts to all the works: guardian, hunter, defender, acarreador of carts; but especially he is an excellent shepherd. Precise, severe, resistant to the colds of the winter and able to fight itself in equality of conditions against the wolf. At the moment the race is being promoted in exhibitions, since it lay down to his extinction.