| AMERICAN DOG FEDERATION DOOLEY MASTIFF DOOLEY MASTIFF Working Group 6 |
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GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE DOOLEY MASTIFF
A BREED 22 YEARS IN THE MAKING
THE DOOLEY MASTIFF IS A BREED THAT POSESSES GREAT CHARACTER,
INTELLIGENCE, WITH LOYALTY AND KINDNESS TO FAMILY. WHILE AN ALERT
GUARDIAN THE DOOLEY MASTIFF WILL ACCESS A SITUATION AND ACT
ACCORDINGLY.
THE DOOLEY MASTIFF EXPRESSION CLEARLY GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF
CONFIDENCE, UNCOMPROMISING CHARACTER, STRENGTH AND ABILITY.
DEVOTED TO FAMILY.
STANDARD
HEAD - WIDE AND FLAT BETWEEN THE EARS WITH THE STOP BEING WELL
DEFINED. NOSE TO STOP CAN BE SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAT STOP TO
OCCIPUT. THE PLANES OF NOSE TO STOP ARE PARALLEL WITH THE
PLANES FROM STOP TO OCCIPUT. CHRACTERISTIC WRINKLE AND FURROW
BETWEEN THE EYES.
SERIOUS FAULT UNEVEN PLANE,S NO CHRACTERISTIC WRINKLE AND
FURROW BETWEEN THE EYES OR EXCESSIVE WRINKLE.
EYES - TRIANGULAR OR GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF ALMOND SHAPE DUE
TO HEAD WRINKLE
EYE COLOR - SHADES OF AMBER, BROWN OR BLUE IN ACCORDANCE TO
THE COAT COLOR
EARS - SET HIGH ON HEAD
NOSE AND MUZZLE - LARGE AND WELL PIGMENTED BUT IN ACCORDANCE
TO THE
COAT COLOR OF THE DOG. THE NOSTRILS ARE LARGE AND WELL OPENED.
LIPS - THICK AND LONG BUT NOT EXCESSIVE OR GIVING THE
APPEARANCE AS PENDULOUS.THE MUZZLE IS BROAD STRONG AND WELL
DEVELOPED AND DEEP WITHOUT ANY WEAKNESS OR NARROWNESS.
THE TOP LIP SHOULD COVER THE BOTTOM NO MORE THAN ¾ OF AN INCH.
THE BOTTOM LIP SHOULD NOT BE LOOSE OR FLESHY.
•SERIOUS FAULT EXCESSIVE LIP
BITE – THE JAW IS STRONG AND TAPERS SLIGHTLY FRONT TO BACK. A
SCISSORS BITE IS PREFERRED AN EVEN OR SLIGHTLY UNDERSHOT BITE
SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED.
•SERIOUS FAULT OVERSHOT OR UNDERSHOT MORE THAN 1/4 INCH
NECK - STRONG,WELL MUSCLED AND NOT TOO SHORT GIVING A
BALANCED APPEARANCE TO THE HEAD AND BROADENING FROM THE BASE
OF THE SKULL AND NICELY FITTING INTO THE SHOULDERS.
DEWLAP - NEITHER EXCESSIVE OR PENDULOUS
ELBOWS - TURNING NEITHER IN OR OUT BUT PARALLEL TO THE BODY.
RIB CAGE - WELL SPRUNG AND WELL FILLED IN
FRONT LEGS - THE FRONT LEGS CARRY THICK BONE, WITH WELL DEFINED
AND HEAVY MUSCLE THE FRONT LEGS ARE VERSICLE WITH NO BOWING
AS SEEN FROM THE FRONT AND SIDE.
FRONT PASTERNS - THE FRONT PASTERNS ARE SHORT, THICK AND
STRONG AND ARE IN PROPORTION TO THE LENGTH OF THE FORELEGS.
FEET – WELL PADDED BUT TOES ARE NOT KNUCKLED NOR COMPACT AND
SLIGHTLY EAST WEST
BACK, HINDQUARTERS COLOR SIZE AND GAIT
BACK - WIDE AND STRONG. HIGHEST PART OF SHOULDER BLADE BARELY
RISING ABOVE THE STRONG, LEVEL TOPLINE OF THE BACK.
TOPLINE - STRAIGHT
CROUP - BROAD AND STRONG WITH HAS WELL-DEFINED MUSCULATURE.
SEEN FROM THE SIDE, IT DROPS SLIGHTLY.
TAIL
THE TAIL IS STRONG AND THICK,SET RIGHT OFF THE CROP TAPERING
SLIGHTLY TO THE END WHEN UNDOCKED. WHEN IN REPOSE CARRIED LOW
WITH A SLIGHT CURVE, WHEN ALERT CARRIED LEVEL WITH THE BACK WITH
A SLIGHT CURVE AT THE END
SERIOUS FAULTS GAY TAIL, KINKED TAIL
HINDQUARTERS
HINDQUARTERS - WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REAR THE HINDQUARTERS
STRONG THICK AND MUSCULAR BUT IN PROPORTION TO THE REST OF THE
DOG.
UPPER THIGHS -POWERFUL, WIDE/DEEP WELL SHAPED, AND VERY
MUSCULAR AS SEEN FROM THE BACK OR SIDE
SECONDARY THIGHS/GASKINS - WELL DEVELOPED WITH PROMINENT
MUSCULATURE AND WELL LET DOWN.
STIFLES - STRONG AND FIRM WITH THE CORRECT ANGULATION AS SEEN
IN THE SHOULDERS
HOCKS - TURNING NEITHER IN OR OUT
•SERIOUS FAULT: COW HOCKED OR SICKLE HOCKS
HIND FEET - SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE FOREPAWS, WELL PADDED
AND POINT STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT.
GAIT - ROLLING BUT GROUND COVERING AND POWERFUL. PACING IS
ACCEPTABLE. THE OVERALL APPEARANCE IS A DETERMINED POWERFUL
GROUND COVERING GAIT.
•SERIOUS FAULTS: GAY TAIL WHEN MOVING, HACKNEY OR
PRANCE TYPE GAIT,SIDEWINDING/CRABBING
COLORS - BLACK, FAWN VARIOUS SHADES FROM LIGHT TO DARK, BLUE,
BROWN, BLUE FAWN
COAT PATTERNS :SOLID , BRINDLE, PIED
FEMALES - HEIGHT 22-26 "FROM 2UP TO 150 LBS. SOME FEMALES CAN BE AS LARGE AS
MALES
LARGER IS PREFERRED BUT SMALLER IS ACCEPTABLE AS LONG AS MASS
AND PROPORTION IS THERE.
MALES - HEIGHT 26 - 30"RANGE UP TO 170 LBS .
HEIGHT AND SUBSTANCE WITH LARGE BONE PREFERRED BUT IN
GOOD PROPORTION. OVERALL BALANCE WITH EVERY PART OF THE DOG
BEING IN PROPORTION IS PREFERRED
SERIOUS FAULTS- KINKED TAILS, GAIL TAILS, VERY SHORT DOCKED TAILS,
EXAGGERATED UNDERSHOT JAW, OVERSHOT JAW, GAIT BEING
UNCHARACTERISTIC OF THE MOLOSSUS BREEDS, OVERLY EXCESSIVE
WRINKLED DOGS(DEEP FOLDS) AND OVERDONE DOGS. PENDULOUS LIPS
AND EARS.
THE ABSENCE OF MASSIVENESS IS TO BE SO SEVERELY PENALIZED AS TO
ELIMINATE THE DOG FROM COMPETITION.
American Dog Federation standard of the breed 12/2018
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