Mastiff ndi galu wamkulu kwambiri, wamphamvu komanso wokhuthala, ali ndi mutu waukulu, makutu awiri akulu akulu opindika atatu, mphuno yotakata komanso nkhope ngati yokutidwa ndi chigoba chakuda chomwe chimamaliza kukopa chidwi.

Tsitsi : lalifupi, mumithunzi yonse ya fawn (apricot, siliva ...), nthawi zina ndi mikwingwirima (brindle).

kukula Kutalika (kutalika): 70-75 cm.

kulemera kwake: 70-90 makilogalamu.

Gulu FCI : N ° 264.

Ndi nkhani yaulemerero bwanji! Mastiff ndi amodzi mwa mafuko ochepa omwe adakalipo omwe anganyadire kuti adatenga nawo gawo mu mbiri yayikulu ya amuna, ndipo izi kwazaka zambiri. Mwachitsanzo, asilikali a ku France anadziwana ndi gulu lankhondo lothandiza la asilikali a ku England limeneli pa nthawi ya nkhondo ya zaka zana limodzi. Kukhalapo kwake kwakale kwambiri ku Britain kumadziwika ndi chitukuko cha amalonda cha Afoinike. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri anali galu wankhondo, wankhondo, wakusaka, walonda ... atatsala pang'ono kufa, mtunduwo unapezanso mphamvu m'zaka za m'ma XNUMX.

Pansi pa mlengalenga wake wowopsa, Mastiff kwenikweni ndi chimphona chofatsa. Ndiwodekha komanso wachikondi kwambiri kwa okondedwa ake, anthu ndi nyama zabanja. Iye alibe nkhanza, koma ndi wosungidwa ndipo ngakhale mphwayi kwa alendo. Maonekedwe ake akuluakulu ndi okwanira kumupanga kukhala wolondera wabwino yemwe angalepheretse aliyense kumuyandikira. Khalidwe linanso lomwe liyenera kulemekezedwa ndi nyamayi: ndi yonyansa ndipo imasintha kuti ikhale yopanda kanthu.

Chifukwa cha kukula kwake mwachangu komanso kukula kwake kwakukulu komaliza, Mastiff amakumana ndi matenda a mafupa omwe amakumana nawo m'magulu akulu. Ayenera kupeŵa kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kwambiri asanakwanitse zaka ziŵiri kuti asawononge zichereŵetsa zake zimene zikukula. Izi zati, Mastiff akuwoneka kuti samakonda kwambiri dysplasias pafupipafupi, malinga ndi zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa ndi aOrthopedic Maziko a Zinyama : 15% ndi elbow dysplasia (22nd pakati pa mitundu yokhudzidwa kwambiri) ndi 21% ndi chiuno dysplasia (35 udindo). (1) (2) Mastiff amawonekeranso momveka bwino pa chiopsezo cha kupasuka kwa cruciate ligament.

Chiopsezo china cha matenda okhudzana mwachindunji ndi kukula kwake kwakukulu: dilation-torsion ya m'mimba. Zizindikiro zachipatala (nkhawa, kukhumudwa, kulephera kusanza) ziyenera kuchenjeza ndikupangitsa kuti athandizidwe mwachangu.

Zimavomerezedwa ndi magulu osiyanasiyana kuti khansa ndiyo yomwe imayambitsa imfa ku Mastiffs. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi mitundu ina yayikulu, khansa ya m'mafupa (Osteosarcoma ndiyo yofala kwambiri) ikuwoneka kuti imakhudza kwambiri galu uyu. (3)

Canine Multifocal Retinopathy (CMR): matenda a masowa amadziwika ndi zotupa ndi kutsekeka kwa retina zomwe zimatha kusokoneza masomphenya pang'ono chabe kapena kuyambitsa khungu kwathunthu. Ma genetic screening test amapezeka.

Cystinuria: ndi kukanika kwa impso kumayambitsa kutupa ndi mapangidwe a impso miyala.

Matenda a mtima (cardiomyopathy), ocular (entropion), hypothyroidism ... matenda amawonedwanso mu Mastiff koma kufalikira kwawo sikuli kokwezeka modabwitsa poyerekeza ndi mitundu ina.

Ngakhale kuti ali ndi khalidwe labwino, Mastiff ndi nyama yamphamvu yomwe imalemera kulemera kwa munthu wamkulu. Choncho, zikhoza kuimira chiopsezo kwa alendo. Choncho mbuye wake ali ndi udindo womuphunzitsa ndi kupewa ngozi iliyonse, apo ayi galu uyu akhoza kuchita momwe angafunire. Chidaliro ndi kulimba ndi mawu ofunika kwambiri a maphunziro opambana. Mastiff sakhudzidwa ndi lamulo la Januware 6, 1999 lokhudza nyama zowopsa.