- The most common colours are white with black, yellow, fawn or wolf grey markings.
- The solid colours are fawn, yellow or wolf grey, brindled or not.
- In these colours white markings on forefeet, feet or both, as well as a white blaze on the head are commonly seen.
- It may be ticked in the body or have tan in the cheeks and eyebrows and anal region (tricolour)
About the Transmontano Mastiff
Transmontano Mastiff
- FCI status
- Provisional
- Also called
- Mastin Transmontano
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Livestock guarding dog for sheep and goat flocks
- Behaviour and temperament
“Despite its size it is a docile but reserved dog. It is cautious without being aggressive, always calm and with a serene expression. It is an exceptional guard when protecting flocks against wolf attacks, always attentive in its duty. Lives and socializes with other males without conflict, imposing a dominance hierarchy when living in groups with breeding females, and it is normal seeing them outnumbering females in flock guarding, which is never done by a single animal. In the contact with strangers, after an initial reserve, it allows handling without problems, being very sensitive to gentle treatment and attention”
Quoted from FCI standard n°368. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needs
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- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
- 5 of 5
- Grooming needs
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- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Transmontano Mastiff
What you get with the Transmontano Mastiff
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Livestock guarding dog for sheep and goat flocks”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Despite its size it is a docile but reserved dog”
What you are taking on
- Expect a lot of shedding — “Smooth and very dense. With obvious undercoat.”
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Transmontano Mastiff
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Coat
Smooth and very dense.
With obvious undercoat.
Shorter and thinner hair in the head, ears, muzzle and limbs
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°368 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Transmontano Mastiff down for, and what puts one out of the ring, in the registry’s own words. This describes the breed standard — it is not a checklist for the animal in front of you, and a pet with a disqualifying fault is an unshowable dog rather than an unhealthy one.
Severe faults
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
- Head: Too bulky. Skull: Too convex. Skull / Muzzle: Convergent or excessively divergent longitudinal superior cranium-facial axes. Muzzle: too short. Nose: Flesh coloured or marbled nose. Jaws: evidently undershot or overshot. Eyes: Big, round or prominent. Lack of pigmentation of the lids. Ears: Of low set, excessively small or thin. Body: Wide chest reaching below the elbow. Barrel-shaped chest. Feet: Splayed fore – and hind feet. Coat: Not dense enough and too short in the body. Lack of undercoat. Colour: Solid black and solid white
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Transmontano Mastiff in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Transmontano Mastiff
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Transmontano Mastiff on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
This is where Transmontano Mastiff owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Transmontano Mastiff breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.