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About the Majorca Mastiff

Origin: Spain
FCI status
Recognised by FCI
FCI group
Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossoid and Swiss Mountain and Cattledogs
Origin
Spain
Also called
Ca de Bou
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What the breed standard says

Bred for
Watch and Guard Dog
Behaviour and temperament
Quiet by nature, he can under some circumstances be courageous and brave. He is at ease with people, faithful and devoted to his master. As a watch and guard dog, he is unsurpassed. In quiet situations, he is trusting and self assured. When roused, his expression is piercing

Quoted from FCI standard n°249. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Characteristics

Size
Exercise needs
2 of 5
Easy to train
Amount of shedding
Grooming needs
3 of 5
Good with children
Cost to keep
Tolerates being alone
Intelligence
Health of breed
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros & cons for the Majorca Mastiff

What you get with the Majorca Mastiff

  • Purpose stated in the standard: “Watch and Guard Dog”
  • The standard describes the breed as: “Quiet by nature, he can under some circumstances be courageous and brave”

What you are taking on

Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.

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 · Majorca Mastiff

Coat and colour

As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred and permissible.

Coat

Short and rough to the touch

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.

Base colour

Brindle, fawn and black, preference in this order

  • Preferred: In brindle dogs, dark tones, in fawn, the deeper shade is
  • Permissible: White patches on front feet, on chest and on muzzle up to a maximum of 30% of the whole coat
  • Permissible: A black mask

Shortened from FCI standard n°249 — 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 Majorca 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.

  • Dogs which are taller at withers than their height at croup.
  • Undershot by more than 1 cm.
  • Scissor or pincer bite.
  • Lack of two premolars.
  • Lack of rose ears, ears which lie flat, close to cheeks. Ears set on erect, even if the back third is the shape of a rose ear.
  • Tail shaped like a Bulldog’s.
  • Any other serious fault according to the standard

FCI standard n°249

Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Majorca Mastiff in general; any individual animal can differ.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Majorca Mastiff

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Majorca 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.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Majorca 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.

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