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About the Pyrenean Mastiff

Origin: Spain
Typical life span
8-13 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
64-100 kg
Female
55-81 kg
Height
Male
77-81 cm
Female
72-75 cm
FCI status
Reconhecida pela FCI
FCI group
Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossoid and Swiss Mountain and Cattledogs
Origin
Spain
Also called
Mastin del Pirineo
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Pyrenean Mastiff?

A giant, powerful, and noble livestock guardian breed from the Spanish Pyrenees, known for its calm demeanor, thick white double coat with darker patches, and courageous yet gentle protective nature

Pyrenean Mastiff history and origins

Ancient livestock guardian breed from the Pyrenees mountains of Spain, developed to protect flocks from wolves and bears. The breed faced near extinction after the Spanish Civil War but was revived by dedicated breeders in the 1970s

Pyrenean Mastiff appearance and size

Males typically weigh 64-100 kg and stand 77-81 cm at the shoulder; females 55-81 kg and 72-75 cm.

O que diz o padrão da raça

Criado para
Guard and defense. Previously, the Pyrenean Mastiff was used for defense against beasts of prey, in particular against wolf and bear. Nowadays he is an excellent guard for country estates and their owners as he is easily trained
Comportamento e temperamento
“Friendly towards humans, calm, noble and very intelligent, at the same time courageous and proud towards strangers from whom he never backs away. In his behaviour towards other dogs, he is good natured and aware of his superior strength. Occasionally, he will fight with great skill, an atavistic quality which goes back to hundreds of years of fighting wolves. His dark bark comes from deep within his chest. His expression is alert”

Quoted from FCI standard n°92. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referência da raça de The Dog API.

Características

Tamanho
Large
Necessidade de exercício
2 of 5
Facilidade de treino
—
Queda de pelo
—
Cuidados com o pelo
4 of 5
Convivência com crianças
—
Custo de manutenção
—
Tolera ficar sozinho
—
Inteligência
—
Saúde da raça
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Prós e contras da raça Pyrenean Mastiff

O que ganha com a raça Pyrenean Mastiff

  • Função declarada no padrão: «Guard and defense. Previously, the Pyrenean Mastiff was used for defense against beasts of prey, in particular against wolf and bear. Nowadays he is…»
  • O padrão descreve a raça assim: «Friendly towards humans, calm, noble and very intelligent, at the same time courageous and proud towards strangers from…»

O que tem de assumir

  • Exige muitos cuidados com o pelo — a descrição do próprio padrão é «On the plume, the texture is not as bristly as elsewhere on the body.»

Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. Padrão da raça, FCI. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.

Characteristics

Padrão da FCI · Pyrenean Mastiff

Pelo e cor

Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão, etiquetada com preferred e undesirable.

Coat

Dense, thick and of moderate length.

The ideal medium length, measured on middle section of topline, should be 6 to 9 cm.

The coat is longer on the shoulders, neck, under belly, at the back of legs as well as on the tail.

On the plume, the texture is not as bristly as elsewhere on the body.

The coat should bristly, not woolly in texture

Cor

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.

Cor de base

Basic colour white, always with a well-defined mask

  • Sometimes there are irregularly distributed distinctly outlined patches of the same colour as the mask.
  • Undesirable: Tricolour or pure white dogs
  • Ears always spotted.
  • Tip of tail and lower parts of legs are always white.
  • Mask should be clearly defined.
  • It is an advantage if the outline of the patches is clear cut.
  • At the roots, the coat should be as light as possible, ideally really white.
  • Preferred: The most colours are, in order of preference, pure white (snow-white), patches medium grey, intensive golden yellow, brown, black, grey- silver, light beige, sandy or marbled
  • Undesirable: Undesirable are red patches and yellowish-white basic colour

Resumido de FCI standard n°92 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.

O que o padrão penaliza

Aquilo que faz um juiz descontar pontos à raça Pyrenean Mastiff, e o que a põe fora do ring, nas palavras do próprio registo. Isto descreve o padrão da raça — não é uma lista de verificação para o animal que tem à frente, e um animal de companhia com um defeito desqualificante é um cão que não pode ir a exposição, não um cão doente.

Defeitos graves

Contam fortemente contra um exemplar no ring.

  • Generally weedy or sluggish.
  • Muzzle too pointed or too blunt.
  • Slightly overshot mouth.
  • Absence of several premolars and canines if loss is not caused by an accident.
  • Slight faults in the occlusion of the incisors.
  • Cropped ears.
  • Saddleback.
  • Height much greater at the croup than at the withers.
  • Tail carried lying over the croup; lack of plume; lack of hook on the end of the tail; docked tail.
  • Extremities not vertical.
  • General weakness in pastern, rear pasterns and feet.
  • Cowhocked, either standing or moving.
  • Legs swinging out sideways in movement.
  • Coat very wavy or curly; coat in middle section of the topline slightly shorter than 6 cm and longer than 11 cm.
  • Lack of patches on ears.
  • Generally unbalanced temperament

FCI standard n°92

Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça Pyrenean Mastiff em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Pyrenean Mastiff

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

Ainda sem fotografias

É aqui que vão aparecer as fotografias dos próprios donos de Pyrenean Mastiff, a partir dos perfis dos animais que mantêm aqui. Ninguém acrescentou ainda nenhuma a uma página pública.

Uma fotografia num perfil de animal fica privada do seu dono. Não colocamos nenhuma aqui sem que nos peçam.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Pyrenean 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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