DOGS LIVE HERE

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GREETED WITH PAWS AND SWINGING TAILS, DON'T COME INSIDE BECAUSE DOGS LIVE HERE

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE FEEL OF A COLD NOSE OR WET TONGUE DON'T COME INSIDE BECAUSE DOGS LIVE HERE

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STEP OVER MANY SCATTERED TOYS DON'T COME INSIDE BECAUSE DOGS LIVE HERE

IF YOU THINK A HOME SHOULD SMELL OF PERFUME DON'T COME INSIDE BECAUSE DOGS LIVE HERE

But if you don't mind all of this, You will instantly be loved when you come inside because dogs live here!!!

• "If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either." - Unknown
• "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." - Gene Hill
• "When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long." - Unknown
• "To err is human, to forgive, canine." - Unknown
• "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." - Unknown
• "No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich." - Louis Sabin
• "My dog is usually pleased with what I do, because she is not infected with the concept of what I "should" be doing." - Lonzo Idolswine
• "No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has." - Will Rogers
• My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.  ~Author Unknown
• Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you?  But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window.  ~Steve Bluestone
• Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.  ~Roger Caras
• The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's.  ~Mark Twain

• "Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit,
  you would stay out and your dog would go in."
  
  - Mark Twain

The MCOA is dedicated to the health and welfare of the English Mastiff breed conserving its unique breed function as a gentle giant companion and family guardian.

A pure bred dog of this type offers to his owners that he will be of a specific size, shape, color and temperament.

The predictability of a breed comes from years of selection for traits that are desirable and away from those that are undesirable. However, when a breed standard or type is set, those animals within that set have less heterozygosity than animals in a random population.

A so called “American Mastiff” is nothing but a mixed breed when the English Mastiff is crossed with an Anatolian Shepherd or whatever, the resultant first generation offspring, because it is a gamble, the offspring become an unpredictable mix. Coat, body shape, height, color, head etc become a veritable crap shoot. Behavior and temperament, the most essential character of an English Mastiff, varies and centuries of breeding for predictable behavior is lost when breeding to a dog of questionable temperament.

The MCOA is opposed to the cross breeding of pure bred dogs for the purpose of whim and fancy. These mixed breed dogs are not exempt from but more prone to the known genetic diseases of both breeds. They offer none of the advantages that owning a pure bred has to offer.

We urge you to avoid this temptation to purchase a “designer Mastiff”. Be a prudent and informed buyer – search for reputable English Mastiff web sites and most importantly the web site of the Mastiff Club of America..

Remember that buying a dog is not buying the latest electronic equipment, designer handbag or item of in style fancy. Rather it is a long term commitment to a living animal and with prudent selection, should result in wonderful long term relationship..


by:
Dr. William R. Newman

Delegate of the Mastiff Club of America

The following list of dogs are in the group known as Molosser. Only the Mastiff is the true Mastiff others have taken on the name of Mastiff for examples, Brazilian, Italian, French mastiff all go under are recognized by the AKC under their breed names listed below. But the AKC regards the "English Mastiff" as the only true "Mastiff " and the only name for a Mastiff.