UMastiff uyinja enkulu kakhulu, inamandla futhi inamandla, inekhanda elikhulu, izindlebe ezimbili ezinkulu ezilengayo ezingunxantathu, isifonyo esibanzi nobuso sengathi bumbozwe ngesifonyo esimnyama esigcwalisa ukuhlaba umxhwele.

Izinwele : mfushane, kuzo zonke izinhlobo ze-fawn (ibhilikosi, isiliva…), kwesinye isikhathi ngemivimbo (brindle).

Usayizi (ukuphakama kubuna): 70-75 cm.

isisindo: 70-90 kg.

Ukwahlukaniswa kwe-FCI : N ° 264.

Indaba ekhazimulayo! I-Mastiff ingenye yezinhlanga ezimbalwa ezisekhona ezingaziqhenya ngokubamba iqhaza emlandweni omkhulu wamadoda, futhi lokhu kwaphela amakhulu eminyaka. Amabutho aseFrance, ngokwesibonelo, alazi leli hora elisizayo lamasosha amaNgisi phakathi neMpi Yeminyaka Eyikhulu. Ukuba khona kwayo endulo eBrithani kubangelwa yimpucuko yabathengisi baseFenike. Kwaphela amakhulu eminyaka kwakuyinja yempi, yezokulwa, yokuzingela, yokuqapha… ngemuva kokuthi icishe yafa, lolu hlobo lwathola amandla kabusha engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu le-XNUMXth.

Ngaphansi kwemimoya yakhe esabekayo ye-ogre, iMastiff empeleni iyisidlakela esimnene. Uzolile futhi unothando olukhulu ngabathandekayo bakhe, abantu nezilwane zomndeni. Akanalo ulaka, kepha ugcinwe futhi akanandaba nabantu angabazi. Umzimba wakhe omkhulu ngokwanele noma kunjalo ukumenza inja yokubuka enhle ezovimba noma ngubani ukuthi asondele kuye. Enye ikhwalithi okufanele ifakwe kulesi silwane: i-rustic futhi ivumelanisa nalutho.

Ngenxa yokukhula kwayo ngokushesha nosayizi wokugcina omkhulu kakhulu, iMastiff ivezwe kakhulu kwizifo zamathambo ezivame ukuhlangana nezinhlobo ezinkulu. Kufanele agwenywe noma yikuphi ukuzivocavoca okukhulu ngaphambi kweminyaka emibili ukuze angalimazi uqwanga lwakhe olukhulayo. Lokho kusho ukuthi uMastiff ubonakala ethambekele kakhulu kuma-dysplasias ajwayelekile, ngokusho kwedatha eqoqwe yiAmathambo Isisekelo Sezilwane : 15% nge-elbow dysplasia (22nd phakathi kwezinhlobo ezithinteke kakhulu) ne-21% ene-hip dysplasia (isikhundla sama-35). (1) (2) UMastiff ubuye avezwe ngokunengqondo engozini yokuqhekeka kwesigaxa esibethelwe.

Enye ingozi yokugula exhunywe ngqo nosayizi wayo omkhulu: i-dilation-torsion yesisu. Izimpawu zomtholampilo (ukukhathazeka, ukuyaluza, imizamo engaphumelelanga yokuhlanza) kufanele zixwayise futhi ziholele ekungeneleleni kwezokwelapha okuphuthumayo.

Kuyamukelwa amaqembu ahlukahlukene ukuthi umdlavuza uyimbangela yokufa kwabantu eMastiffs. Njengoba kunjalo ngezinye izinhlobo ezinkulu, umdlavuza wamathambo (i-Osteosarcoma yiyona evame kakhulu) ubonakala uthinta kakhulu le nja. (3)

ICanine Multifocal Retinopathy (CMR): lesi sifo seso sibonakala ngezilonda kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwe-retina okungaphazamisa ukubona ngendlela encane noma kubangele ukungaboni ngokuphelele. Ukuhlolwa kokuhlolwa kofuzo kuyatholakala.

ICystinuria: ukungasebenzi kahle kwezinso okubangela ukuvuvukala nokwakheka kwamatshe ezinso.

I-Cardiac (cardiomyopathy), i-ocular (entropion), i-hypothyroidism… ukuphazamiseka nakho kuyabonakala kuMastiff kepha ukwanda kwabo akuphakeme ngokungajwayelekile ngokuqhathaniswa nezinye izinhlobo.

Yize inesimilo esihle, iMastiff iyisilwane semisipha esinesisindo somuntu omdala. Ngakho-ke ingabonisa usongo olungaba khona kwabokufika. Ngakho-ke inkosi yakhe inesibopho sokuyifundisa nokuvimbela noma isiphi isimo esiyingozi, ngaphandle kwalokho le nja ingenza ngokuthanda kwayo. Ukuzethemba nokuqina kungamagama asemqoka emfundweni ephumelelayo. UMastiff akathinteki emthethweni kaJanuwari 6, 1999 ophathelene nezilwane eziyingozi.