Mastiff babban kare ne, mai ƙarfi da ƙaƙƙarfan kai, mai katon kai, manyan kunnuwa guda biyu masu faɗowa, faffadan leɓe da fuska kamar an lulluɓe shi da baƙar abin rufe fuska wanda ya cika don burgewa.

Gashi : gajere, a duk inuwar fawn (apricot, azurfa…), wani lokacin tare da ratsi (brindle).

size (tsayi a bushe): 70-75 cm.

Weight: 70-90 kilogiram

Babban darajar FCI : N ° 264.

Wane labari ne mai ɗaukaka! Mastiff yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan tseren da har yanzu suke wanzu waɗanda za su iya yin alfahari da shiga cikin babban tarihin maza, kuma wannan tsawon ƙarni da yawa. Sojoji na Faransa, alal misali, sun san wannan mataimaka na sojojin Ingila a lokacin Yaƙin Shekara ɗari. Tsohuwar kasancewarta a Biritaniya ana danganta shi da wayewar 'yan kasuwa na Phoenicians. Tsawon ƙarni ya kasance kare na yaƙi, na yaƙi, na farauta, mai gadi… bayan kusan ya mutu, nau'in ya sake samun ƙarfi a cikin rabin na biyu na ƙarni na XNUMX.

Ƙarƙashin iskar sa mai ban tsoro, Mastiff a haƙiƙanin ƙato ne mai laushi. Yana da nutsuwa da ƙauna ga ƙaunatattunsa, mutane da dabbobin dangi. Ba shi da tashin hankali, amma an keɓe shi har ma da rashin kulawa ga baƙi. Babban yanayin jikinsa ya ishe shi ko ta yaya ya sa shi zama mai lura da kyau wanda zai hana kowa tunkararsa. Wani ingancin da za a lasafta ga wannan dabba: yana da rustic kuma ya dace da kome ba.

Saboda saurin girma da girmansa na ƙarshe, Mastiff yana fallasa sosai ga cututtukan cututtukan orthopedic waɗanda aka saba saduwa da su a cikin manyan nau'ikan. Yakamata a guji duk wani motsa jiki mai tsanani kafin ya kai shekaru biyu don kada ya lalata guringuntsin da yake girma. Wannan ya ce, Mastiff ya bayyana ya zama ƙasa da sauƙi ga dysplasias akai-akai, bisa ga bayanan da aka tattaraBayani Gidauniyar Dabbobi : 15% tare da dysplasia gwiwar gwiwar hannu (22nd daga cikin nau'ikan da aka fi shafa) da 21% tare da dysplasia na hip (daraja 35th). (1) (2) Mastiff kuma yana da ma'ana yana fallasa haɗarin fashewar ligament.

Wani haɗari na ilimin cututtuka kai tsaye yana da alaƙa da girman girmansa: dilation-torsion na ciki. Alamun asibiti (damuwa, tashin hankali, yunƙurin da ba a yi nasara ba don yin amai) yakamata a faɗakar da su kuma haifar da saƙon gaggawa na likita.

Kungiyoyi daban-daban sun yarda cewa ciwon daji shine babban dalilin mutuwa a Mastiffs. Kamar yadda lamarin yake tare da wasu manyan nau'o'in, ciwon daji na kashi (Osteosarcoma shine mafi yawan kowa) yana da alama ya shafi wannan kare. (3)

Canine Multifocal Retinopathy (CMR): wannan ciwon ido yana da lahani da rabewar ido wanda zai iya cutar da gani kawai ta wata karamar hanya ko kuma ya haifar da makanta gaba daya. Akwai gwajin gwajin kwayoyin halitta.

Cystinuria: rashin aiki ne na koda yana haifar da kumburi da samuwar duwatsun koda.

Ciwon zuciya (cardiomyopathy), ido (entropion), hypothyroidism ... ana kuma lura da rashin lafiya a cikin Mastiff amma yaduwar su ba ta da yawa idan aka kwatanta da sauran nau'ikan.

Duk da kyawawan halayensa, Mastiff dabba ce mai tsoka wanda ke auna nauyin babba. Don haka yana iya wakiltar wata barazana ga baƙi. Don haka ubangidansa yana da hakkin ilmantar da shi da kuma hana duk wani yanayi mai hadari, in ba haka ba wannan kare yana iya yin yadda ya ga dama. Amincewa da tsayin daka sune mahimman kalmomi don samun nasarar ilimi. Doka ta Janairu 6, 1999 ba ta shafi Mastiff game da dabbobi masu haɗari.