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OK Folks, You heard it here first!
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HomeOnTheRange
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Great plan everyone! I am in for one of the females. It would be interesting to see if this cross would make a good LGD or would the instinct to protect the person outweigh the breeding of the Great Pyrenees.
I think it is Neapolitan vs Neo...
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Southern by choice
Herd Master
Are you kidding that girl would be in my house and all over the property!
My Littlest is begging for a Newfoundland. I think I could slip this one in instead. Maybe.
My Littlest is begging for a Newfoundland. I think I could slip this one in instead. Maybe.
HomeOnTheRange
Golden Herd Lurker
I could get one of these and one of Secuono's little females. Interesting... I am so far from everything and everyone. 
babsbag
Herd Master
I sent the breeder an email...
I read today that they were used a LGDs back in the 1800s.
https://retrieverman.net/2012/04/16/the-original-function-of-neapolitan-mastiffs/
My source for this bit of information comes from the 1908 Diplomatic and Consular Reports from the British Foreign Office:
The Neapolitan mastiff is a heavy and useful cattle dog. He has a fine smooth coat and is generally brindled or black. He is kind by nature, but easily made savage if he is tied up or ill-treated. His original use was to go out with the cattle and goats and protect them from the wolves which in olden days were very common all over the district. Then, as now, he guarded the homestead at night (pg. 15).
I read today that they were used a LGDs back in the 1800s.
https://retrieverman.net/2012/04/16/the-original-function-of-neapolitan-mastiffs/
My source for this bit of information comes from the 1908 Diplomatic and Consular Reports from the British Foreign Office:
The Neapolitan mastiff is a heavy and useful cattle dog. He has a fine smooth coat and is generally brindled or black. He is kind by nature, but easily made savage if he is tied up or ill-treated. His original use was to go out with the cattle and goats and protect them from the wolves which in olden days were very common all over the district. Then, as now, he guarded the homestead at night (pg. 15).
babsbag
Herd Master
@HomeOnTheRange I'm in California so even farther.
HomeOnTheRange
Golden Herd Lurker
But @babsbag, you are only 200 miles away from the Nea/Pyr cross puppies... That is so close you could almost reach out and hug them! 
Southern by choice
Herd Master
Like almost every Mastiff they were out and guarding the region, village etc. Not specific to livestock but more of a general guardian.
This is why many dogs on the "LGD" Lists don't belong. The villages and mountain sides would naturally have livestock. However they are different in that they do not form the same kind of bonds.
I am tellin ya... great potential dog! Would be so much fun to evaluate the litter!
babsbag
Herd Master
babsbag
Herd Master
@Southern by choice IF I go see these puppies am I going to see watcher/patroller traits like an LGD? They are only 8 weeks old...just babies.
