Previous Books by Author:
Dogs As Companions – 1981
Old Working Dogs – 1984 (reprinted 1998 and 2011)
The Heritage of the Dog – 1990
The Bullmastiff-A Breeder’s Guide Vol 1 – 1996
The Bullmastiff-A Breeder’s Guide Vol 2 – 1997
Old Farm Dogs – 1999
The Mastiffs – The Big Game Hunters – 2000-06 (six editions)
The Bullmastiff-A Breeder’s Guide – 2006 (one volume hardback edition)
The World of the Lurcher – 2010
Sporting Terriers – Their Form, Their Function & Their Future – 2011
Sighthounds - Their Form, Their Function & Their Future – 2012
Gundogs – Their Past, Their Performance & Their Prospects - 2013
Hounds – Hunting by Scent – 2014
Dogs of the Shepherds - A Review of the Pastoral Breeds - 2014
CONTENTS
Dedication
Preface
Introduction:
Chapter 1: Origins and Ancestry; The Molossian Connection; The Mastiff Diaspora.
Chapter 2: The English Breeds: The Mastiff; the Bulldog Influence - the Bullmastiff; The Bulldog; the Pug Legacy.
Chapter 3: Overseas Breeds: European; the Americas; African; Asian.
Chapter 4: The Running Mastiffs – Overdue Recognition: The Great Dane; the Broholmer; the Dogo Argentino; the Rhodesian Ridgeback; the Curs.
Chapter 5: Breeding Better Mastiff Breeds.
Chapter 6: Improving The Mastiff Breeds - Honouring the Classic Phenotype.
Conclusion: Safeguarding Their Future: The Way Ahead for the Breeds.