Advertise your Neapolitan Mastiff stud dog
Offer your Neapolitan Mastiff at stud to owners of health-tested bitches. Show his registration, health test results and achievements, and link the listing to your free breeder profile.
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Is it free to advertise here?
Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.
Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?
In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.
Is my listing already here?
We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.
Using a Neapolitan Mastiff stud dog
Neapolitan Mastiff stud dogs on this page are advertised by their owners. Before you book a mating, ask to see his hip and elbow results under the BVA/RKC schemes, and ideally an eye certificate issued in the 12 months before the mating. The RKC lists genetic diversity as a Good Practice priority for this breed, so check the pairing on the RKC's online inbreeding coefficient (COI) calculator, which shows the breed average, and aim for a figure at or below it. Confirm that he is RKC registered and carries no endorsement that would stop the litter being registered. As the breed is in Breed Watch Category 3, judge his eyes, skin folds, weight and hind movement as well as his paperwork. Put the stud fee, repeat-mating terms and what happens if no puppies are born in writing before the bitch travels. Our guide to stud dogs and stud services covers the basics.
Health tests for a Neapolitan Mastiff stud
For the Neapolitan Mastiff, the RKC Health Standard lists three screening schemes. Hip and elbow X-rays under the BVA/RKC schemes sit at Good Practice level, the minimum the RKC expects before breeding, and the RKC breed page also lists prioritising genetic diversity at that level. An eye examination under the BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme is at Best Practice level, ideally within the 12 months before a mating. The hip scheme scores X-rays from 0 to 106, lower being better, and the BVA advises breeding from dogs scoring below or close to the breed median. The elbow scheme grades each joint from 0 to 3, and the BVA recommends breeding only from dogs graded 0. A dog must be at least a year old for either scheme. The RKC offers no breed-specific DNA testing package for it.
The breed is in Breed Watch Category 3, for breeds whose visible concerns linked to exaggerated conformation call for extra, proactive measures. Judges look out for eyelids turned in or out, excessive skin, dermatitis, hair loss or scarring in skin folds, excess weight, and faulty hind conformation or poor rear movement. At general and group championship shows, a Best of Breed winner must pass a veterinary check before competing in the group. Health testing reduces risk but cannot guarantee a healthy puppy.
Health tests and schemes for the Neapolitan Mastiff:
- Hip testing using the BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Good Practice)
- Elbow testing using the BVA/RKC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Good Practice)
- Prioritising genetic diversity, for example by checking the inbreeding coefficient of a planned mating (RKC Good Practice)
- Eye testing using the BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC Best Practice)
- DNA tests: the RKC does not offer a breed-specific DNA testing package for this breed
- Breed Watch: Category 3
More for Neapolitan Mastiff owners and breeders
- Neapolitan Mastiff: breeders
- Neapolitan Mastiff: puppies for sale
- Neapolitan Mastiff: stud dogs
- All Working group breeds
Official sources
- Neapolitan Mastiff breed information - Royal Kennel Club
- Neapolitan Mastiff breed standard - Royal Kennel Club
- Neapolitan Mastiff Breed Watch Category 3 - Royal Kennel Club
- Breed Watch: health and welfare of show dogs - Royal Kennel Club
- Neapolitan Mastiff Club - Royal Kennel Club club profile
- Hip Dysplasia Scheme - British Veterinary Association
- Elbow Dysplasia Scheme - British Veterinary Association
- Eye Scheme - British Veterinary Association
- Inbreeding Coefficient (COI) lookup - Royal Kennel Club
- Health Test Results Finder - Royal Kennel Club
- Dog breeding licence (England) - GOV.UK
