ectropion Archive

Mastino Fails, Owner Wails

Posted on August 23, 2012 | 35 Comments
This last weekend a Neopolitan Mastiff failed its vet check at the Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show and not a day later the red-in-the-face owner was weeping and slobbering online...
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Ectropion and the Failed Crufts Dogs

Posted on March 10, 2012 | 33 Comments
To the surprise of no one, the Neapolitan Mastiff and the English Mastiff have joined the ranks of failed Best of Breed dogs at this year’s Crufts due to failed...
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