I should add that there seems to be people in Germany producing a breed they refer to as an Alano which most certainly is not a Spanish Alano. When I use the word Alano generally I am using it as a shorter reference to the Spanish Alano or Alano Espanol, which is the breed both my dogs are. I tried posting some links to some valid Spanish Alano kennels but for whatever reason they did not come out. So here are some links to some. The kennel below is not really producing many dogs these days. Notice how different the uncropped puppies look from the cropped adult: http://www.perroalano.com/ My male's father, Curro, is now living at this kennel: http://www.alanosdelastinieblas.com/ Tarantos, the classic Spanish Alano Kennel: http://www.lostarantos.netfirms.com/Alano1ENG.htm