[quote=LeeRobinson]I appreciate that the Neapolitan breeders are beginning to take a stand against overdone Neapolitans...and are working to improve the breed. IMO that is GREAT! However, my findings of the EM being a better choice for our goals isn't solely based on an assumption that all Neapolitans are overdone. I was never interested in working the overdone ones that had problems walking or seeing. The Neapolitans we worked did not appear that way...and in many ways looked much like a CC like physically. But, generally I simple found the EMs to be better for our goals. I found many Neapolitans to lack in the stability department. Some lacked confidence. Many bitches were very small as well. And a friend warned me of their small teeth which I found odd...until I began looking and although many had good teeth, many indeed did have suprisiingly small teeth. And even the ones that were not overdone still lacked the power, agility, and drive I AM LOOKING FOR. Some people are happy with them. That is great. I at this time am not interested enough to put them on an equal field of that as a good EM. Because when I compared best to best...the EM's simply faired better. Now as far as poor EM specimens go...absolutly they do exist...but that is not what I am talking about here. I am only talking about best to best. On that level, the EMs IMO are simply at a superior playing field. I do like the short coat of the Neapolitan though.[/quote] Lee, now we are getting somewhere! My suspicions were absolutley correct! I knew without a shadow of a doubt you did not have real Mastino in front of you. If it looks like a Corso..IT IS! :lol: :lol: I too have seen the stumped and brittle teeth you were working with and its classical backyard neo breeding symptons. Im sure this guy was passing them off as 'working' Neo's LMAO!! Just plain bad genetics and just another person with absolutley zero knowledge of a foreign breed. You in reality compared a badly bred Cane Corso/bandogge with OEM and I dont doubt at all the OEM was a better performer overall.