[quote=NAK101]I don't own any sheep. My dogs where Hungarian imports out of parents that worked sheep during the week and where show and made show champions as well. All around dogs, as they should be.[/quote] Just because a dog came from dogs that worked sheep doesn't mean yours were capable. To know this, you would have to test them. Why can't you just give a straight answer when I ask a simple question and say...you have never worked a "working" breed...and wouldn't know where to begin...as you only breed for cosmetics. How do I know this? Well, you said you bred them but didn't work them. So...what else is there to say. And you haven't worked your Akitas either. Heck, I hunted with my American Akitas on a few occations, and I didn't even have an interest in breeding them. [quote=natimastino]LMAO Lee, you called me SHE?? Dude Im a dude and a big and manly one at that. Lee I dont think you know what a 'pure' Mastino is at all. Why are you certain of it that some where pure? Not many people have any idea. Put it this way; when you refer to the American Pitbull Terrier/southern pitbulldogge what dogs come to mind as being a 'pure', true to the core essence of the breed?? Hmmm... maybe Plumbers Alligator, Chinaman, or perhaps the Sorrel dogs you are fond of. You're not expecting me to believe your buddy had real, unadulterated, old world Italian blood mastiffs on his hands in Mississippi?? (A state which I love, BTW)[/quote] Sorry for the identity mistake. I saw "Nati" and assumed Natilie. My bad. As far as knowing what a pure Mastini is...well...come on dude. I have been around the block a little, and am very familiar with what a pure Neapolitan is. And, just to enlighten you...the world is no longer that big. Anything is available to those willing to pay for it. Tosa is considerably rarer than Neapolitans...and we have evaluated several of them (junk and REAL ones) as well...not just the one Tosa I imported. But...on another note, let me ask YOU a question...since you are here to "defend" the Neapolitan (which I am not attacking in this post by saying I prefer the EM as I find them more capable...but just offering my experience and education)...like I said...but, let me ask you a question. Let's say for arguement's sake that you could find a Neapolitan with good temperament, drives, stabilty, and even decent agility and...heck, I will be generous and give your perfect example stamina too (even though I have found these traits to generally be lacking by comparison to quality EM)...do you think your example of Neapolitan would be as powerful as a quality EM?