Once the trainer has established the dog's respect as leader, the Spanish Mastiff will be an extremely loyal pet.

The Spanish Mastiff is a very large and powerful dog, similar in appearance to the other Mastiff breeds.

"It was a big show, in the Hippodrome, And the judge gave the show to a hometown dog, a Spanish mastiff.

The Spanish Mastiff may be a less-than-ideal pet in urban situations, where its booming voice and massive size could be problematic.

Spanish Mastiff (Spain)

Many of today's Spanish breeds, of mastiffs, claim to be this breed; the Spanish mastiff, the Pyrenean mastiff or the old Spanish Alano.

The Spanish Mastiff is thought to have descended from Greek dogs brought to Spain via Greek and Phoenician maritime traders starting around 1000 BC.

These dogs later migrated eastward and influenced the development of the Spanish Mastiff, Great Pyrenees, Dogue de Bordeaux, and Sennenhund breeds.

He crossed it with the Great Dane, Boxer, Spanish Mastiff, Old English Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Great Pyrenees, Pointer, Irish Wolfhound and Dogue de Bordeaux.

The Cordoba was a crossbreed of Spanish Mastiff and British and American fighting dogs that would become the American Pit Bull Terrier and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

The Spanish Mastiff, or Mastín Español is a large breed of dog, originating in Spain, originally bred to be a Livestock guardian dog and a guard dog whose purpose is to defend livestock from wolves and other predators.

Breeds such as the Bullmastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux, Fila Brasileiro, Pyrenean Mastiff (Mastín del Pirineo), Spanish Mastiff, Neapolitan Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff, and many others fall into the larger category of "Molossers", but are not "Mastiffs".