SOURCE: https://americandogfederation.com/americane_da_presa_meridionale.html

 

AMERICANE DA PRESA MERIDIONALE' IS INTELLIGENTAND LOYAL THOSE THAT OWN 
HIIM FEEL HE IS THE ULTIMATE FAMILY PROTECTOR.  VIGILANT OF  HIS 
SURROUNDINGS, BALANCED TEMPERAMENT, OBEDIENT AND DOCILE WITH FAMILY 
MEMBERS AND DEVOTED TO HIS MASTER..GREAT WITH PEOPLE BUT MUST BE 
SOCIALIZED. WHEN MEETING PEOPLE MUST BE INTRODUCED PROPERLY.

APPEARENCE - FEARLESS EXPRESSION, .DIGNIFIED, POWERFUL WITH A WELL FORMED 
SMOOTHLY MUSCLED BODY THE AMERICANE da PRESA MERIDIONALE' SHOULD NEVER 
APPEAR CLUMSY OR OVERDONE.

PLANES OF HEAD ARE PARAELLEL
SLIGHT WRINKLE IN THE FACE MOST TYPICAL IS THE FOLD WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE 
EXTERNAL ANGLE OF THE EYELID TO THE EXTERNAL ANGLE OF THE LIP
LIPS FLEW AND DEWLAP PENDULOUS
BOTTOM JAW  -  STRONG AND WELL DEVELOPED
BITE - LEVEL BITE

EARS HIGH SET CROPPED OR UNCROPPED. CROPPING IS PREFERRED FOR SHOW

EYE; APPEARS TRIANGULAR BUT CAN HAVE A SMALL DEGREE OF ROUNDNESS  
EYE COLOR MATCHES COAT COLOR

DEWCLAWS REMOVED

FOREQUARTERS -STRONG AND WELL PROPORTIONED TO THE SIZE OF THE DOG UPPER 
ARMS ARE WELL MUSCLED. CHEST BROAD DEEP AND WELL DEVELOPED AND REACHING 
TO THE ELBOW WITH LEGS NEITHER TURNING IN NOR OUT. PASTERNSALMOST 
STRAIGHT, BUT STRONG AND FLEXIBLE AS THIS DOG IS VERY AGILE AND WELL ABLE TO 
DEMONSTRATE SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT.
LOIN - IS WIDE AND  VERY MUSCLED NEITHER TOO SHORT OR TOO LONG
HINDQUARTERS - LEAN YET WELL MUSCLED AND VERY POWERFUL
ALLOWING GREAT AGILITY
FEET- .COMPACT WITH WELL ARCHED TOES. PADS ARE THICK AND DARK WITH THE 
EXCEPTION BEING WHITE FEET WHICH CAN DEMONSTRATE A LIGHTER PAD.

HINDLEGS -  WHEN VIEWED FROM BEHIND TURN NEITHER IN NOR OUT BEING IN 
PROPORTION TO THE FOREQUARTERS. THIGHS ARE LONG AND POWERFUL. STIFLE IS 
MODERATE IN ANGULATION.HOCKS ARE WELLLET DOWN AND PARALLEL WHEN VIEWED 
FROM BEHIND
MOVEMENT - THE MOVEMENT IS EFFORTLESS YET EXUDES POWER ESPECIALLY SEEN IN 
THE HINDQUARTERS.
TAIL -  THE CROUP IS BROAD AND WELL MUSCLED, SLIGHTLY SLOPED WITH A THICK 
DOCKED TAIL DOCKED TIP OF THE TAIL ALMOST REACHING THE HOCK

COAT - SHORT AND DENSE.
ACCEPTABLE COLORS -  BLUE, BLACK, BRINDLE, BLUE FAWN, FAWN, FAWNEQUIN, MERLE 
AND PIED. WHITE MARKINGS ON THE CHEST AND FEET ARE ALSO ACCEPTABLE

SIZE - MALES 31-34 AT THE WITHER 165 POUNDS AND UP

FEMALES 28-32 AT THE WITHER 150 AND UP
PROPORTION IS PREFERRED OVER WEIGHT AND HEIGHT

STANDARD CREATED JANUARY 2019 AND IS SUBJECT TO REVISION



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