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DO THEY DESCEND FROM THE MOLOSSER? In 1946, Italian dog fanciers held their first postwar dog show at the Castel dell’Ovo, a seaside fortress on the Gulf of Naples. Eight “catch dogs,” were exhibited there. Between them "Guaglione" evoked for a journalist the ancient Molosser, staring at him “from this height of centuries past.” This “blue, mighty” dog became the first registered Neapolitan Mastiff and the breed’s first Italian champion, and served as the model for the inaugural breed standard. Neapolitan Mastiff History: From Italian War Dogs to Devoted Protectors | The American Kennel Club