Now it was warm in the NEC (and I hear that one steward refused to open a door to increase airflow as he was trying to prevent dogs and owners leaving before the permitted 4pm). But as you can see, several have stenotic nares - and although some are better than others, none here has the truly wide-open pipes one would like to see. This is not a fault currently highlighted on the KC's Breedwatch but I think it should be. These are big, heavy dogs with short faces and skin folds. They need open airways to help them keep cool. And we know it's possible in a dog with this conformation - most of the Neopolitan Mastiffs are fine in this respect.
