Training Classes
First you will have to decide what you will do with your dog before getting
it is it just a pet or do you really want to do something with it.
But i recommend that you start early with puppie classes but keep
in mind that a Neapolitan Mastiff is a very large dog so make sure
to get on a class with only big dogs.
Why the smaller dogs have a higher activity level that might get
your Neo to brake a leg when trying to play with same speed as the
small dogs do and
becurse the bone structure is fractile and a Neo do have loose
lems and joints that might be hurt when trying to play with small
dogs.
I will recommend that you start with a professinal dog trainner.
I personaly uses Leerburg
Dog tranning programs combined with the a proffessinal dog trainner
thru Dansk Kennel Klub"Danish Kennel Club"
The reason that i thoose the way i do is that i thru out my life
with dogs since i was 5 years old do have a pretty good way with
dogs and now i will take it furter and start to learn more difficult
aspects og trainning and livving with dogs.
We started early from 3 to 6 month with the basic commands like
Sit, Come, Down, No, Yes and also not to pull the lease and contact
excercise and potty on command
From 6-9 month we moved on to Heal, Stay, Fetch, No Bite, Sit,
Come, Down, No, Yes, No pulling, Contact excercises, Drop items,
Search, Wait, Stop, Go , jump(this is only done with small jumps no
more then 15 c m ) and mostly Contesa just walked right over but this
give her the felling on later when we will make Contesa jump on
command.
Socializing
I socialize my Mastino with dogs that i know and i wouldt never
let a strange dog come near my dog and i step between my Mastino and
the strange dog and if it get to close it wouldt not be nice for the
strange dog i will shout that it must go away and if that dosent get
the handler to stop the dog i will use my size 44 and the if no
result i will use peperspray or my leather lease as a whip to keep
the strange dog way.
A woman i meet yesterday say "i am just tranning my rottwieler
puppie on 40kg" with out lease when going on the streets and comibed
with babycarrige is pure stupid. She wouldt never be able to step in
action if her puppie goes out of control and she got very mad that i
sugesrted that she used a lease when walking the dog when passing me
on the streets where she have to grip the collar of the dog wich
escalates the temperment in the puppie this is where most problems
starts with handler that dosent realise what they have to deal with
wich will result in that the dog can get in truble just becurse of
the handler have a ego issue.
I do socialize my Neo in controlled inverioments and only with
dogs i have joined on tranning classes or i know in front of the
meeting but i do never let my dog
near a strange dog
and this is never ever done unsupervised by me i will always be
near my princcess and protect her in any case of truble with the
other dog.
Execercise
When a Neo is a puppie it is your most highest priority to make
sure the Neo dont hurt it self and thats is including carring the
Neo on stairs until the Neo is 12 month or older
Stairs should be limited for the Neo i have made a special ramp
since Contesa weight more than 54kg. already the ramp is in a 22
angel degree so Contesa's joints and bones are saved for any hard
impact on the joints and bones i have changed our home so Contesa
never must claim anything higher then 5 cm.
We go to the beach for running excercise but only on Contesa's
free will to run and play with me and the family if Contesa stop
then we head strait home under 500 meters away.
Daily we take small walkes around the neighburhood we have made 4
rutes we use one is 3-500 meters next is 1000-11000 meters and then
we have 1300-1400 meters and last wich we use very rearly it is on
2000-25000 meters we take this once a moth when we are out with the
boyscouts and Contesa loves to take this walk with the kids and
never show any sign of tiredness if we do see signs on Contesa
getting tired or stressed we stop immidiadly and then we relax and
head strait home.
Tracking
I will train tracking since my princess must have a job role so
she not will get borred and so i will get the exercise when you past
the 40 exercise is a good thing.
I will write the progress on tracking trainning.
We started in the small leage on tracking we started to make
tracks inside the house with food rewards and we have tryed it once
outside but
Contesa is to fast to follow the food track and just go after the sent in the air and she do this with razer sharp
precision.
We have made a track with food reward and a isolated area witch
is
near the beach and with no others in the area we made 20 m strait
track with a sharp turn to the left for 6 meters and in a little
hole in the ground my daugther hide her self for Contesa but when i released 'Contesa she ignored the food track and
she did
just go after the sent of my daughter and find her strait away.
I will NOT train agility with my Mastino since it is risky on the bone
structure and wouldt prefere not to ingure my princess on a game wich it is not
for a Mastino.
She can get the same execise with trips to the beach wich a
within 500m and steam hills right next to the beach,.
This i have to say my Mastino is NOT a circus dog it is a family and work dog
and will not teach her tricks.
But that seems my daughter to take care of and have teach Contesa to give
Left or Right Paw on command and lay down with crossed legs as a lady.
