Our Working Stock
“Pick a job, and the job will pick the dogs” - Floyd Boudreaux
All of the dogs in our program have undergone a comprehensive EMBARK DNA health test prior to being bred. selected Broodstock has strategic talents we seek to incorporate and perpetuate as we continue to build our line. Hip and ELbow testing will be included in 2026.
We began our kennel in 2017 with a vision. Informed by my experiences living abroad in Australia I had the unique opportunity to see first hand, how utilitarianism influenced dogs. From the cattle stations out west, the tropical rainforests up north, and the scrublands to the east - dogs were purpose bred with intention and function. The agrarian lifestyle informed how dogs were kept and widely celebrated throughout Australian culture. I had a front row seat to seeing “pre industrial” breed types work as intended, and it informed my understanding of what a “working dog” should be.
I was gifted a “working neo” who’s bloodline emphasized not only suitability as a guard dog, but strong pig hunting instincts. Viewing the mastiff types as capable hunting dogs, and seeing how intentional cross breeding strengthened these abilities was something I had grown to deeply admire. That Australian Pig Dog was imported to the US and we began our journey. We became deeply entrenched in competitive bite sports, learning how temperament and ability inform intent. I cultivated relationships with mentors throughout the United States who understood the nuance behind behavior, selection pressure, and how to bring the most out of a dog. I began to understand the importance of thorough testing, building, and exposing a dog to themselves.
The relationships with fellow dogmen and women paid dividends, and I found myself being offered quality stock to build from. They understood the “type” I was after, recognized my passion for excellence, and believed in the ability to bring this vision to fruition. It’s been a long, but rewarding road - with plenty of setbacks. The life of the breeder is full of failed breeding’s, dogs who began with limitless potential but later revealed uncompromising flaws, sunk costs, endless travel, wasted effort, one sided relationships, financial commitment, vet visits, sleepless nights, and time in the field that I’ll never get back. This is a lifestyle, it’s not for everyone, but I’d have it no other way.
This is both art and science. I put myself into these dogs to ensure they retain the strength of ability to do that which they were bred. I believe dogs embody the character man so desperately whishes to see within himself. They inspire me to become more. This is a program of refinement. The dogged pursuit of progression and improvement. We’ve built this from the bottom up. We know every dog in these pedigree since our start. We hold these dogs to a higher standard. We ask that our homes do the same.
This is a program based on reviving the hunting mastiff. Forged through function, and refined by purpose.
Welcome to our kennel.
Fischetti’s Cairo
Cairo is the hogdog import from a long line of catchdogs in Queensland Australia. Imported in 2015, he carries heavy Mastino influence, and truly represents a functional mastiff in both type and temperament. Moderately built at 28.5” and 125lbs , he is deceptively fast and agile with high prey drive, strong defense and strong nerves. Cairo truly excels in hog hunting, but has proven to be immensely capable in organized bitesport. This is a driven but exceptionally clear headed dog. He produces better than he himself is, especially with sharp females.
Savant’s Nero
Savant’s Nero is a first cross APBT (Redboy/OFRN) x Staghound (Deerhound x Wolfhound X Greyhound) and brings a phenomenal structure, outgoing temperament and solid environmentals. Extremely athletic, surprisingly strong, social and very confident, this dog is influential towards our Alaunt style of dog. Proven on a variety of game, including hogwork, he is strategic and unrelenting. He brings a stability that often lacks in lurcher crosses.
Inisbua’s Cass
Cass is our Mastino Import from the UK. Very traditional in both temperament and type, this large female is 28” and 125lbs. She has extremely high territorial aggression, is very defensive and exhibits moderate prey drive. Despite not being the friendliest dog, she is extremely gentle, easily managed, and loving with her family members. She is of moderate type, and does not display many of the extreme exaggerations that are celebrated in the show Neapolitan mastiffs prevalent today. She is an invaluable member of our kennel, and a strong producer.
Savant’s Tajin
A gamebred heavy Jeep/Redboy Gyp, Tajin represents what many would consider some of the best Jeep/Redboy crosses of all time. She embodies the dogs of the 90s. Relentless drive, supreme intelligence, and the instinctive offswitch, Tajin has improved our own understanding of what the dogs of yesteryear actually were. Driven with catchweight size, we are looking to incorporate her into some of our lurcher and alaunt based pairings. Apbt Online Pedigree
Eley’s Bella
Bella is a third generation bandog - heavy South African Boerboel, Presa Canario Cross. At 27” and 118lbs, she is a strong and athletic bitch. Bella displays strong territorial aggression, high defense drive and suspicion, and a low prey drive. She has proven to be pivotal towards maintaining the civil edge and territorial aggression in our stock without diluting confidence. Bella is the maternal foundation to our line. Quiet in the house and intense when provoked. She is a proven producer, passing on high stranger suspicion to her pups.
Savant’s Amina
Amina was bred to secure the very traits we admire most in the mastiff type. The holdback daughter of Khan x Bella, Amina is genetically prepotent and has been used to ensure we don’t lose the civil edge when bred to our sighthounds. Amina phenotypically embodies a functional mastiff type - slightly longer than she is tall, tight mouthed, and quiet in the home, while remaining a serious guard dog with the high prey drive we’ve come to expect from our stock.
Savant’s Khan
Savant’s Khan is a product of our first breeding between Cairo x Bella. He represents the best of both - carrying the drive and intensity of his sire with the strong civil edge and defensive aggression of his dam. This is a strongly tempered, no nonsense dog who excels on hogs and manwork. He seeks opportunities to create conflict. Physically he brings a level of athleticism seldom seen in heavy mastiff types, with strong rear end angulation, a long back, and function muzzle he embodies what we beleive the mastiff should be.
Savant’s Suzi Carmichael - “Uzi”
Uzi is our First Generation Alaunt - from our Nero x Amina Breeding. She has proven to be a dominant, defensive no nonsense gyp with extremely high prey drive. She has a manwork introduction and has been proven on a variety of small game. She’s a very fast and committed dog who relishes fur, understands targeting and pursuit angles, while carrying the running dog phenotype we desire. She’s pivitol to our program moving forward.