ʻO ka Mastiff, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka English Mastiff, he kanaka nunui mālie. Ua hele kona ʻohana i loko o kahi moʻolelo haunaele, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻīlio kahiko loa o ka honua. ʻAʻole lākou i hoʻohana wale ʻia ma ke ʻano he leʻaleʻa i nā hakakā koko ikaika e kūʻē i nā holoholona nui ʻē aʻe akā ua hoʻohana pū ʻia i nā kaua kūʻē i ke kanaka. I ko lākou hele ʻana, ua male lāua me nā ʻīlio kūloko, a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kupuna o St. Bernards, Rottweilers, Dogue de Bordeaux. iwaena o na mea e ae. Ua hele mua ʻo ia i ʻAmelika ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II, a mai ia manawa ua piʻi nui kona kaulana. I ka makahiki 2019, ua koho ka American Kennel Club iā ia ma ke ʻano he 29th kaulana loa o nā ʻīlio ʻīlio ma ʻAmelika.
Ma lalo iho nei ua koho mākou i 19 o nā hui like ʻole, kaulana loa kekahi o nā mea a ʻaʻole paha ʻoe i lohe.