I dont know very much about american mastiffs either, and if, when and how to "create" new breeds is a very touchy subject. Many of our todays pure breeds, are actually a mix of two or more breeds from the beginning, just many many years ago, and today totally accepted as pure breed bogs. Having said that, I think all the breeding and "creating" of new breeds have gone a little overboard, today it seems like everything you breed with a poodle is okay, it gets a name and then people breed the two as if it actually were a breed, I am not so sure I agree with that. In general (and I may get shot here now lol) I think we have so many breeds today, so there should be something for everyone, no matter what size or what you want to do with your dog, there is a breed that should work for you, and to me it makes more sense to try and breed to "better" the breeds we already have, rather than all the time try to "create" new ones. Mostly the breeds we have today, were mixed up and "created" to get a dog that were extra ordinair for a certain job. They wanted them as protectors, hunters, guardians or herding. So if there wasnt a breed that totally fitted what they wanted to use the dog for, they tried to combine two or sometimes more breeds to get a dog that were perfect for the job, so it was breeding with purpose. Today well we have pretty much covered everything they need to do and how to look, we have the pumis and pulis with the cork screws, the chinese crested with no coat at all, and everything inbetween. And that sometimes makes me wonder, why we need more breeds.
"greek4" I know there is a lot of different opinions about the Flying W, and all I can say, no matter what the pedigree, as long as you have the dog YOU want, and he works well in your family, that is all that matters, if you want to conformation show, the judges wont know the pegidgree anyway and what other people think, well take it with a grain of salt. It doesnt matter what lines you have in your dog, there will always be people who have something negative to say about that perticular line. Have you posted any pics on here, of your OEM??? It would be real nice to see a pic (or ten lol...) of him.
Marit