 UK breed club surveys puts the average at 7 years, with 1 in 6 living to 9 years or more.Until the middle of the 20th century, as already mentioned, the names Cane Corso and Cane da Presa and Mastino were just synonyms for the same type of dog formally called Molosso Italiano.Through the decades the name Mastino Napoletano was adopted and the breed became physically different from its predecessors.