Dog breeds :
Dogo de Burdeos / Dogue de Bordeaux / French Mastiff
Cezar An-Ro-Ge, owner: Janina Lyczkowska-Goetz
General
Typical concave lined brachycephalic molossoid. The Dogue
de Bordeaux is a very powerful dog, with a very muscular body yet retaining a
harmonious general outline. He is built rather close to the ground, the distance
sternum-ground being slightly less than the depth of the chest.
Stocky, athletic, imposing, he has a very dissuasive aspect.
Characteristics
Careful breeding has modified the formerly aggressive temperament of this
breed. Today, the Dogue de Bordeaux is a natural guardian, vigilant and
courageous without being aggressive. The Dogue de Bordeaux is very
affectionate, devoted to its master, and excellent with children.
Temperament
An ancient fighting dog, the dogue de Bordeaux is
gifted for guarding, which he assumes with vigilance and great courage but without
aggressiveness. A good companion, very attached to his master and very
affectionate. Calm, balanced with a high stimulus threshold.
The male normally has a dominant character.
History
The dogue de Bordeaux is one of the most ancient
French breeds, probably a descendant of the Alans and, in particular, the alan vautre
of which Gaston Phebus (or Febus), Count of Foix, said in the 14th century, in his
Livre de Chasse that " he holds his bite stronger than three sighthounds". The word
"dogue" first appeared at the end of the 14th century. In the middle of the 19th
century these ancient dogues were hardly renowned outside the region of Aquitaine.
They were used for hunting large animals such as boar, for fighting (often codified),
for the guarding of houses and cattle and in the service of butchers. In 1863 the first
French dog show took place in Paris in the Jardin d'Acclimatation. The dogues de
Bordeaux were entered under their present name. There have been different types :
The Toulouse type, the Paris type and the Bordeaux type, which is the origin of
today's dogue.
The breed, which had suffered greatly during the two world wars, to the point of
being threatened with extinction after the second world war, got off to a fresh start
in the 1960's.
Origin
France
Utilization
Guard, defence and dissuasion.
Classification
Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossians and Swiss Mountain- and Cattledogs
Size
Large
Height
Dogs : 60-68 cm at the withers. Bitches : 58-66 cm at the withers.
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