Dogue de Bordeaux
Modified: 30-11--0001 00:00:00
The Dogue de Bordeaux is a strong, powerful and imposing dog, first bred for dog fighting and guarding. The Dogue is even tempered, lyal and devoted to his master and family. They are wary of strangers and can display dominance towards other dogs. The Dogue must be socialised from an early age and owners must be conscious of the great strength and tenaciousness of this very large and athletic breed. Don't expect a happy household if you have a male Dogue and a male Dogo.
Appearance
Height is typically 23 to 26 inches for show dogs and the weight of the male Dogues exceeds 100 pounds. Dogs standing 30 inches tall at the withers and weighing up to 145 pounds are not unknown.
History
The Dogue de Bordeaux's origin can be traced back to France, as early as the fourteenth century. Dog fighting was popular in the nineteenth century, particularly in southern France in the region around Bordeaux, their present name coming from the city where these large fighting dogs fought..
A uniform breed of the Bordeaux Dog did not exist before about 1920, at which time the French placed an emphasis on keeping the old breeding line pure. Black masks were considered an indication of the crossing in of the Mastiff. As an important indication of purity of the breed, attention was paid to the leather-coloured nose, light eyes, and red mask. Originally bred with huge anatomically incorrect heads; a pioneer for the breed in Germany, Werner Preugschat once wrote: 'What am I supposed to do with a dog that has a monstrous skull and is at most able to carry it from the food dish to its bed.'
The Dogue de Bordeaux comes in two varieties, Dogues and Doguins, the former being a considerably larger dog than the latter. Breeding of the Doguins has been seriously neglected in recent years and the variety has dwindled to near nonexistence.
New initiatives will soon be required if the Bordeaux Dog can hope to flourish again both inside and outside of France. It is hoped that the few remaining survivors of this interesting old breed will be sufficient for its recovery.
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It was a Dogue de Bordeaux that stared with Tom Hanks in the movie Turner and Hooch
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