DDB Known as French Mastiffs

25/01/2021

Early this morning Willow and Trooper became parents to 7 lil babies today has been long for all of us but I’m excited to show you the new baby crew of 1/24/2021

25/01/2021

Warning cutenesses alert!!

17/01/2021

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Academy Award(R) winner Tom Hanks stars as Scott Turner, a compulsively neat detective whose tidy world goes to the dogs when he's forced to team up with a d...

17/01/2021

Update: sorry it so late but with the work demand, Willow is top priority ..

on Jan. 14th Willow had her X-ray the vet counts 6 or give lil babies... We are praying for a safe delivery for her and her lil ones. Once she has them we will update the status. Thank you!

02/01/2021

02/01/2021

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31/12/2020

31/12/2020

I recommend anyone that is interested in this breed to read this and follow I will post all the information so that you have better understanding of this wonderful breed I feel the more we know about what we love the better we can take care of them

http://www.vetstreet.com/dogs/dogue-de-bordeaux

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History
The Dogue de Bordeaux is among the several AKC breeds who history stretches so far back into ancient times that pinpointing its exact origins is impossible. One theory maintains that the Dogue is an indigenous French breed developed over thousands of years. Other theories name the Mastiff, Neapolitan Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff, and Greek mastiff-types as possible close ancestors.

A prevailing origin tale has it that the Dogue’s ancestors were introduced to France (then called Gaul) by Julius Caesar’s conquering legions in the first century b.c. These immense mastiff-types were utilized by the Romans as both war dogs and ferocious gladiators who did battle with other dogs and wild beasts in the arena.

For centuries the “Bordeaux Mastiff” or the “Bordeaux Bulldog,” as it was sometimes called, apparently came in two size varieties. The smaller variety, the Doguin, disappears from the historical record after the 1700s, leaving the slightly larger version as the breed we know today as the Dogue de Bordeaux.

During the breed’s long history, Dogues outlived their usefulness as fighting dogs and came to be employed at various times as hunters, drafters, and guarders. By the late 1700s, they were used as guard dogs on the nobility’s vast estates. This employment abruptly ended with the French Revolution, when the Dogue’s aristocratic masters were trotted off to prison and the guillotine.

The breed survived the bloodshed and found work as livestock drovers, a job that earned them the nickname “Butcher’s Dog.”

In modern times, the breed was virtually unknown outside of France until the 1989 release of the movie “Turner & H***h.” The comedy, starring Tom Hanks as a police detective assisted by a drooling, stubborn, but lovable Dogue, introduced the breed to audiences around the world.

From: The AKC WEB SITE

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