Sentences with phrase «mastiff type»

A list is provided below for your convenience, of some rescue organizations for other Mastiff Type Dog Breeds.

Those bull and terrier dogs likely came from a bulldog type breed, which shares common ancestry with mastiff type breeds.

The bulldog influence has given them more wrinkled features than other mastiff types.

The Cane Corso is a muscular and large - boned breed — one of two native Italian mastiff type dogs that descended from the Roman canis Pugnaces.

It was of Bull Mastiff type used for dog fighting.

This condition affects Mastiff type breeds and is an inherited eye disease.

Interestingly, ancient Great Dane history describes images of large Mastiff type dogs appearing on Egyptian monuments dated as early as 3000BC!

Roman writers commented on mastiff type dogs, some of which were taken for fighting in the «games» held at the amphitheater in Rome (The Kennel Club).

From Mastiff type dogs they were developed to herd cattle to the troops trying to conquer Europe.

Rottweilers were originally Mastiff type dogs brought through the Alps by the invading Romans into what is now Southern Germany.

Mastiff type means a large molosser dog.

To protect their remote homesteads from predators, they brought along large guarding dogs, bull types and mastiff types among them.

If you're serious about getting a Bullmastiff, check out this article for a quick run down on the different Mastiff types.

Another suitable type missed off the list is the Cane Corso, an Italian Mastiff type.

Other mastiff types are recognized only as members of the American Kennel Club's foundation stock service program.

Around the 5th century, Mastiff type dogs of both of English and Irish heritage began to appear in England and Germany.

According to the American Kennel Club it is one of «two native Italian «mastiff type» dogs that descended from the Roman canis Pugnaces, the breed's name derives from the Latin «Cohors» which means «Guardian» and «Protector.»»

It's a direct descendent from «Canis Pugnax», an old Roman war dog that belonged to the Mastiff type of dogs and was probably used to create another famous Italian breed — the Neapolitan Mastiff.

His ancestors, the «Brabant Bullenbeisser», a Mastiff type dog, were originally bred in Germany.

This type of dog — also known as a Berner from the region in which he originated — is a mastiff type dog because of his size.

I thought this was an interesting addition, especially since some of the comments here mentioned APBT and AmStaffs not being related to the mastiff type breeds.

They have been developed by crossing lots of breeds, mainly from gundog, terrier and hounds, but mastiff types and indigenous African hunting dogs are in there too!

The breed originated from dogs of the mastiff type and was developed to hunt wild boar, guard castles, pull carts, and participate in battle.

Some of the mastiff types who are currently in this program include the Spanish mastiff, the Pyrenean mastiff, the perro de presa Canario and the dogo Argentino, also known as the Argentinian mastiff.

According to the AKC, the cane corso and the dogue de Boreaux are mastiff type dogs.

When discussing ancient Great Dane history many zoologists and canine historians hypothesize that all Mastiff type dogs originated in Asia.

Some of them have accompanied the armies of the Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and Romans as far west as Europe, where they became the foundation not only for all Mastiff type breeds but for most of today's large working breeds.

This is a mastiff type dog so big, and so tough, that he really needs to be owned by a tough guy that likes to be alone.

Bans: pit bulls, American bulldogs, rottweilers and all mastiff types, including, but not limited to: English mastiff, Old English mastiff, American mastiff, Neapolitan mastiff, Doque de Bordeaux (aka French mastiff), bull mastiff, Tibetan mastiff, Spanish mastiff, Pyrenean mastiff and Fila Brasileiro (aka Brazilian mastiff)

Its exact origins are obscure but it is of the mastiff type that came across the Alps with the Roman legions.

Research has shown that the Mastiff type of dog that accompanied him was probably those known as the «Alano Mastiff» of Spain, which are now extinct.

Staffies can live with any dog but having another dog aggressive, dominant, strong - willed breed of the same sex such as a Mastiff type can be a recipe for disaster and if a fight did ensue I wouldn't like to try and break it up.

The term «mastiff type» has been used synonymously with the term «molosser».

For example, the bulldog breeds, the Great Dane, mountain dogs, pit bulls and even smaller dogs such as the Boston terrier, may be considered «mastiff types» in this broad sense.

These breeds include Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Pitbull Terriers, dogs of the Mastiff type, the Tosa Inu, the Rottweilers and non-pedigreed Rottweilers and Tosa Inu.

The descriptive term, mastiff type, should not be confused with the breed, the Mastiff.

Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Pitbull Terriers, dogs of the Mastiff type, the Tosa Inu, the Rottweilers and non-pedigreed Rottweilers and Tosa Inu.

In motion, the Boerboel just might be the most agile of all mastiff types.

In the 1880 ′ s, George Alt, who lived near Munich, created a new working dog by crossing a Bullenbeisser (a mastiff type dog that is now extinct) with an English Bulldog.