Sentences with phrase «of bull baiting»

Due to a slow economy and laws, which prohibited people of low economic means from owning a sporting dog the practice of bull baiting began to diminish.

As the bloody games of bull baiting were banned the dogs were on the verge of extinction as they were needed for the fight no more.

After this, the Pit Bull was crossed and re-crossed to create a smaller, more agile dog that would be suitable for dog fighting, which took the place of bull baiting when it was banned.

The breed was developed in Staffordshire, England during the 19th century from crossing of the bull dog and various terriers, due to the popularity of bull baiting.

The «bull» refers to the breed's use in the sport of bull baiting in England.

It was later used in a bloody sport of bull baiting (fighting bulls in a ring), until the activity was outlawed in the mid-1800s.

This breed was created, sometime in the 1600's, specifically for the practice of bull baiting and dog fighting, practices which are now fortunately illegal and prohibited.

According to Animal Planet's Dogs 101, the breed nearly went extinct in 1885 as a result of their main task in life, participating in the sport of bull baiting, being outlawed.

These dogs were used in the dubious sports of bull baiting and rat baiting.

During the time of Minos in Crete the sport of bull baiting was quite a popular form of pagan worship and entertainment.

The courage and tenacity that made these dogs good at corralling dangerous bulls made them great at the blood sport of bull baiting.

The dog was also utilized in the sport of bull baiting.

And bull - type terriers were used in the sport of bull baiting.

It was later used in a blood sport of bull baiting (fighting bulls in a ring), until the activity was outlawed in the middle of the 19th century.

You wouldn't expect a dog with a history of being used to hold bulls for butchers, and then later, in the bloody sport of bull baiting to make it in the calm dog list.

The Am Staff's ancestors were bulldogs bred specifically for the sport of bull baiting.

A true small / mini English Bulldog should just be a continuation of the down - scaled breeding of the English bulldog that was started after 1835 when the sport of bull baiting was banned.

Bulldogs were bred in England starting in the 1600s, for use in the brutal sport of bull baiting.

A true small / mini English Bulldog should just be a continuation of the downscaled breeding of the bulldog that was started after 1835 when the sport of bull baiting was banned.