Part II of «The Great Book of Bulldogs Bull Terrier and Molosser» deals with the so called Molosser breeds – their origin, history and work. It doesn't show the common bred show dog, but the sound and useful dog. All breeds are described from their origin to present time. The regard of the historical context is of special importance, for you hardly could understand and put in its proper place many characteristics of today's existing dog breeds without the historical background. We have tried to present our cynological knowing legible and easy to understand, adding own experiences of breeding too. Photos in black/white or colored, many out of our own collection, but many we've got from breeders and owners all over the world.
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Marlene Zwettler. The Great Book Of Bulldogs Bull Terrier and Molosser
HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE MOLOSSER BREEDS
ILLYRIAN SHEPHERD (ILLYRIAN MASTIFF/SARPLANINAC)
KANGAL
ARMENIAN SHEPHERD (GAMPR/GAMPYR)
CENTRAL ASIAN OVCHARKA
MASTIFF
BULLMASTIFF
BULLENBEISSER
GREAT DANE
BOXER
BROHOLMER (FREDERIK VII MASTIFF, DANISH MASTIFF)
BOERBOEL
DOGUE DE BORDEAUX
ST. BERNARD
GREAT SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG
MASTINO NAPOLETANO (MASTINO ITALIANO / NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF)
CANE CORSO
FILA BRASILEIRO
Sleuth-Hound
Rafeiro do Alentejo
Cao de Fila da Terceira (Fila Terceirense, Rabo Torto)
CUBAN MASTIFF / CUBAN BLOODHOUND
GRAN MASTINO DE BORINQUEN
BANDOG (AMERICAN MASTIFF)
OLDE BRAZILIAN BANDOGGE
MASTIN ESPANOL (SPANISH MASTIFF)
CA DE BOU (PERRO DE PRESA MALLORQUIN)
ALANO ESPANOL
Perro de Toro Espanol (Spanish Bulldog)
PERRO DE PRESA CANARIO (CANARY DOG / DOGO CANARIO)
AKITA INU
TOSA INU
SUMMARY
PHOTOS
LITERATURE
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Aristotle (384 – 322 B. C.) praises the Molossers:
“In Molossis also a dog breed, serving as protector of the herds, distinguishes by its size and tremendous courage towards wild beast and above all other dogs.”
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In the meantime, throughout the mountainous regions and high plains stretching from Central Asia through Asia Minor, Eastern Europe to the Pyrenees, the shepherds continued to use their white herding dogs as the protectors of their herds as already described in the time before Christ. The descendants of these long haired, white dogs still exist today, like the Akbash in the Turkey, the Tatra of Poland, and the Kuvasz in Hungary or the Maremmano in Italy. The dark colored herding dogs you still will find in certain regions as for example the Illyrian Shepherd Dog on the Balkan, the Kangal in Eastern Turkey or the Middle Asian Ovcharka.
Mastiff blood with an introduction of the northern Spitz is thought to be the probable origin of the rough-coated Ovcharka in Russia. This northern “spitz” type dog is also considered to be the ancestor of many of the Oriental breeds, some of which were crossed with Mastiff breeds to create the Tosa Inu, the famous fighting dog of Japan, and the Dosa in Korea.
