THE HISTORY OF DOGUE DE BORDEAUX

   Dogue de Bordeaux is the original descendant of numerous dogue breeds that were the ancient residents  in France. By the middle of  19th century these ancient residents breeds of French Dogues suddenly died awey except for the province Alvitanny, where they were particularly numerous and esteemed. The French dogues did not appear in indentical forms in al French provinces. They served their breeders depending on a province or on assignmentin different ways, namely for hunting big game, for dog fights,in war,for looking after cattle and to help butchers in slaughter-houses. These dogs were described as early as 14th century. The European Dogues are the descendants of big dogs that came to Europe from the area between India and China accross Tibet,Mezopotamy to Epirus, the small kingdom in ancient Greece 3000 years ago.From there they came to Rome and eventually to Galley. During this long voyage they were used in conquests, wars and slave trade.By the middle of 19th century these Dogues found themselves in a completely new situation. The principles of spiritual, scientific and industrial revolutions came into being, the new ways of life and thinking in the full bloom of  science which resulted in the beginning of cynology. The first exibition of dogs took place in the Botanical garden of Paris in 1863. This was war about the review of the breeds existing in France at the time than the competition of the best specimen of specific breeds. The Dogue de Bordeaux, named after the capital of the province it originates from, showed quite clearly in thoose days its precedence and superiority over other French breeds.

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