The Dogue de Bordeaux, as the name suggests, is the Mastiff from the city of Bordeaux in France. There were originally four different types of Dogue’s in France all named after the region they were from; the Dogue De Bordeaux, Dogue de Parisian (a heavier and more wrinkled dog), Dogue de Toulouse (a shorter, stockier with a broader head dog) and the much smaller bulldog type known as the Doguin. Unlike today, the original Dogues came in a variety of coat colours and often had black masks. They were used for big game hunting, guard duties and combat sports all over France. The French Dogues were pitted against each other and wild animals in organised combat sports. There is many stories of Dogue’s taking on large wild cats in battles in France and then later in America. The breed is believed to have been heavily influenced by English dogs taken to Bordeaux since the 1300’s by wine merchants and fighting bulldogs from Spain that were taken across the border to be used in the many pits found in France at the time. MORE INFO COMING SOON!!!
