Spanish Mastiff
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The breed is thought to have originated from a molosser type of dog over 2000 years ago, while today the Spanish Mastiff is primarily known as a native to the region of Estremadura of Spain.
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The Spanish Mastiff can be very protective of people and property. They are also not affectionate or overly loving even with their families.
SPANISH MASTIFF
It is an ancient dog, probably from the most ancient roots in the Spanish canine world, because its ancestors are those giant dogs that protected livestock about 4,000 years ago.
Also known as the Spanish Mastiff, the Mastín Español has been guarding flocks and providing companionship in its native country for centuries.
He added Great Dane, Boxer, Spanish Mastiff, Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Great Pyrenees, Pointer, Irish Wolfhound and Dogue de Bordeaux.
The Estrela Mountain Dog is also related to the Spanish Mastiff. This breed was named after the Estrela Mountain where it originates. It is the highest mountain in Portugal, reaching 2000m and it is located in the central part of the country.
Starting with the now-extinct Fighting Dog of Cordoba, the brothers bred into it the best qualities of the Boxer, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Pointer, Irish Wolfhound, Dogue de Bordeaux, Bulldog, Spanish Mastiff and Bull Terrier.
It is thought that they were brought to Venezuela by the Spanish forces and their ancestors include the Spanish Mastiff, Mastín of the Pyrenees and the Algerian Mastiff, like also the Sheepdog of the Atlas or Aidi and the Pyrenean.
Historical notes: Argentine Dogo dogs were first bred in the 1920's by Antonio Nores Martinez from the now-extinct Cordoba Fighting Dogs, which is believed to be descended from the Spanish Mastiff, Bull Terrier, Old English Bulldog, and Boxer breeds.
Brazil from Portuguese and Spanish Mastiffs and Bloodhounds or possibly of Bulldogs crossed with Portuguese Herding Dogs
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tracking, hunt slaves and large game-wild boar and jaguar, capture cattle, droving, holding quarry at bay ...
Louisiana's "hog dog" is a jambalaya of native American dogs, Spanish Mastiffs, and Greyhounds.
The Catahoula Leopard Dog is the believed to be the result of crosses between the Spanish Mastiff-type war dogs and the generic-type Indian curs that roamed the American South.
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With Fighting Dog of Cordoba as the base, he then crossed in Great Dane, Boxer, Spanish Mastiff, old English Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Great Pyrenees, Pointer, Irish Wolfhound, and Dogue de Bordeaux.
Martinez further developed the Argentine Dogo by crossing the Dog of Cordoba with many other breeds, such as the Irish Wolfhound, the Pointer, the Bull terrier, the Dogue de Bordeaux, the Great Dane, the Spanish Mastiff, the Boxer, the Bulldog, ...
origin of the breed is unclear but it is thought that in the 1900s Venezuelan herders brought various types of livestock guarding dogs to Spain where they were most likely cross bred with the Great Pyrenees, Pyrenean Mastiff, and the Spanish Mastiff.
The Argentine Dogo is believed to be cross between several other breeds including the Bull Terrier, Spanish Mastiff, Pointer, Irish Wolfhound and Great Pyranees. They quickly became popular to be used in dog fights.
The Dogo Argentino puppy is amazingly a cross breed of more than two dog breeds: the Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Spanish Mastiff, Great Pyrenees, the Boxer, to name a few.
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He crossed using the mastiff, Boxer, Spanish Mastiff, outdated English Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Great Pyrenees, Pointer, Irish Wolf Hound and Dogue de Bordeaux.
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war, they fought alongside the Roman legions, and in this way they were spread throughout Europe. Eventually the descendants of the Roman Molossian splintered into several different Mastiff breeds: English Mastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux, Spanish Mastiff, ...
 See also: Mastiff, Dogue De Bordeaux, Great Pyrenees, Bulldog, Bull Terrier
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