DOGUE DE BORDEAUX

The Bulldog of Bordeaux is one of the French dogs older, probable descendant of the Mastiff ones, and in particular of the Mastiff one of “vautre”, of which Gaston Phébus (or Fébus), Count of Foix said in century XIV in its Libro de Caza, that “maintained its mordedura more hard than they would make three greyhounds”.

The word “bulldog” appears at the end of century XIV. In the middle of century XIX, these old bulldogs were famous only in Aquitaine. It was used to him for the greater hunting (the wild boar), in the combats (often codified), to take care of the houses and the cattle to the service of the butchers.

In 1863 it took place in Paris, in the Garden of Acclimatization, the first French canine exhibition. The bulldogs of Bordeaux appeared under their present name.

Different types have existed: tolosano type, Parisian type and type bordelés, that origin gave to the present bulldog. The race, that had undergone much during the two world wars, until the point to be in extinction danger, after the war from 1939 to 1945 recovered its development in years 60.

- to 1er. standard (“character of the true bulldogs”) Pierre Mégnin, the Bulldog of Bordeaux, 1896.
- 2º standard - J. Kunstler, Critical Study of the Bulldog of Bordeaux, 1910.
- 3º standard - by Raymond Triquet, with the collaboration of Doctor Veterinario Maurice Luquet, 1971.

- 4º standard - reformulated according to the model of Jerusalem (the ICF) by Raymond Triquet, with the collaboration of Philippe Sérouil, and of the Fan Society of Bulldogs of Bordeaux, 1993.

Typically molosoide concavilíneo braquiocefálico. The Bulldog of Bordeaux is a very powerful dog, whose body is well musculado and joint harmonious. The body rather is stuck to the ground, that is to say, that the distance between the breastbone and the ground is slightly inferior around the chest. This it is a fornido, athletic, imposing dog and of very dissuasive aspect.