Dobermann

April 18th, 2009
The dobermann it is a relatively recent race and its origins are attested towards the end of 1800 in Germany. The creation of this race is attributed to such Karl Friedrich Luis Dobermann – from which the same race it takes the name that it carried out l’ activity of tax collector. Frequent visitor of canine extensions where they came exposed to animals selected for their qualities better (speeds, hunting, guard) felt l’ requirement to select a race where they detached some qualities, like the courage and the resistance, such from fornirgli a ” Body Guard ” it accompanied that it in the job.

English Bulldog

April 18th, 2009
Some have defined the English Bulldog a “natural paradox” and have written that “the Bulldog is the beautifulst dog in its bruttezza”. That or a natural paradox by now is scientifically tried, in fact this race derives sure from an anomaly perpetuated in the species. To fix its characters and its particularitities the man has thought to us. D’ however many of breed the animals that we today know are derived from the same natural factor. Its name in English means “dog Taurus”, which came assigned to it because towards the half of the 1800’s, these subjects came employed in bloody combats with the Tauruses within the arenas of Great Britain. The Bulldog comes down sure, like nearly all the molossoides, from the imported old Mastiff “asiati to us” from the fenices traders in Brittany and that the Roman, after to have introduced them to Rome, made to fight against the slaves and the feracious beasts. Today this race enough famous and is appreciated all over the world, also thanks to the cinema, that it has contributed to introduce its likeable aspect. In the United States they have created from this race an other race much similar call “American Bulldog”.

Rottweiler

April 11th, 2009
It is of black color with short and hard hair. The varied weight gives approximately 50 kg of the male to approximately 42 kg of the female. The race is original of the Germany and just of Rottweil, city on the Neckar river, where this dog was used for the guard of the meats of the butchers.
The race, as it is known today, has been selected nell’ 800 in the German city of Rottweil, beginning from dogs of Bullenbeisser type, that they came used for tasks of guard and conduction of the herds and guard to the warehouses of the slaughtered meats. In Europe the popular race divenne in first of the ‘ 900 for merit of gotten passionate breeders of Stoccarda, while in the United States it risked l’ extinction little after the introduction .

This dog comes described like balanced, protecting and determined , but also calm, obedient, trainable, brave, independent. In any case, l’ instinct to the defense of the territory is, in this dog, much fort, and its reaction against those which it perceives as territorial threats can be hardest. This race makes part of those listed in the List of the Dogs dangerous .

American Pit Bull Terrier

April 11th, 2009
Pit in English means ” grave, arena” , for which it is easy to understand how much the origins dell’ American Pit Bull Terrier (or pit bull) is tied to the world of the combats between animals. Wanting to go back to the dawn of the relationship between l’ man and the dog, could itself be led in mythology: the Molossoid , takes to the name from the son of Andromaca and Neottolemo (the son of Achille), a dog of remarkable ransom, extraordinary force, with the short and wide snout. Also the Assyrians took advantage of the characteristics of the molossoids are in war that in venatorie activities; the force, the physical resistance and a strong attachment to the master are peculiarities still today found nell’ American Pit Bull Terrier.
The recent history of the race, however, begins around 1835, when in the United States they were begun to select, breeds the beginning from English ones like the Staffordshire bull Terrier, the Blue Paul Terrier, the old tipologia of Bulldog, and other anchor, particularly agile, strong, tenacious and combative dogs, in order to use them in the combats between animals. Some historians which Richard Stratton and Gives of it Jessup thinks instead that this race is l’ it originates them working bulldog of the past, without blood contamination ” terrier”.
The Pit Bull is described like tenacious a dog and indomito, extremely brave and fearless.

In the mediatic reports, this dog has been often pointed out for example of particularly feracious and dangerous race. According to the divulgatore David Alderton, probably against l’ American Pit Bull Terrier has been promulgato the greater number of laws and norms, more than towards any other canine race. In Great Britain, as an example, it is concurred the only recorded and castrated exemplary possession. Also in Italy the attacks of pitbull to the persons have pushed the government to emit provisions towards this race , than ago part of those listed in the List of the breeds canine dangerous.

Argentine Dogo

April 11th, 2009
The race is fruit of the job of Antonio Nores Martínez, with the collaboration of the Augustìn brother, in the first decades of XX the century.
The scope that was I fixed era that one to create an apt dog to the Caza Mayor, that is to the hunting to the large game nell’ atmosphere of the Pampas Argentine: Puma, Pecary, and Wild boars.
The base from which they left was the Perro de Pelea Cordobès, a local race, crossing of Bulldog, Bull Terrier and Mastini, used for the combats. In order to improve of the physical characteristics and affinarne the venatorie abilities the Perro de Pelea Cordobès came crossed with l’ Alan, the Dogue de Bordeaux, the Dog from Mountain of the Pyrenees, the Irish Levriero and the Pointer.
The new race came fixed towards 1928, the standard published in 1947, and the official acknowledgment reached in 1964 for l’ Argentine, and in 1973 to international level. Initially classified between segugi and the dogs from blood track, currently he finds himself inserted in Group 2 from International the Cinofila Federation.
The males sometimes have a dominant character with others of the same sex. The females are of the mothers many premurose. The usual delivery is natural without human participations. Its average life is gone around on the ten years.