Place of Paradise Kennel. Dogue de Bordéus

History

THE BREED

The Dogue de Bordeaux is one of the oldest French Dogs, probably descended from Alanos and in particular Gaston Phebus (or Phoebus) said in the 14th century in his Livre de Chasse "has the strongest bite than three greyhounds."

This Mastiff appears at the end of the 14th century. By the mid-19th century, these ancient mastiffs were poorly known outside Aquitaine.
They were used for big game hunting (wild boar), fighting, to guard houses and animals, serving the butchers.
In 1863 the first French dog show took place in Paris at the Zoo.
The Dogues de Bordeaux were entered under their current name.

There were different types: Toulouse type, the Paris type and the Bordeaux type, the origin of today's dogue.

The breed suffered greatly during the two world wars, to the point of being threatened with extinction after the 1939-1945 war, took off in the 1960s.
- first standard ("Character royal mastiffs") by Pierre Megnin, the Dogue de Bordeaux, 1896.
- second pattern by J. Kunstler, critical study of the Dogue de Bordeaux, 1910.
- third pattern by Raymond Triquet, in collaboration with the Veterinarian Maurice Luquet, 1971.
- fourth standard reformulated according to the Jerusalem model (FCI), by Raymond Triquet in collaboration with Philippe Sérouil, President, of the Commission of the Society of Amateur Dane de Bordeaux, 1993.
- Fifth Standard in 2007 by Raymond Triquet, (Honorary President of the SADBs), Sylviane Tompousky (President of the SADBs) and Philippe Sérouil (member of the SADB Commission).