White short-coated muscular frump bred for big-game search

Dog breed
The Argentine Dogo is a boastfully, egg white, brawny engender of cad that was developed in Argentina chiefly for the purpose of big-game hunt, including godforsaken wild boar. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The breeder, Antonio Nores Martínez, besides wanted a pawl that would exhibit firm fearlessness and willingly protect its human companion. It was inaugural bred in 1928 from the Cordoba Fighting Dog, along with a wide array of other breeds, chiefly bulldogs and terriers, including the Great Dane, Dogue de Bordeaux, Pointer, Bull and terrier etc. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Reading: Dogo Argentino

appearance [edit ]

The Argentine Dogo is a large white short-coated pawl with black spots on its skin and has a mesomorphic and strong body that rarely has any markings on its coat ( any type of marking or touch on the coat is considered a flaw ). [ 4 ] While it is not accepted in many of the clubs, a Dogo Argentino can have a black or brindled topographic point on its head known as a ‘pirata ‘ and this is accepted by the Federación Cinológica Argentina. [ 3 ]
Argentine Dogo showing Breed Standard Height : for females is 60–65 centimetres ( 24–26 inches ) and for males is 60–68 centimetres ( 24–27 inches ), measured at the withers. [ 2 ] Weight : from 40–45 kilograms ( 88–99 pounds ). [ 2 ] The length of the body is precisely slightly longer than the altitude. The length of the front man leg ( measured from point of elbow to the ground ) is approximately peer to one-half of the dog ‘s stature at the withers. The head has a broad, slenderly domed skull and the gag is slightly higher at the nose than the stop, when viewed in profile. The buttocks is set low, blockheaded at the base and tapers to a point. It has been described as looking similar to the American Bulldog, but very grandiloquent with a solid whiten coat. The breed has besides been described as looking similar to the American Pit Bull Terrier, even though the american Pit Bull Terrier is far smaller ( 13.5 to 27 kilograms ). [ 5 ]

history [edit ]

In 1928, Antonio Nores Martinez, a medical doctor, professor and surgeon, set out to breed a big game hunting cad that was besides able of being a loyal favored and guard dog. Antonio Martinez picked the Cordoba Fighting Dog to be the al-qaeda for the breed. [ 6 ] This breed is extinct today, but it was said that, as a large and ferocious chase, it was a great hunter. Martinez crossed it with the Great Dane, Boxer, Spanish Mastiff, Old English Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Pyrenean Mastiff, English Pointer, Irish Wolfhound and Dogue de Bordeaux. [ 6 ] Nores Martinez continued to develop the breed via selective reproduction to introduce the craved traits. In 1970, Dr. Raul Zeballos brought the first six specimens of Argentine Dogo to the United States .

disposition [edit ]

Dogos are big-game hunters and are besides trained for search and rescue, police aid, service dogs, guide for the blind, competitive obedience, Schutzhund and military influence. [ 4 ] The Dogo is an intelligent and brave chase with a hard, lifelike instinct to protect its home and kin. Dogos are very social dogs and are happiest when included in all family activities. Dogos make a strong differentiation between familiar people and strangers, so it is imperative that they be well train and socialized at an early age.

Dogos are hunters of great courage and survival, and will work individually or in packs. They have besides successfully been used in patrol protective covering work. An unfirm temperament is a dangerous fault. { UKC Breed Standard } The Dogo has a life anticipation of 10 to 12 years. [ 7 ]
An Argentine Dogo with uncropped ears

Health [edit ]

As in the Dalmatian, whiten Boxer, and white Bull Terrier, the Dogo may experience pigment-related deafness. There is hypothesis of an approximate 10 % deafness rate overall with some Dogos afflicted uniaurally ( one deafen ear ) and some binaurally ( deaf in both ears ). Studies have shown that the incidence of deafness is drastically reduced when the lone breeding stock used is that with bilaterally normal hearing. OFA health quiz should be done on all breeding stock certificate to ensure that there are no discernible signs of pelvis dysplasia. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

Hunting and legality [edit ]

While the Argentine Dogo was bred primarily from the extinct Cordoba Dog, it was bred to be a concerted hunter, i.e. to accompany other catch dogs and bay dogs on the hound without fighting with the early dogs. The Argentine Dogo is banned, or has ownership restrictions, in certain countries, including the Cayman Islands, Denmark, Norway, Fiji, [ 11 ] Iceland, Australia, [ 12 ] New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey. In the United Kingdom, under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, it is illegal to own a Dogo Argentino without lawful authority .

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