Talk:Dogue de Bordeaux

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We say something about the varity of Dogues that existed. I like how the author hinted at different sizes, but we should discuss the extinct types. Th external link at the bottom has a page that shows two Dogues from at least the early part of the last century, they look more like Cane Corsos or Canary Dogs than bulldoggy Mastiffs like the Dogue De Bordeaux.

Also the Dogue De bordeaux has a cloudy, controversial history. While there's no doubt that the Bulldog-Mastiff of 13th century England is a main progenitor (just look at Johnson American Bulldogs), another parent is surely of European Mastiff stock. That's why the Anglophobic French often look to Spain when desgining their mastiffs' geneology. Again, the Dogues on the external link look like Alanos, and the Dogue de Bordeaux looks like the Perro de Torro.