Alice White
#4 For a long time, the Dogue de Bordeaux were known as the French Mastiffs.
Everything changed in 1863. The animals were presented under their current name. The victory was won by a dog named Magent, and this was the first step towards the official recognition of the breed.
#5 Encouraged by the success, the breeders set about active breeding of dogs, which at least remotely resembled Great Danes.
Each one confidently asserted that it was in his nursery that purebred animals could be found. Despite the obvious similarity of "Bordeaux" with bullmastiffs, the fact of their relationship was denied. At the same time, most dog breeders argued the opposite: the British used the Dogue de Bordeaux to breed similar animals.
#6 Purebred dogs have survived, albeit in negligible quantities.
Breeder Euler managed to acquire a pair of representatives of the breed - a Buffalo male and a Sultana female. Since 1892, active work began on breeding purebred "Bordeaux".
