Dogo Argentino, Big Game Hunter

In the 1928, Antonio Nores Martinez. a medical doctor, professor and surgeon, set out to breed a big game hunting dog that was also capable of being a loyal pet and guard dog. Antonio Martinez picked the Cordoba Fighting Dog to be the base for the breed. This breed is extinct today but was described as a large and ferocious dog that was a great hunter. He crossed it with the Great Dane, Boxer, Spanish Mastiff, Old English Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Great Pyrenees, Pointer, Irish Wolfhound and Dogue de Bordeaux. Nores Martinez continued to develop the breed via selective breeding to introduce the desired traits.

The Dogo Argentino is a large white short-coated dog with a smooth muscular body that rarely has any markings (any type of marking or spot on the coat is considered a flaw).

Height: From 23.6 to 25.6 inches (60--65 cm), measured at the withers. Weight: From 88.2 to 99.2 pounds (40--45 kg). The length of the body is just slightly longer than the height, but female dogs may be somewhat longer in body than male dogs. The length of the front leg (measured from point of elbow to the ground) is approximately equal to one-half of the dog's height at the withers. The head has a broad, slightly domed skull and the muzzle is slightly higher at the nose than the stop, when viewed in profile. The tail is set low, thick at the base and tapers to a point. It has been described as looking similar to an American Bulldog or a tall, solid white American Pit Bull Terrier.

As in the Dalmatian, white Boxer, and the white Bull Terrier, the dogo may experience pigment-related deafness. There is possibility of an approximate 10% deafness rate overall with some dogos afflicted unilaterally (one deaf ear) and some bilaterally (deaf in both ears). Studies have shown that the incidence of deafness is drastically reduced when the only breeding stock used is that with bilaterally normal hearing. Hip dysplasia is also a possibility in this breed.

Dogos are big-game hunters and are sometimes trained for search and rescue, police assistance, and military work.

The Dogo Argentino was specifically bred to be fierce hunters, but then to go home to the hunters families and be gentle with the family.

Dogo Argentinos are protective of what they perceive as their territory and will guard it against any intruder. They get along with other dogs as long as they have been properly socialized, but will usually not tolerate another dog trying to assert dominance over them, therefore they might not coexist peacefully with another dominant breed of dog. The dogo has a life expectancy of nine (9) to fifteen (15) years.

While the Dogo Argentino was bred primarily from the extinct Cordoba Fighting Dog, it was bred to be a cooperative hunter; to accompany other catch dogs and bay dogs on the hunt without fighting with the other dogs. Aggressive traits inherent in the Cordoban Dog were specifically bred out; to enable a stable cooperative nature in a pack. However, in particular areas where dog fighting continues, Dogos Argentinos have been used for fighting although rarely due to their non aggresive nature.

In the United Kingdom, it is illegal to own Dogos Argentinos without specific exemption from a court per the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, and dogs of the breed may be seized by the police. The maximum fine for illegal possession of a Dogo Argentino is £5,000 and/or up to six months' imprisonment. Breed-specific legislation varies in the United States, with bans on the breed enacted in Aurora, Colorado and New York City public housing. The Australian government has banned the importation of this dog. The dog is also illegal in New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, and Ukraine. The ban in the UK has received criticism with a spokesperson from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals stating that the law must "focus back on the real problem... the owner"

MUSIC: Gogol Bordello - Mala Vida

READ MORE ABOUT DOGO ARGENTINO:
http://www.huntingdogos.com/dogo_history.asp
http://www.huntingdogos.com/hunting.asp
http://www.bulldoginformation.com/dogo-argentino.html
http://www.dogoargentino.com/history.php
http://www.woofahs.com/dog_breeds/d/dogo_argentino.html

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[colgado123654]

@ratontuerk clear southern Argentina is cold and hot north.

the dog well stand the heat. I live in Cordoba in the middle of Argentina.

near the Andes mountain range is too cold. ple is very hot and humid Santa Fe, Entre Rios etc

[RATTER15]

@diazaamia Soo intelligent, did you manage that reply all by yourself or did mummy help you. :))

[Galbak111]

it was another time, now in agentina it's extremely prohibited the hunt for sport

[Sosalx]

the dogs are beautiful , but that pig suffering is unnecessary

[1norik]

The best!

[CONCHOS98]

I GOTTA GET ME ONE OF THESE DOGS!!!

[horner8move]

I love it !!!

[jdstreet2]

Hunting as a pack is EXACTLY what dogs do and have done since wolves were around...Pigs are the scourge of the earth for farmers and ranches...and they deserve to to hunted in any fashion that is legal...Besides, if God didn't want us to kill and eat little piggies, he wouldn't have made them so taste so delicious...

[ClassPunkette]

very bad

[chris784100]

So this is a sport? How is a pack of crazed dogs attacking a pig any type of sport? Its just disgusting. I hope these dogs turn on their owners and treat them like they do their "prey". I would say they should be ashamed but I know they dont know any better. They are not much more evolved than the animals they are mistreating.