Английская Википедия:Dogo Argentino
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The Dogo Argentino (plural Dogos Argentinos) is an Argentine breed of large dog of mastiff type. It was bred in the early twentieth century in Córdoba in central Argentina, primarily for hunting large game such as peccaries, wild boar and pumas.Шаблон:R The foundation stock included the now extinct Córdoba fighting dog, a fighting dog of bulldog type, a Bull Terrier and a Mastín del Pirineo.Шаблон:R
History
In the 1920s Antonio Nores Martinez, a young student of Córdoba in central Argentina, set out with his brother Augustin Nores Martinez to create a new breed of big game hunting dog, especially wild boar.Шаблон:R He wanted it to have the fighting qualities of the Old Cordoba Fighting Dog, but with greater size and strength.Шаблон:R He started with a Bull Terrier bitch with considerable fighting ability, which he bred to a spotted fighting dog of bulldog type. He selected and inter-bred their offspring, selecting for white coat colour and rejecting any animal that was retrognathous (undershot). In the eighth generation he introduced a Pyrenean mastiff bitch; by the twelfth generation his dogs were breeding true. They became well known for their success in the ring.Шаблон:R Nores Martinez later introduced crosses with a variety of other dogs including the Irish Wolfhound, Boxer, Great Dane, Bull Terrier, Dogue de Bordeaux and Spanish Mastiff.Шаблон:R
In 1947 he presented his breed to the Club de Cazadores ('hunter's club') of Buenos Aires; in 1948 a breed standard was published in the magazine Diana.Шаблон:R Antonio Nores Martinez was murdered in 1956; however Augustin, now an international ambassador, would continue to promote the Dogo during his travels.Шаблон:R
The Dogo was definitively accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1973.Шаблон:R
Characteristics
The Dogo Argentino is a large dog: weights for dogs are some Шаблон:Convert, for bitches slightly less; heights at the withers are in the range Шаблон:Convert for bitches and Шаблон:Convert for dogs.Шаблон:R The length of the body is slightly greater than the height at the withers, up to a maximum of one tenth more.Шаблон:R
The coat is short and always white. A single black or dark-coloured spot on the head is tolerated as long as it is no larger than one tenth of the size of the head.Шаблон:R The muzzle is of about the same length as the skull.Шаблон:R
Like many other breeds, the Dogo has some genetic predisposition to congenital deafness; it is also predisposed to laryngeal paralysis/polyneuropathy complex.Шаблон:R The dogs usually live for some 10 to 12 years.Шаблон:R
Use
The Dogo is kept principally for hunting large game such as peccaries, wild boar and pumas.Шаблон:R It has a good nose, and good speed and stamina; it may occasionally be trained for police or military work.Шаблон:R
Regulation
Ownership of dogs of this breed is illegal or restricted in some countries, including Australia,Шаблон:R Austria (Lower Austria[1], Vienna[2] and Vorarlberg[3]), the Cayman Islands,Шаблон:R Hong Kong,Шаблон:R New Zealand,Шаблон:R Norway,Шаблон:R TurkeyШаблон:R and the United Kingdom.Шаблон:R
References
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