English bulldog

In England it is kept for many centuries. The world-wide popularity and contributed to the emergence of new breeds. Breed has been used for fighting with bulls. When was the fun of 1835 in England outlawed, has become a social breed. Sources breed leading to molosskym Dane, Battle breeds living in the old Athens. Formerly called the Bull-baiting Dog, Old English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is likely a descendant of the strengths of Asian dogs - Tibetan dogs, Assyria and Babylon war dog and a dog molosskeho, after which he inherited the courage, bravery, intrepidity, and belligerence.

History

Matches dogs with bulls (bull-baiting) introduced in England in the 12th Norman century. Cruel spectacle was very popular and completely normal obveselenim viewers, for example, in 1154, when the king took the throne of Henry II. Initially, the performance was not so cruel. Bears race and they were dear, and each animal had to endure a few performances. Finally, but brutality was increasing and it was quite normal that dogs utyrali production per animal, which could not properly defend to the death. In the 16th century, originally from the popular entertainment was also fun, and Elizabeth I. The king often organized matches bulls are dogs ambassadors from abroad. It also was the first efforts to systematically slechtit wrestling dogs.They attacked Bykov the head and tried to bite into the jump mulce, ear lobe or the language. Experience must have been hard to shake the dog Bykov not a hook. In the cast state and strong dogs with smaller size undershot lower jaw and moved back to nose, direct ancestors of modern bulldog.
Buldoci is used for matches in the arenas until 1835, when they were all bloody fighting with dogs or bears infrastructure in Great Britain banned. Suddenly buldoci were without work, and threatened them that as a breed disappear. However, if it is, people behave as social dogs, which is saved. Thanks to its sveraznemu revealed the bulldog in the 19th century applied also shows dogs, has been officially recognized in England in the year1873.
Over the next hundred years, its appearance has changed significantly. Organized farming were characteristic of the building and take the body highlighted the limit. Short legs are even more cut, flat and broad face are still zplostil and expanded. Defenders of modern bulldog note that Character is also very nice, kind and good. Yet it is still very grim and bold against Bykov would have definitely can not stand.
For a long time in England was a valid law which prohibited the export of dogs to other states. In the 80 years of last century, this law was abolished and an English bulldog began to export to countries of Western Europe.

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