American Bully Standard

In the United States, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier breeders preferred taller and bulkier dogs than those in England, which resulted in the consistently larger AmStaff

Not to be confused with the original Japanese Akita-Inu, this is a very different and separate American breed. Although the American Akita's roots lie in the dogs brought to the United States by the soldiers returning from WW2

The name of this breed is very misleading, seing how it is not a true mountain Molosser type dog, but rather a recent re-creation of the old Brabanter Bullenbeisser

Sometimes referred to as the Sottile Bandog, Italian-American Bulldog or just plainly American Cane Corso, being initially just an American-bred Cane Corso Italiano strain

This legendary American breed was developed from various lines of old fighting bulldogs and bullterriers, such as the Irish Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Dudley Terrier, Irish Staffordshire Bullterrier, English Bullterrier

The American Bullmastiff was a name assigned to a number of creations throughout the 20th century, from common working bulldog and mastiff crosses to various Bandogge types

Originally developed in Detroit's Metro area, the early Panja Mastiff was a result of crossing Pit Bull Terriers, Rottweilers and Bandogs

The American Alsatian is not very different from more common GSD off-shoots, such as the Shiloh Shepherd, King Shepherd, Tundra Shepherd

Originating in 1700's America, the Old Country Bulldogge was developed from the original British and Irish bulldog variety, as well as other European working dogs of the Bullenbeisser and Alaunt ancestry.

This breed was developed in the United States by crossing the American-bred Boxers with American Bulldogs and Bullmastiffs. Originally taller and bulkier than the German dogs, it has been bred back to the Boxer and is today somewhat difficult to dist…

Originally developed by crossing the Rhodesian Ridgeback with the English Bullterrier in South Africa for hunting purposes, the breed now known as the American Bull Ridgeback was created by crossing these imported working bandogs from Africa with Ame…

By reportedly introducing the Anatolian Mastiff into the bloodline of their English Mastiffs in the late 1980's, the Wagner family of Flying W Farms created a handsome large dry-mouthed dog, supposedly superiour to its parent breeds in terms of …

The American Water Spaniel was developed from common working crosses between English and Irish Water Spaniels, Curly-Coated Retrievers and Field Spaniels of the 19th century, but it was standardized and formed into a breed in the 1920's by a Wis…

This breed was developed by Russel \"Kim\" LaFlamme as an attempt to reproduce the dogs of Native American Plains Indian tribes. The original Indian dogs were used as guardians, herders and hunters by the Native Americans, but they faced ex…

White herding dogs have been around for thousands of years around the world and various white-coated European sheepdogs were used in the creation of the early German Shepherd Dog breed

This working breed is descended from wolf hybrids created for the U.S. Army by Frank Catania, a Military dog trainer and veterinary technician in the late 1960's. By crossing wolves with military-bred German Shepherd Dogs, Catania intended to es…

Thought to be extinct today, the Old Southern Boarhound was developed from the same root-stock of breeds as most American hounds, but was also infused with the blood of old bulldogs, bull-n-terriers and mastiffs imported from Europe in the early 1800…

This small companion dog is not a result of crossbreeding or miniaturization programes

This phenomenal little ratter is said to be a result of crossing the French Bulldog with the Boston Terrier, but it is highly unlikely that these were the only breeds used in its creation. Jack Russell Terriers, Fox Terriers and Rat Terriers have rep…