As a matter of fact, Platz, over 2,000 years ago, Varro wrote of livestock herding and protection dogs as being all white, with slightly undershot mouths, large heads, and drooping ears. Keep in mind, the Aluants taken to France from England were used for livestock protection as well as hunting wild boar and blood sports. On the other side of the Pyreenen mountins is Spain who also imported Aluants from England, take a good look at the Spanish Mastiff of today. Is it the same breed type as the Pyrs? Spain also took Aluants from England to Cuba in 1556 and created a number of breeds of which the Cuban Mastiff and the Cuban Bulldog were developed for working cattle. Cuba is 90 miles from Florida. On the second voyage of Columbus, 1493, he brought cattle and dogs to now Haittie, named then Hispinola meaning New Spain. This location is right below Cuba. La Florida, (The Land of Flowers) was owned by Spain untill 1819 and Spanish Crackers were still herding large herds of cattle in South Florida when the town of Kississimi (aka "Cow Town USA) was started. In front of the court house, there's a statue of a cattleman, his wife, and a WEB. Cattle is livestock. These herds numbered 2,000 to 5,000 head. Since the fence laws were inacted, these dogs are now used only on farms and ranches. The WEB still produces both herding type and protection type in the same litter. Most LGDs require two breeds.