On my last trip to France while visiting my family, I met a guy walking an impressive looking dog and I stopped to talk to him. The dog almost looked like a brindle Rottweiler, but bit taller, leaner, very muscular and had a larger head than any Rottie I had ever seen. It turned out this female was 95 pounds and about 25 at the shoulder. According to this guy, her temperament was incredible, a natural family protection dog from the start. Here is the interesting part..., she was half Dogue de Bordeaux, half Beauceron! I wish I would have gotten his contact info, as he mentioned he got the dog from a kennel that has been crossing these two breeds for a while. Of course I tried finding them on line, but had no luck.