Is he a bandog?????
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Is he a bandog?????

Below is an excerpt from our Bandogge profile and it think it may be helpful.

The widely accepted recipe for an American Bandog is usually 50% American Pit Bull Terrier and 50% Neapolitan Mastiff, although some breeders use other mastiffs as well, like the English Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, Cane Corsos, Rottweilers, Japanese Tosas, American Bulldogs, Brazilian Filas and so on, as well as English Bullterriers, American Staffordhires, Irish Staffies and others for the bull-n-terrier part of the equation. Interestingly enough, there are not many known bandog programmes involving the use of Molossers such as the Central Asian Shepherd, Irish Wolfhound, Spanish Mastiff or any of the old terrier and hound breeds, all of which would be historically more correct than the modern "American cocktail", which relies on breeds which didn't even exist at the time bandogges "ruled" Europe. There is a number of modern Bandog breeds worldwide, such as the Czech Bandog, Australian Bandog, German Bandogge, Brazilian Bullmastiff, Ambullneo Mastiff and others, but most fanciers still associate the Bandogge name with the Swinford-concocted recipe, where the father should be a game-bred bull-n-terrier breed and the mother should be a large mastiff-type dog.

However, many enthusiasts believe that a non-working "bandog" isn't really a Bandogge, since crossing two breeds together for any purpose other than protection work will produce nothing more than an ordinary mutt. The Bandogge, be it the American or any other variety is strictly a working breed and should be a result of serious and dedicated planning, starting from careful selection of parent breeds and more importantly, appropriate representatives of those breeds, with the health and temperament testing being on the top of the list of priorities, while the uniformity in appearance is the last of the breeders' concerns.

To read the whole profile click here.

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    • V

      Hi all.......  Right i have a 7 month old Amrerican bulldog x English mastiff, does this make him a Bandog?? As far as i am aware he isn't mixed with any other breed his dad is a pure breed mastiff his mum an american bulldog.  We have his aunt and two of his sisters in the family and his aunt is huge!!! The girls are tiny compared to him and look nothing like him.  He looks more mastiff and the girls look more american bulldog.  He has the big scrunchy face.  He has just turned 7 months old and he is pure muscle.  Weighing 5.5 stone already!!!  He is the first large dog i have owned and i would like some advice from folks that have experience with these breeds of dog.  He is fed raw meat mixed with biscuit. 

      Any advice very welcome

      Thanks a lot :)

      • C

        i believe the correct definition for a bandog is that he is a working dog or came from working dogs, and was bred for work. that being said, he is definitely mixed with breeds of dogs that are used in bandog programs.

        • Below is an excerpt from our Bandogge profile and it think it may be helpful.

          The widely accepted recipe for an American Bandog is usually 50% American Pit Bull Terrier and 50% Neapolitan Mastiff, although some breeders use other mastiffs as well, like the English Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, Cane Corsos, Rottweilers, Japanese Tosas, American Bulldogs, Brazilian Filas and so on, as well as English Bullterriers, American Staffordhires, Irish Staffies and others for the bull-n-terrier part of the equation. Interestingly enough, there are not many known bandog programmes involving the use of Molossers such as the Central Asian Shepherd, Irish Wolfhound, Spanish Mastiff or any of the old terrier and hound breeds, all of which would be historically more correct than the modern "American cocktail", which relies on breeds which didn't even exist at the time bandogges "ruled" Europe. There is a number of modern Bandog breeds worldwide, such as the Czech Bandog, Australian Bandog, German Bandogge, Brazilian Bullmastiff, Ambullneo Mastiff and others, but most fanciers still associate the Bandogge name with the Swinford-concocted recipe, where the father should be a game-bred bull-n-terrier breed and the mother should be a large mastiff-type dog.

          However, many enthusiasts believe that a non-working "bandog" isn't really a Bandogge, since crossing two breeds together for any purpose other than protection work will produce nothing more than an ordinary mutt. The Bandogge, be it the American or any other variety is strictly a working breed and should be a result of serious and dedicated planning, starting from careful selection of parent breeds and more importantly, appropriate representatives of those breeds, with the health and temperament testing being on the top of the list of priorities, while the uniformity in appearance is the last of the breeders' concerns.

          To read the whole profile click here.

          • L

            What a bandog was .is a job not a breed and still is a job not a breed today a bulldog is a breed and very rarly a job the old way of breeding and clasifying dogs was by what they did not what they were  if the dog did the job of a sheperd it by god was a shepard with little regards for the color or length of fur  the translation for mastiff  was and forgive me for not being exact but mongral   ! Simply  they breed pure by breeding  sucesful with sucesful  the translation of bandog or meaning was a dog  (banded) or bound  or tied or chained  by day and released at night to deter and mutilate even kill trespassers  thAt is a junkyard dog  since then many breeds have sponed off of this  function in to many more breeds   ..  today if you claim your dog is a "bandog" you better have a title  in personal protection for that dog   with video to back it up!  A pure breed bandog litter is not full of bandog puppys there is no such a thing . It  is  an attempt  to produce  bandogs by breeding a titled female any breed or mix with a titled male  in the hopes  1 mabe 2 have potential of earning a title and then they have earned the title of bandog  the rest of the litter are muts and should be culled  if you want your dog to be a bandog it can be with years of work and dedication but it is not now .. and may never be  find a trainer you 'dont' like have  it evaluated to see if it has the nerves stability and reliability to be trained join a club  its not that expensive  if you like it and your dog dosnt make the cutt  get anouther  !!  If you didnt do your job your boss would fire you and americans  to often put humanity in a dogie dog world 

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