WELCOME TO THE ALANO ESPANOL SOCIETY alanoespanol.co.uk/ https://facebook/AlanoEspanolSociety spanish bulldogs are a medium to large breed, very athletic and fast , hig stamina high drive sop not a first time dog for many but the VERYactive We at SWATT DOGS are proud to announce the only available litter of alano espanol in the uk. All pups are fully vet checked, chipped, and vaccinated. Family raised, around kids and other pets. full housde trained n part basic obedience trained, suit working sporting or active home. good family, dog social breed, very handler submissive. spanish bulldogs are a medium to large breed, very athletic and fast , hig stamina high drive sop not a first time dog for many but the active Alano Espanol, also known as the Spanish bulldog are a large dog of the molosser type, originating in Spain. With a large strong head, males should be no smaller than 60cm at the withers and should weigh 35-45kg with females somewhat smaller. No record or history of health issues in the breed. Alanos traditionally have been used on ranches for hunting large game as well as pasturing and taming cattle. Since the breed was used for hunting in packs, it is very sociable with other dogs. Large working dogs, such as the Alano Espaol, need regular training and activity. Call now 07743298775/07920876023 Alano Espanol, also known as the Spanish bulldog are a large dog of the molosser type, originating in Spain. With a large strong head, males should be no smaller than 60cm at the withers and should weigh 35-45kg with females somewhat smaller. No record or history of health issues in the breed. Alanos traditionally have been used on ranches for hunting large game as well as pasturing and taming cattle. Since the breed was used for hunting in packs, it is very sociable with other dogs. Large working dogs, such as the Alano Espaol, need regular training and activity. Call now There are different opinions on whether the Alano Español and the Perro de Toro (Spanish Bulldog) are the same breed, but most people that are involved in the Alano, and the ANCAE (Asociación Nacional de Criadores del Alano Español) regards the Perro de Toro as just a heavier version of the Alano, used in the Bullfights of old times. There are however breeders in Spain that breeds dogs that they claim is Perro de Toros and they do not regard the two breeds, Alano Español and Perro de Toro, to be the same breed, but instead they regard the Spanish Bulldog as close related to the Dogue de Bordeaux. Which of these opinions are correct? Problary both! There have problary always been different opinions about these breeds and while some have regarded the Alano and the Perro de Toro as the same breed and interbred them, others have especially bred only bulldog typed dogs together, and therefore referred to their dogs as Perro de Toros. Obviously, the ones breeding only Perro de Toro typed dogs, should have a more bulldoggy stock than the Perro de Toro-typed Alano, which contain both Alano and Perro de Toro blood When the Spanish Bulldog was imported to England in the 1800s they was clearly discribed as Spanish BULLDOGS and not as mastiffs. We can therefore presume that the imported Spanish dogs were of more bulldog type than mastiff type. Through my recearce I have found that the Spanish Bulldog and the Dogue de Bordeaux were close related. In one of my old dog-books (1930) it is written (no picture) that the Spanish Bulldog is equal to the Dogue de Bordeaux in size and weight and they are often confused with each other. I do believe that both the Dogue de Bordeaux and the Spanish Bulldog are remains of the type of the old Molossers of central Europe, and while several other breeds are related to these dogs they are too much refined to have kept the old type in their apperance. As mentioned above the Spanish Bulldog were imported to England in the 1800s. In 1840 Mr. William George imported a brindle pied Perro de Toro which he named Big Headed Billy. Mr. Marquart did import two Spanish Buldogs in 1868 and Mr. Frank Adcock imported two more in 1873. We know for surtain that these dogs were used in breeding of English Bulldogs and the following are taken from the Book of the Dog, published in 1948; The Bulldog Club really came into being in order to save the British breed from being crossed with the larger-sized Spanish Bulldog, which Mr. Frank Adcock had imported from Spain in 1873 -there had been constant warfare in the press from 1873 till 1875 between the lovers of the old style and the Adcock party, who advocates the cross with the Spanish Bulldog. Records show that 49 members joined the Club in the first year, and, as they comprised the cream of the fancy of those dogs, they were strong enough to check partically all inter-breeding with the hated Spanish Bulldog, except in the kennels of Mr. Frank Adcock and his friends, amongst whom Mr. George Dawes, an ardent Birmingham enthusiast, was then prominent. M.B. Wynn writes in his 1886 book History of the Mastiff the following; It has been presumed without any decided proof that the Spanish Bulldog was originally imported from England, but the truth of this is far from certain, and having inspected some of the most noted Spanish Bulldogs that have been imported to this country, I have come to the conclusion that although the Spanish Bulldog is or was a remnant of the true Pugnaces, yet it differs considerably to the british Bulldog of modern age, in more characteristics than its greater size. Wynn writes further in his 1886-book; It may be unadvisable here to mention, that the imported pedigreeless Couchez, (whose blood runs in nearly every modern Mastiff) bore all the trace of having a large percentage of Spanish Bulldog blood in him, and although imported as a smooth St. Bernard I have little doubt that in reality he was little else than a Spanish bull-mastiff or Alano. The following is also from the same book; As a proof of the presence of the mastiff or Alano in Spain in past times. In Lockharts Ancient Spanish Ballads mention is made of a mastiff that belonged to Don Pedro the cruel, Vide 11, 12, 13, and 14 verses of the XXII. ballad, entitled The murder of the master of St. Jago, which took place at Sevile in 1358. I have not seen the original Spanish version, but the particulars mentioned in the ballad show that a mastiff and not a small bulldog was meant. We can judge by this that Wynn considered the Alano and the Mastiff to be, more or less, similar, while he consider the Spanish Bulldog to be of another type. He describes the pedigree-less Couchez as a Spanish Bull-Mastiff or Alano and this dog may have been a cross between the Alano-type and the Perro de Toro-type, Picture SWATT DOGS VENGO CALDERA The Spanish Bulldogs imported to England in the late 1800s were all around 41 kg. (90,2 lbs). Toro, one of the dogs imported by Mr. Frank Adcock, was 56 cm. (22 in) at the shoulder. It is very interesting that Igor de la Rocca, who is pictured at this page, have the same height. All these early imported Spanish Bulldogs to England was described as very muscular dogs with lots of wrinkles and deep flews. Powerful shoulders and neck and large feets, deep stop, undershot, and a broad and deep chest. They all had cropped ears. When judging the 1853 painting by Manuel Castellano, we can clearly see the power this dog are displaying, and we can also see the recemblance to the Dogue de Bordeaux. The extinct Toulouse type of the Dogue de Bordeaux was believed to be the Dogue that closest recembled the Spanish Bulldog, and some researchers consider the two, The Toulouse Dogue and the Perro de Toro, to practially be the same breed. Professor Kunstler (the man who wrote the first standard for FCI in 1910) considered the Toulouse type to not be a Dogue at all but rather a bouledogue (Bulldog). Mr. Gilberto Pauciullo, the owner of Igor have told me that he did a search 25 years ago in Spain for the Spanish Bulldog & Alano Español. He managed already then to locate many homogenus Perro de Toros. Remember that this was before the Alano Espanol was re-discovered and the survived speciments was found. The Perro de Toro is always brindle coloured. It should be 50-60 cm. (16-24 in) at the withers and weight about 42-55 kg. (92-121 lbs). There are problary still going to be much debated whether the Presa de Toro really is a bulldog typed Alano or not. The truth is problary that it is a bulldog typed Alano Español, a strain within the Alano. But we must accept that there are breeders that regard the Perro de Toro to have enough differences, or breed characteristics, compared to the Alano, to breed this strain as a breed of its own. My opinion is that the Perro de Toro should be bred as a breed of its own. Luckily there are Spaniards who have the same opinion, who have bred the Perro de Toro for years and for generations, and have preserved this lengendary Spanish dog for the future. SWATT DOGS TRAINERS AND K9 SPORTS CLUB, HOME OF UK ALANO ESPANOL
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