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Great pics. From the few Bordeaux's I've seen they are one of those breeds that you really have to see in person to fully appreciate. Your's look great Angelique, but when you see them for real they just have something about them you don't see in pictures.
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Angelique - more beautiful dogs of yours!! (I was already impressed by your handsome shephards, but it looks like you've shared your life with all kinds of great canines )
I don't think I could ever own one, but I've always really liked the Dogue de Bordeaux. I don't believe I've ever seen one with a black nose though! Only livers, if that's what it's called in the Bordeaux breed... How common are the black masked dogs?
Hi Tyler-- I presently have a Dogue de Bordeaux. He is going on 9 years which beats the present average life span of 5.4 years by 3.6 years. Lots of health issues cropping up in the breed- epilepsy, heart problems, depressed immune systems, fertility problems, hips, and sometimes elbows. They love the cold, suffer in the hot, humid weather. Very few owners breeders do any kind of work with them(they are supposed to be very athletic) but they are a joy to have- very attached to their family. They can be very dog aggessive but are generally great with people
Thanks Natalia!
The black mask fades with age but yes you definitely have back mask in Bordeauxs it's not as popular in the states.You see them more often in France.Ever since Turner & Hooch came out everyone wanted the all red heads so that is what most breeders bred.In France they were actually decades ago much shorter than some I see now.Great breed but they have such an immune deficiency that if I was to buy one today I would go to Europe and buy one from a small town breeder.
Hi Sally, I had mine (the black mask) until the age of 9.My red mask lived until he was little over 8 1/2 and actually might have made his 9th birthday but he drowned in the Ocean.So to say they live just under 6 years is not accurate.I have known many Bordeaux that lived close to 10 ,2 were my parents Bordeauxs.
Hi Angelique---I am always thrilled to find out about DdB living a long and happy life. I guess just like in any other breed too many people are breeding and health is not in the top five concerns. According to the breed club in the U.S. five and one half is the average age for the DdB. Some live to nine others die at two or three and that's how they got the average(the average was calculated by known ages of deaths). It wasn't all that long ago that dogues were living to 10 or 11 years but lots of breeders have gone for bigger and bigger dogues- 150-165# and coupled with the health problems that are cropping up, the dogues are dying earlier. It's too bad cause they are great family dogs.
you're right, people always brag about their mastiff's weight, what they should brag about is their health and temperament.I u to disliked when people would call me asking about a litter I had and ask me how much the parents weight!? That's when I know to hang up...
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