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Bullmastiff
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The Bullmastiff is an English breed of dog of mastiff type and large size, with a solid build and a short muzzle. It was developed as a guard dog in the nineteenth century by cross-breeding the English Mastiff with the now-extinct Old English Bulldog. It was recognised as a breed by The Kennel Club in 1924.
Key facts
- Dogbreed.name
- Bullmastiff Dog
- Dogbreed.image
- Bullmastiff edited.JPG
- Dogbreed.country
- England
- Dogbreed.coat
- Short and weather resistant
- Dogbreed.kc_name
- The Kennel Club
- Dogbreed.kc_std
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200807153639/http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/standard.aspx?id=5118
- Dogbreed.fcistd
- http://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/157g02-en.pdf
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dog breed
- Subclass of
- dog
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 50
- Image
- Dog Bullmastiff 600.jpg
- Height
- 66
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- Commons category
- Bullmastiff
- Commons gallery
- Bullmastiff
- catalog code
- 157
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Appearance
- Health
- See also
- References
The Bullmastiff is an English breed of dog of mastiff type and large size, with a solid build and a short muzzle. It was developed as a guard dog in the nineteenth century by cross-breeding the English Mastiff with the now-extinct Old English Bulldog. It was recognised as a breed by The Kennel Club in 1924.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bullmastiff” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.