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Breed Story 264 HOTdog bou breed in our country Fran- 1-2 / 2019
cisco Ruiz Rodriguez, the first
• Majorca Mastiff or Ca de president of the “Club Espanol Ca de bou has no excessive sali-
bou is currently a fairly rare del Ca de Bou” helped to select vation; the dog’s muzzle always
dog breed, although the his- dogs. In Russia, the increase in remains dry. Thanks to its size
tory of Ca de bou counts Ca de bou population occurred you can take the Majorca Mas-
spans more than one cen- quite quickly. Different blood- tiff with you on trips by car or
tury. lines of dogs brought from Mal- just out in nature with friends.
lorka allowed cynologists to use Ca de bou are very attached to
• The birth of Ca de bou oc- different variations in selection their owners, love attention and
cured in the 13th century, from of pairs. pay in return with boundless
the moment the Balearic Isles devotion. These are very sensi-
were conquered by the Knights • Despite the obvious climatic tive dogs, perfectly attuned to
of Malta, who accompanied differences between Mallorca the mood of their owner. Ca de
them in lots of military cam- and Moscow, the acclimatiza- bous are perfect as first dogs,
paigns. By mating with each tion and adaptation of Majorca as well as dogs for families with
other and with other dogs with Mastiff was very successful. children.
similar characteristics, similar Due to its compact size and
to those found in breeds from inherent taciturnity, Ca de bou • It is worth to mentioning
Mallorca, they formed the first proved to be very convenient another feature of our breed
ancestors of Majorca Mastiff. for living in city apartments, at – they are very smiling dogs.
the same time showing itself to There is always a smile shin-
• Between the 18th and ear- be excellent an guard and com- ing on Ca de bou faces, eyes
ly 20th centuries Ca de bou panions. Today, Ca de bou lives shine with joy, and the tail, like
gained a reputation as a prop- throughout Russia, from Kalin- a metronome, goes from side to
erty guardian dog and fighters ingrad to Kamchatka. side.
in arenas with bulls and other
animals. In the 1920s Majorka • Nowadays the Ca de bou • It is better to purchase
Mastiffs were mentioned by the livestock in Russia is the larg- a puppy from the kennel of a
president of the Club of Dogue est in the world and at the same professional breeder who will
de Bordeaux in a French maga- time the strongest. From year help you pick a dog according
zine article as the best dogs to year, Russian dogs success- to your wishes, and will fur-
among different breeds in Ma- fully win the World Dog Show ther supervise the raising of
drid meeting for a combat com- and European Dog Show; Rus- the baby, help you with advice
petitions. An historically impor- sian dogs are bought by ken- on numerous issues that a new
tant document is the standard nels and breeders from around owner will definitely face.
of the Ca de bou dated to 1932. the world.
As of this document we can • We have been working with
confidently talk about the ex- • Today, Ca de bou is a com- Ca de bou breed for more than
istence of the breed Ca de bou, panion dog belonging to the 10 years, and in 2013 created
namely the breed, with its in- watch and guard dog group and the Alferor Kennel. Our line
herent exterior, character and has gathered in itself all the founder’s brood bitch is one
purpose. best features of the family dog. of the most famous Ca de bou
Compact size, taciturnity, flex- dogs - Almeyda Fernades Or-
• The first version of the Ca ible character, loyalty to other nela (JWW`09 & BOB, WW`10
de bou standard was adopted pets and ease of learning. Ca de & BOB, InterCH, MultiCH) / Our
by the FCI in 1964. In 1996 the bou is perfect for both a person dogs win at major international
FCI accepted a new version of who wants to get a loyal friend, shows and national champion-
the standard that exists to this and a person who wants to get ships. They also Participate in
day. an alert guard in their home. national training champion-
ships. We will be happy to help
• Majorka Mastiffs were Ca de bous love to swim, easi- you get such a beautiful dog as
brought to Russia from Mal- ly tolerate heat and light frosts. Ca de bou.
lorka in 1994 by Olga Popova.
For development of the Ca de
