".a smaller Bullenbeisser of the purest stock was bred from the larger one by natural selection, due to the spreading popularity of the animal fights from England to the mainland and thence to Germany. However, the Germans continued to use the Bullenbeisser as a hunting dog.Ä«oxer Ancestors of the Middle Ages to the Late 1700's Later, the English crossed their Mastiff with fast running hounds to produce the Englische Dogge, or Great Dane, the German national dog. In England, selective breeding produced a taller, stronger dog than the original Molossis and this formed the foundation of the modern Mastiff. Centuries later the name of Molossian was given to dogs of this type, named from the city of Molossis in Epirus, in what is today Albania." These dogs spread across the continent and became the ancestors to the German Bullenbeisser. According to Denlinger, "As far back as the time of the ancient Assyrians, more than 2000 B.C., a strain of dogs with powerful build, heavy head and great courage was bred and used in war. ![]() The Germans did not begin to breed dogs seriously and scientifically until that time, although various types of dogs had existed in Germany - as in England and the Continent - from time immemorial. The history of the Boxer as a unique breed begins late in the last century in the area of Munich, Germany. Therefore, much of the Boxer history that is developed here comes from his book. John Wagner's Book, The Boxer, first published in 1939, contains one of the most detailed histories of development of this breed.
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