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About the Dogue de Bordeaux

Origin: France
Typical life span
5-8 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
50-64 kg
Female
45-55 kg
Height
Male
60-69 cm
Female
58-66 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossoid and Swiss Mountain and Cattledogs
Origin
France
Also called
Dogo de Burdeos

About

What is a Dogue de Bordeaux?

Massive, powerful French mastiff with distinctive short, wrinkled muzzle and red mask. This imposing molossoid dog combines a muscular build with a calm, loyal disposition and protective temperament.

Dogue de Bordeaux history and origins

One of the oldest French breeds and ancient molossoid type dating to 14th century. Traditionally used for guarding, pulling carts, and big game hunting. Nearly extinct after World Wars but restored by dedicated breeders and standardized in 19th century.

Dogue de Bordeaux appearance and size

Males typically weigh 50-64 kg and stand 60-69 cm at the shoulder; females 45-55 kg and 58-66 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Guard, defence and dissuasion
Comportamiento y temperamento
An ancient fighting dog, the Dogue de Bordeaux is gifted for guarding, which it assumes with vigilance and great courage but without aggressiveness. A good companion, very attached to its master and very affectionate. Calm balanced with a high stimulus threshold. The male normally has a dominant character

Quoted from FCI standard n°116. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Large
Necesidad de ejercicio
2 of 5
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
Cuidados del pelo
2 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
5 conditions documented

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Dogue de Bordeaux

Lo que obtienes con la raza Dogue de Bordeaux

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Guard, defence and dissuasion»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «An ancient fighting dog, the Dogue de Bordeaux is gifted for guarding, which it assumes with vigilance and great…»
  • Exige pocos cuidados del pelo, adecuado para quien tiene poco tiempo — el pelo es «Fine, short, and soft to the touch»

Lo que asumes

  • Están documentadas 3 enfermedades hereditarias graves, sobre todo en corazón y circulación y huesos y articulaciones. La pestaña de la guía de salud tiene la prueba que hay que pedir en cada una.

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI; Dogue de Bordeaux Health Foundation of America. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · Dogue de Bordeaux

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con preferred y permissible.

Coat

  • Fine
  • Short
  • Soft to the touch

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

  • Self-coloured, in all shades of fawn, from mahogany to isabella.
  • Preferred: A good pigmentation
  • Permissible: Limited white patches on the forechest, and the extremities of the limbs
  • Mask: • Black mask: The mask is often only slightly spread out and must not invade the cranial region.
  • There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck and top of body.
  • The nose is black. • Brown mask: (used to be called red or bistre).
  • The nose is brown
  • the eyerims and edges of the lips are also brown.
  • There may be non-invasive brown shading
  • each hair having a fawn or sandy zone and a brown zone.
  • In this case the inclined parts of the body are a paler colour. • No mask: The coat is fawn: the skin appears red (also formerly called “red mask”).
  • The nose can then be reddish

Resumido de FCI standard n°116 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Lo que el estándar penaliza

Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza Dogue de Bordeaux, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.

Defectos graves

Cuentan mucho en contra de un ejemplar en el ring.

  • Disproportioned voluminous). head (too small or exaggerately
  • Bulldoggy hypertype : Flat skull, muzzle measuring less than a quarter of the total length of the head. Swollen fold (roll) behind the nose. Important fold around the head. Important lateral deviation of the lower jaw. Incisors constantly visible when the mouth is closed. Very small incisors, unevenly set.
  • Arched back (convex).
  • Fused but not deviated vertebrae of the tail.
  • Forefeet turning inwards (even slightly).
  • Forefeet turning outwards too much.
  • Flat thighs.
  • Angle of hock too open (straight angulation).
  • Angle of the hock too closed, dog standing under himself behind.
  • Cow hocks or barrel hocks.
  • Stilted movement or serious rolling of rear.
  • Excessive shortness of breath,rasping.
  • White on tip of tail or on the front part of the forelegs, above the carpus (wrist) and the tarsus (hock) or white, without interruption, on the front of the body from the forechest to the throat

FCI standard n°116

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Dogue de Bordeaux en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

Health & screening guide for the Dogue de Bordeaux

Riesgos hereditarios conocidos en la raza Dogue de Bordeaux, y la documentación concreta que hay que pedir a cualquier criador antes de pagar una señal. Un criador responsable tiene esta documentación a mano; esquivar la pregunta es mala señal.

5 enfermedades documentadas

Health checklist (PDF)

Heart & circulation

Dilated cardiomyopathy and subaortic stenosis

Serious

Two unrelated heart conditions — a weakened, enlarged heart muscle, and a narrowed outflow from the heart — are both described by the breed's own health foundation as leading causes of death in the breed. Neither has a genetic test.

Qué pedir

No genetic test for either condition. An echocardiogram by a board-certified veterinary cardiologist is the only reliable way to check, on both parents.

2 sources

Bones & joints

Hip, elbow and shoulder dysplasia

Serious

Malformation of the hip, elbow and/or shoulder joints leading to pain and early arthritis. This breed's own CHIC requirement is unusual in also requiring a shoulder evaluation, not just hips and elbows.

Qué pedir

OFA hip, elbow and shoulder evaluation, on both parents

2 sources

Eyes

Loose eyelids (ectropion/entropion)

MonitorInherente a la raza

The standard's amount of facial skin predisposes some dogs to eyelids that roll outward or inward, which can let in dust and hair or, if inverted, rub the cornea.

Qué pedir

No test; ask whether a vet has checked both parents' eyelids.

1 source

Breathing

Brachycephalic airway limitation

SeriousInherente a la raza

The standard's overly short muzzle and pinched nostrils restrict airflow; the FCI's own judging guidance for this breed specifically flags forced breathing with the mouth constantly open — more pronounced wording than it uses for some other short-muzzled breeds.

Qué pedir

No test; a vet check of breathing at rest and after mild exercise, especially in heat, is the only way to assess it.

1 source

Cuánto vive la raza Dogue de Bordeaux, en los registros

Supervivencia mediana de 11,1 años

Intervalo de confianza al 95% de 10,6–11,7 años, a partir de 1204 muertes registradas entre 3515 perros

Riesgo de mortalidad de 1.4 (1.32, 1.48) respecto a perros mestizos, cuya mediana es de 12,0 años.

Medido en el Reino Unido a partir de 584.734 perros. La supervivencia mediana no es una predicción para un perro concreto.

McMillan, K.M., Bielby, J., Williams, C.L., Upjohn, M.M., Casey, R.A. & Christley, R.M. (2024) Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death. Scientific Reports 14, 531.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Dogue de Bordeaux breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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