History of Campeiro Bulldog

History of Campeiro Bulldog

The old English Bulldog was quite common, found in much of Western Europe during the second half of the nineteenth century , to the point that in states like the Vatican there own legislation to regulate the traffic of this type of animal on public roads.

Simultaneously aroused in affluent sectors of European society in the interest of creating serious development and conformation of several distinct races: all derived from Old English Bulldog, as the English Bulldog and the modern French bulldog .

In Brazil, the European immigration (Germans, Italians, Poles, etc.), which was encouraged at various times during the early nineteenth century and mid- twentieth century , brought besides humans, many animals, among them, dogs, certainly many Bulldog type, as the very old English Bulldog.

While at this time, in Europe, with some exceptions, the orientation toward the standardization of most races were based mainly on beauty, since the animals brought to the new world had to prove its efficiency in daily drudgery and physical excellence besides the great temper who should maintain and develop, is therefore selected and bred in various ways to form different from those which appeared in Europe at the same time races.

Thus, this type of bulldog puppy in Brazilian lands are preserved, mainly thanks to his talent for keeping and working with cattle, the best dogs for the job of submitting oxen and pigs were the most popular, and also those who could save the cart and the horse drover while he rested, conserved functional traits of its predecessor, the Old English Bulldog and can drag pigs ears to the place of slaughter or master alone one ox aloof up to 400 kg, 1 this skill was very used in ancient abattoirs in the southern region and the region where today is the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, these establishments were used to subdue cattle and pigs at slaughter. But with the development of these activities, measures of health surveillance prevented the use of dogs in these establishments, and also with the development of livestock, these dogs had their use increasingly smaller, and with it came to near extinction.

In the late 70s, this dog was in Endangered Species, then the cinófilo Ralf Schein Bender began a work of rescue these dogs, which came to fruition in 2001 when the CBKC started to recognize the bulldog breed pampas.