Presa Canario

Deer Run Arbaco, a dog found in the pedigrees of many American-bred Presas.

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Canary Island Controversy

Did Tobin Jackson of Deer Run Mastiff fame "create" the American Presa Canario?

Bullmastiff from a 1952 French magazine cover, which referred to it as “the dog of the future.” But in breeding for the time and place in which they live, are breeders irrevocably changing the breed’s fundamental character?

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A Delicate Balance

Is today's Bullmastiff temperament too tepid? Does the Presa or Dogo Canario offer a viable alternative?

In the 1830s, Cartache charmed a Portuguese king and sailed with the British navy. He and the pony Jem Crowe were immortalized in this oil painting by George Cole, an English painter known for his landscapes and animal portraits.

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