Well attestedFrom the people of the place
Dogo Argentino
noun · first attested 1928
Bred out of a fighting dog that no longer exists.
A large white Argentine hound bred to hunt wild boar and puma in packs.
Record
- Relationship
- From the people of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1928
- Part of speech
- noun
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Dogo Argentino
Antonio Nores Martinez began the line near Cordoba in 1928, crossing the now-extinct Cordoba fighting dog with mastiffs, boxers, pointers and Great Danes to get an animal that would hunt alongside other dogs instead of attacking them. Several countries restrict or ban the breed, a legacy of the fighting stock still sitting in its pedigree.