HISTORY OF THE MASTIFF 

THE OLD ENGLISH MASTIFF IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BREEDS IN THE WORLD.

THESE DOGS HAVE WANDERED A FEW MILLENNIA BC BY EUROPE ANS ASIA.

THEY WERE USED TO HUNT WILD HORSES AND LIONS ,AND TO PROTECT THE HOMES OF THE BABYLONIANS.

THE ASSYRIANS BURIED TERRACOTTA STATUES OF THE DOGS TO THE SPIRITS OF THE DOGS TO CALL FOR THE EVIL IN THERE HOMES TO DRIVE.

THE ROMANS FOUND THE MASTIFF IN ENGLAND WHEN THEY FIRST CAME. HOW THE DOGS ENDED UP IN ENGLAND REMAINS A QUESTIONS MARK.

THE ROMANS,HOWEVER ,TOOK THE DOGS BACK TO ROME ,WHERE THEY FOUGHT IN ARENA`S. MASTIFFS FOUGHT TOGETHER WITH BRITISH SOLDIERS IN THE FAMOUS BATTLE OF AGINCOURT IN 1415.

ONE OF THESE MASTIFFS DEFENDED HIS WOUNDED MASTER LONG HOURS SO PERSISTANT THAT SOLDIERS FROM THE FRIENDLY CAMP DOG AND OWNER

WERE ABLE TO SAVE THE BLOODY BATTLEFIELD.

FROM ASSYRIA,ANCIENT EGYPT AND ACIENT CHINA ARE FAMILIAR IMAGES OF MASTIFF-LIKE DOGS AND THEY PRAISED JULIUS CAESAR IN 55 BC.

LATER THIS DOGS HUNTED IN PACKS OF NOBLE PEOPLE AND PROTECT THEIR HOMES AGAINST WOLVES AND OTHER THREATS.

IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY,THE BREED WAS ALMOST EXTINCT,BUT ECAUSE OF SOME KENNEL,THE BREED WAS MADE INTO A FRIENDLY AND GOOD-NATURED PET.

THROUGH A BACKGROUND IN HUNTING AND FIGHTING DOGS,MASTIFFS ARE FREE NOW,DOCILE COMPANION DOGS.

HOWEVER , THEY NEED TO BE OF COURSE WELL SOCIALIZED WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND DOGS.

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