Row brazileiro

Dog of so large notable and great force and temperament, little is known outside Latin America where, as it says the own name to it, he is original. (The word means in Portuguese language). It is an optimal dog of guard who, nevertheless, has necessity of great spaces where to be able to move freely: in effect, if one stays in atmospheres closed or very close or worse even subject with strap, it can become excessively aggressive, modifying of substantial way his character.
It is the only canine race, between all the recognized ones, of Brazilian origin. Certainly it descends from European dogs, taken to American earth by the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors at the time of the great discoveries and the colonization.
These dogs, could have been the Mastiff, the Bulldog, the old ?Dog of Blood? and the Bloodhound and, a test that corroborates the aforesaid thing, is that the Row brasileiro is equipped with a truely exceptional sense of smell. Through a constant selection, it has been gotten to fix those characteristics that turn it a race of particular interest, although is not very well-known outside his country of origin, that in a time was appreciated by the proprietors of property where he was used in the search of the slaves who escaped themselves.

It is a dog of great very powerful size and, with a noble and fierce aspect. Heavy head in relation to all the body, short and wide skull. The snout is strong with set of teeth that close in scissors and trufa (nose) very great and developed. Eyes not very great, slightly almendrados and of dark color. Great ears in form of ?V?, inserted rather back. Somewhat short but wide and muscular neck. Trunk extended with affluent thorax developed and vertical and distanced previous extremities to each other. Flat but moderately very muscular later part. All the set is covered by relatively abundant skin. The layer can be of all the colors - uniform or with spots and their hair he is short and smooth, mainly the body.

Height and weight. Of 65 to 70 cm. of raised to the cross.

Head. Great and heavy with respect to the body, of massive square aspect. , Brown very great, black Trufa, according to the mantle. Heavy superior lips that hang and are superposed the inferior ones. Strong snout, wide, a little shorter than the skull and that finishes with an almost perpendicular line to the one of the nasal cane. Occipital protuberance pronounced good.

Eyes. Of medium size, slightly almendrados, distanced well, of dark color.

Ears. Great, with form of ?V?, low insertion.

Neck. Of short extraordinarily great and enough diameter outer, with musculatura very hard. Harmoniously never curved. Papada in the throat.

Previous extremities. Either placed next to the body, that is to say, or separated of the chest and verticals. Forearms with strong bones. Metacarpos slightly inclined.

Body. Hard, covered with thick and loose skin. Bent ribs affluent, wide chest that descends until the end of the elbow. Pronounced pectoral muscles good. Low and flat cross since the ends of the omoplatos, instead of being united, remain distanced well. Slightly ascending back towards grupa that is therefore more discharge. Smoothly inclined Grupa. Little incoming belly.

Later extremities. More discharges than previous but with bones the less hard and angles little pronounced. Corvejones not very flexible.

Feet. With bent and strong, net straight fingers affluent forwards. Black nails, more rarely white.

Tail. By very wide root it is sharpened progressively appearing something curved in the end. When the dog is excited, the tail rises and the curve is accentuated.

Coat. Short, soft, fine and smooth. It can be of the diverse colors, of dye it uniforms or atigrado. Heavy skin and elastic something loosen in the neck and the trunk.

FEEDING. The necessities in kcal. daily, like ration of maintenance, they are of 2.600-2.700. Impetuous and dared character, this dog it needs a space outdoors that it allows to develop his own temperament him.

DAILY CARES. The cleaning of the coat must be made, preferably, with a glove for smooth hair.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. Row brasileiro presents/displays, constitutionally, one slight ptosis of eyelid inferior (laxitud of the eyelid that appears fallen), able to facilitate the conjuntivitis presence that, nevertheless, can be controlled easily with medicines.

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