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Created by Todd Tripp of Ohio in the late 1990's.
His vision was to re-create
the Brabanter Bullenbeisser of the 1700’s in central Belgium province known as
Brabant. A strong working dog with a bully build, there legs still underneath
them they were believed to range from 40-80pds a slight under bite and mostly solid in color with
minimal white. His foundation consisted or dogs that were Boxer and of a working bull breed. Most of all was the
consistency of using a High percentage of Boxer in the foundation brood stock.
Being very selective in choosing dogs to be in his foundation and by using
selective breeding to reach the final goal.
This information below helped him to begin to create our breed of dog known as The Banter Bulldogge
The Brabanter Bullenbeisser was the small Bullenbeisser that was found as a family and working dog in the 1700's early 1800's. The Brabanter Bullenbeisser was the smaller more bull doggy type of Mastiff used to create the modern day Boxer in conjunction with other Larger Bavarian mastiffs and the obvious infusion of the "Old Time English Bulldogge's". It is also widely known that the Brabanter carried very little if any White until the 1830's when the first English type Bulldogge was first imported into Germany.
** John
Wagner's Book, The Boxer, first published in 1939 **
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" This Brabanter Bullenbeisser, once the sole property of the nobility,
became the butcher's and the cattle dealer's dog His intelligence and
tractability enabled the Bullenbeisser to reinvent himself as a family and a
guard dog. The Brabanter, was developed for use in close quarters on small game
and was bred in the central Belgian province of Brabant." Wagner, 1950) **
** "his remarkable intelligence and tractability endeared him to so large a group of individuals that he carried on when so many breeds completely disappeared. " (Wagner, 1950)**
How the Banter Bulldogge Name came to be.
The Banter meaning in
definition “to address in a witty and teasing manner, Good-natured and usually
witty and animated joking" this uncanny word meaning to the description of
the temperament of our breed was interesting. Also coming from the Old Belgium dogs of the
1700's from the area in and around Brabant know as the Brabanter Bullenbeisser. This Helped to lead him to the name Banter Bulldogge.
Banter Bulldogge's are athletic and very capable of many of today's
canine sports such as weight pull, agility and personal protection. They are
also at home doing terrier work or just as a home pet/watchdog. They must be
loyal, great with children and never be overly Human aggressive but yet cautious
and alert
of strangers.
© 2008 The Banter Bulldogge Foundation