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COUNTRY:
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CATEGORY
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WEIGHT
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HEIGHT
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MALE
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FEMALE
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SIZE
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COLOR
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brindle,
white, red, fawn, or piebald
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PERSONALITY
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Until
the 19th Century, the bulldog was used as a gladiator.
It was aggressive, ferocious and blood thirsty, so much
that the Roman promulgated a decree that forbade taking
a bulldog through the streets, even if held on a chain.
Breeding over the last hundred years, while maintaining
the bulldog's menacing look, has made of it a good-natured,
reserved, dignified, loyal, domesticated dog, clean
and aristocratic, "beautiful in its ugliness"
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USES
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At
the end of its career as a gladiator, it was used as
a guard dog, a police dog, and an auxiliary in the army.
In the US, one bulldog was even given five ribbon and
a Bronze Star for its war work and another was promoted
to corporal. Today, the bulldog is esteemed as a companion
dog.
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