In the early 1920s Dr. Antonio Martinez wanted to create a super dog that was needed for hunting wild boars. He, with the help of his brother Agustin, began the breed with the Cordoba Fighting dog as a base. This fearless and aggressive crossbreed had a proven record in the dog pits of South America where it fought to the death. Such tenacity was necessary when up against a 400lb pig. However, Antonio used these dogs in hunting trips, and they would rather fight each other than chase the boar.

Antonio had a very distinct vision of what he wanted, and wrote the ideal standard for the breed in 1928. Many years passed to achieve the almost impossible goal of creating the super dog of Argentina. Tragically, Antonio never saw the end results of his super dog, he was killed during a boar hunt in 1956. His younger brother Agustin took over the program with adding new blood to the breed following the original formula and the same conviction as his brother Antonio had. Soon the legend of the super dog was spreading to North America and Europe Finally on May 21 1964, Argentina recognized the Dogo Argentino as a specific dog breed. On July 31, 1973, the FCI recognized the Dogo Argentino. The Dogo was and still is the only official Argentinean breed.

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