Fairfield Dogo Argentino Breeder Attack
Last Thursday, a 29-year old female was airlifted to the Bay Area for treatment of life-threatening injuries after a Dogo argentino brutally attacked her. The attack occurred in the 1600 block of Kentucky Street. “I thought he had killed her because she had stopped screaming for a little while,” neighbor and witness Yolanda Kendrick said. “I really thought he had done killed her.” Police shot and killed that dog too. There were reportedly up to 20 other Dogos at the home.
Authorities confiscated all of the dogs. It is unknown what their status is at this time. There may be no additional news reports about this attack.
The victim’s husband operates a Bay Area Dogo argentino kennel named, Dogos Del Gran Patron. Since the near fatal attack of his wife, he has removed the kennel’s Instagram page. He also continues to publish “solid white” photos to his Facebook profile. “Solid white” is another expression for the Dogo. This may or may not be some type of social media signal to other Dogo breeders. Commenters at this rescue group report his wife lost at least one arm in the attack.
Both attacks involve the spouses of Dogo argentino breeders. Both women will suffer lifelong permanent injuries before the age of 30. The Fairfield victim has two young children. The stakes are quite high when breeding a ferocious fighting breed that is banned in multiple countries. Like the South African boerboel, Dogo argentino population numbers in the United States are low. However, these back-to-back horrific attacks show that their population numbers are rising.
As explained in the South African boerboel post — which also involved one of the breeder’s own dogs attacking — the Dogo argentino is one of several “reinvented” ancient gladiator breeds used for the purposes of guarding and fighting (combat dogs). It is generally agreed upon that the Dogo is a “reconstitution” of an extinct gladiator breed created by crossing the Cordoba fighting dog with mastiffs and old white bull terriers. Learn more about Dogo argentinos at Daxton’s Friends.
Dogo argentino is the result of a breeding program started by Dr. Antonio Nores Martinez and his brother Agustin in the 1920’s. Inspired by the legends of the mighty Alaunt and the working Viejo Perro de Pelea Cordobés ... Developed from old white Bull Terriers, Cordoba Fighting Dogs, English Pointers, Deutsche Dogges, French Mastiffs, Spanish Mastiffs ... this white mastiff also found a place for itself in the world of dogfighting, where it gained notoriety as a fearless and tireless pit fighter. Molosserdogs.com, 2011
My wife, who is no shrinking violet, told me she was afraid of that dog. When we would visit...it would just sit there, watching us the entire time. Just watching. It was indeed a bit unnerving. It was probably above 180 lbs, and it would just sit silently looking at you the whole time.
Of course, they had their house broken into five times, and after they got the dog, that stopped, but...they had to live with the dried dog slobber everywhere.