- ] The Boerboel is a below average shedder and easy to groom. The occasional brushing and a monthly bath and nail trim is all that is needed.
- However, the breed’s history and development in South Africa gave the boerboel unique characteristics not often found in other mastiff-type dogs.
- Start training and socializing your boerboel when it’s a puppy to instill good behaviors. A full-size boerboel with poor manners can be very difficult to handle.
- The Boerboel is a challenging breed unsuited to a first-time dog owner.The Boerboel, an Afrikaans word meaning farmer’s dog, is a member of the Mastiff family.
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- History of the Boerboel Breed. Where Boerboels came from
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- The Boerboel is well pigmented to protect against the African sun. The dog is slightly longer than tall, with powerful free-flowing movement.
- Learn more about the Boerboel including personality, history, grooming, pictures, videos, and the AKC breed standard.
- Boerboels and Cane Corsos even have plenty in common: they’re both large-breed dogs, are Mastiff-type dogs, and have natural guarding instincts.
- The African Boerboel, or the South African mastiff as it is also known, is a large, confident dog descended from the mastiffs that first came to Africa in the late 1600s.