🐶Extinct Dog Breeds🐺

As time goes on, human needs have changed and the selective breeding of dogs has changed with it, unfortunantely many dog breeds have gone extinct due to this sudden change in breeding.

List of extinct dog breeds for further information.

Alpine Mastiff💊

These dogs share an orgin with the Saint Bernard but are still a completely different breed used around the 1815s. It was a mountain dog and a true Mastiff reaching around 39 in tall at the shoulder.

⛨Argentina Polar Dog⛨

This was a large dog that lived until the late 20th century in Argentina, and were used by their armies to protect their Antarctica bases.

Belgian Mastiff🐎

Although the original variant of this breed is extinct there is a group trying to recreate this breed. The breed was a draft dog, and would work to pull carts of heavy equipment for those who didn't own horses.

♕Black and Tan Terrier♔

This was a British breed that is believed to be one of the earliest terriers, and the ancestor to Fell Terrier and Welsh Terrier

Blue Paul Terrier

A scottish bull-type terrier that was common around the 1770s. Most commonly it was unfortunately a dog fighting breed, but soon lost its popularity and became extinct

Few to no paintings exist of this breed