The Boerboel is a big, strong dog, well balanced with good muscle development and swift in movement. The dog should be impressive and imposing. The Boerboel is reliable, obedient and intelligent with a strong watch dog instinct. It is self-assured and fearless, but perceptive to the needs of the family.

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Excerpt from The History of the breed from Molosser world’s website:

His pioneer owner required him to be a friend of the family, a worker, and provide protection. They could not afford to have a disobedient, moody, finicky, sickly dog-they had to be able to rely on him to protect the family and to work.

At the turn of the century the characteristics of the old, original dog were clearly visible and the dog was generally known as the "boel". Urbanization caused cross breeding with anything that could bark and the typical "boel" started to disappear. In the early 1900's the Englishmen brought their Bulldogs and Mastiffs to South Africa, and some of these dogs were bred into the Boerboel population. Later, in the late 1940's and early 1950's Bullmastiffs were bred with Boerboels.

It was only in the eighties that a serious search started again for the original farm dog. Jannie Bouwer of Bedford and Lucas van der Merwe of Kroonstad set out on a search for the original Boer dog, covering 5500 km. In this search 250 dogs were seen but only 72 selected to be registered. Selective breeding started. At last the dog of the old South African pioneers was ready to be registered as a pure breed.

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