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Victor C. Smith is the AKC Delegate for the Dogue de Bordeaux Society of America and the parent club’s breed column author for the AKC Gazette. Additionally, he chairs the club’s Judges Education Committee, along with committee members, and conducts presentations on breed standards and judging for the Dogue de Bordeaux. Victor and his spouse have bred and shown Dogues de Bordeaux for approximately 26 years. Victor retired from a law enforcement career as an executive manager after 29 years of service and is currently working on his dissertation as a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership.
The Dogue de Bordeaux is a breed with a “concave outline” and has the most “bulldog features” among the mastiff breeds. Read more.
Being athletic is an attribute crucial to the breed’s conformation to the American Kennel Club Dogue de Bordeaux Breed Standard.
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