 HISTORY OF THE CANARY PREY The historian Agustín Miralles Towers, in its "general History of the Canary Islands" comments the derivation of the great dogs that in them were and of whose animals they took two to the king of Mauritania in the times of the expedition of Juba. Also the dogs participated in myths, funeral customs and even in the gastronomy of the natives of the islands. They appeared to them the demons like great fleecy dogs, that denominated Tibicenas to them in Great Canaria and Irnene in the island of the Palm. He is present in the funeral cults, appearing momificados next to his master like güía towards beyond. Also they were consumed castrated in small proportions, since it has been perfectly verified in the archaeological discoveries. Just concluded the conquest, the presence of dogs of imprisoned morphology in the islands is documented perfectly, mainly in the cedularios of the town halls of Fuerteventura and Tenerife. The first appointment of these islands dates from year 1501, where it is allowed to have to puerqueros (criadores of pigs)"one of the great ones". In year 1516 order of extermination to the dogs wild or asilvestrados by the damage occurs that made the cattle, designating for such aim a pair of dogs of imprisoned property of Don Pedro trained de Lugo to this end. Two years took in fulfilling their mission, crediting the good aim of the same one with the presentation of the pellejos of the heads.  Another historical date is the 5 of January of 1526, where the death of the "great dogs of prey" by the damage is ordered which they make the cattle, with the exception of which they belong to butchers and the pair of Don Pedro de Lugo. In the same year and by the month of December, order of extermination occurs to all the dogs of prey, with the exception of four that were under the trusteeship of the regidores. Of the cedularios of the island of the town hall of Betancuria (Fuerteventura) we will emphasize the one of the 25 of August of 1617 having given the opportunity to any neighbor to kill the prey dogs that are loose and can produce damages without being punished. The 19 of February of 1618 are ordered to have tied all the dogs of prey. The 21 of October of 1624 is ordered that a dog by neighbor for the safekeeping of its house does not have itself but, and this is understood for those of hunting and those of prey. Later, in 1630, it is ordered that all neighbor who has prey d og that declares it to justice. In 1645 the order occurs of which all the dogs kill themselves that the cattle are in the island by the caused damage, except which it is possible to be had for the safekeeping of the houses if it is of prey or cattle. We finished the important references but with a particularly peculiar one signed the 13 of March of 1737, where the slaughter of dogs left in the ports by strangers of other islands is ordered, prohibiting itself the dog possession some to that is not cattle dealer or farmer. We deduce in the present agreement that the inhabitants of the islands were transferred of an a other accompanied ones of their dogs, those that sometimes remained wandering by the ports and possibly fusing their lines of blood. Since we have said previously, the presence of canine type of prey in the islands is documented perfectly.Also it is truth that we do not know anything its phenotype; we either do not have the sufficient judgments of value to be able to discard none of  the different theories that tend to define their origin. There were dogs of ingentis magnitudes in the islands before the conquest? The prey arrived at the Canary Islands with the conquerors? It is possible that in the Canary Islands before the conquest dogs of great size existed that megred with different types from concluded prey the conquest? What yes we know with all clarity is the function that these animals developed. Functions of guard of properties, of take hold of cattle, like assistants of butchers and even of extermination of the wild and/or asilvestrados dogs for such effect. In base of the same one we can imagine to us an animal, provided, robust, something light and functional compact; really, a moloso of prey. Several are supposed the current genetics to the configuration of the Canary Prey. To the being the islands refuelling stop forced for the routes of the new world receive the blood of the Iberian dogs. Also the conquest of the Américas brings with himself the fall of the monoculture of the sugar cane by the Caribbean competition. Then the culture of the grapevine enters scene in the canary field, that produced broths of excellent quality, becoming England one of its main importers. As a result of this market they settle in the English intermediary trading islands at the end of century XV, increasing progressively its presence until end of  century XVIII. In England the golden years of the combat of dogs are these, and of course they bring with himself its "Bangdogs" and "Tiedogs" (preceding of the Bulldog and of (Mastiff) like faithful guardians of its properties. The character of the canary man, always opened to everything what is new likings and customs that arrive at the islands, soon is seduced by a new spectacle that the English foreigners offered We must consider that this spectacle did not practice in peninsular Spain. But still we need a last ingredient to ederezar the explosive cocktail of the Canary Dogo. "the Bardino Majorero", native of the island of Fuerteventura, valued and extinguished by all the islands, appreciated by its intelligence (that learns easy), hard, multipurpose, dedicated mainly to the handling of the cattle cabrío, excellent guardian, of little bark, easy tooth and extraordinary anger; their rustic, bardina layer of atigroverdosa tonality, contributes to the Canary Prey great part of their racial expression.  This combination of dogos of the Earth and dogos of the continent, warmed up to the blood of the temperamental and rustic Bardino Majorero, conforms an ethnic grouping of dogo of intermediate and predominant type, of ardent temperament. To the traditional functions of day-care center and struggle of the cattle it is necessary to add a new and exciting mission for the island dogos, to which they are gotten up excited most of the criadores; the fights. Until the Fifties one stayed like habitual practice in all the islands, of how they were celebrated, as the challenges arose, in that consisted, etc. We have an ample verbal testimony of the old fans. According to they tell us, the owners agreed themselves if they were present at the fight in silence or they could urge on the animals. No spectator could touch or bother the dogs in combat. It was possible to be fought of two forms, with or without necklace, although but generalized she was the one to face the animals within a circle marked in the land, frente.a.frente, and loosen the necklace to them he began the fight. Were not organized acts witnessed by notary public but that arose  sporadically from the challenge of the proprietors, although, when the celebration of a fight was well-known, practically all the vecindario participated in the spectacle. them: the combat of dogs. The combat was not excessively bloody, since the prey takes hold and pushes, nonmordisquea, and rare it is the time that took place some death between the contenders. The prohibition of the fights is decreed in the middle of the Forties, although they last during one more decade. As of this moment, and due to the hardening on the part of the authority for the eradication of the combats, the Prey Canary is relegated counted to criadores that, luckyly, maintain their ancestry preventing their total disappearance. The situation gets worse with the introduction of new foreign races and appear in scene; the German Shepherd, with all its aureole of hero of World War II, and the Dóberman and the Mastín Napolitano among others. A part of the little criadores is let seduce by these new races, incorporating them to the blood of its prey, raising a mestization that leaves practically unrecognizable  the Canary Prey. The birth of some pure litter prevents that the Canary Prey disappears definitively. This situation changes to the beginning of the Seventies radically. It is a time that socially adopts an aptitude of encounter with the almost lost traditions and cultures. The change of attitude of "all the one begins of outside is better" to the one of "conservation, respect and impregnating of the one of the Earth". The Canary Prey is not an exception, and to be relegated to the average farmer or cattle dealer it is put fashionable solely like guardian in urban means, beginning a slow but continuous recovery of the race. The few criadores of those years are taking contact among them, forced by the animal shortage available for the young. The necessity arises then to control the crossings and to undertake an equipment work. This fructifies quickly, and the Spanish Club of the Canary Prey is constituted, in whose sine it take refuges most of the criadores of the island of Tenerife, people in charge of  most of the existing population in these days. Also they are gotten up to the project become fond of of Great Canary, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and the Palm and the club establish delegations in these islands. The fundamental act company/signature in the city of the Lagoon the 12 of November of 1982, and in January of 1989, is recognized by the Real Central Society like only official representative for the recovery of the race. The Canary Prey has surpassed the process of consolidation in the archipelago and begins its national and international projection. The popular movement, half-full of the Sixties, after conserving the own traditions of the archipelago, so rooted in the islands, caused the creation of a group of criadores implied in fomenting the Canary Prey as dog of guard, protector by nature, that unites to its intrepid character towards strange it, its incredible devotion by its owner, his family and her home, already mentioned Spanish Club of the Canary Prey. After the official recognition on the part of the R.S.C.E. a substantial increase in the spreading of the race took  place in national level, until then only well-known by the little units that moved with their proprietors outside our islands. The initial intention of conservation of the race it followed desire and the illusion to disclose and to foment to the Canary Prey outside the insular scope. This has taken to the criadores, always become fond of, concienciados in its serious work and loving of the race, to leave the cult to the tradition and have oriented the young towards modern and functional systems, without forgetting the necessity to use the old recovered lines of blood for the race. The first articles published on the Canary Prey in the specialized press woke up the interest towards the race between the cinófolos, which I contribute to extend the liking outside the archipelago, as much national as internationally. Once surpassed the process of consolidation in the archipelago, we can say with pride that any student knows the Canary Prey like a dog ours, with which conserves a tradition that he identifies to our earth. Its outer projection began, happening to be a single dog known in the rural areas to be also totally integrated in urban zones. This approach has contributed the fact specially to be a rustic dog, of short hair, it last by nature, reason why it does not require special cares, except for the normal ones of  feeding, cleanliness and periodic vaccinations, with the one of a its function of guard in the field, that has come carrying out with tradition, it has added the one to him of defense and it also keeps in urban zones and the one of simple company in the home, dice its tame and noble character with the family, her untiring tolerance with the children (mainly the females) and its insobornable loyalty towards its owner. Nowadays our dog already is recognized by the Cinológica Federation the International (the ICF), but is change have changed the name to us and they have called them CANARY DOGOS.  Official presentation of the Canary Prey. "Marquise (left) and" Faycan (right) in Expo-Otoño 87, with the Canary delegation and the then president of the R.S.C.E.· THE CRIA SUBSEQUENT TO THE RECOGNITION: The official recognition of the race generates a new tendency in the young of the Canary Prey. Until that moment the numerous criadores reproduced following their tastes personal, valuing the temperament of the animal, the good structure, good head, good front, good bone. The approach to the standard was not contemplated. The difference of the type in Tenerife and Great Canary, where were the most important nuclei of the population was evident. In first one looked for plus the phenotype of the animal, where much was watched costillares, the racial expression; using animals of average type of good proportions, looking for preferredly bardinos the colors or atigrados, and a cadence in movements. The character had to be balanced. In the island of Great Canary true devotion to the bitten mouths was had with in pliers or in scissors, it mattered to them except the phenotype and mainly looked for the strong character of the animal. The most important defects were layers where there was an excess of target, made oval eyes, with conjuntivas to the air, and costillares flat, also excesses in the statures took place. It is not necessary to forget that the functionality before the combat was the main mission of the criadores. In the standard of the race are the parameters to follow for the true criador, the theories of which are "I authenticate" or "pure" it is dismantled; there is but no a way, and it is the selection and the approach to the racial pattern. He is a little while hard and many criadores, perhaps by excess of agocentrísmo, leave the young in active-duty, is the moment for selecting to the maximum and of course it is not easy. One of the barometers in which we can reflect what it has been the evolution of the race we have it in the monographic exhibitions. The case of the Canary Prey they have become a true regional cinófico event, where as much the number of assistants as of participant units is faithful reflection of the projection of the race. Partially in each one of editions it is increasing the number of unit for the competition and diminishing those that try the registry of canine races. Rings of the classes puppies and young people is numerous, and those of classes opened in males and females, more and more homogenous and bitter. Obsérvese the power of the magnificent Canary Dogo that throws of a cart in the Romería of San Benito Abbot, (Lagoon 1954). |
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