In a small village in Germany, a naughty dog is called a “bullenbeisser,” but the word is also the name of a molosser-type dog that was native to Germany and the Low Countries. It was, at one time, a common dog found throughout the lands of the Holy Roman Empire where it was also known as the Barenbeiszer, Bullenbijter, German Mastiff, and German Bulldog. It specialized in boar hunting, bull-baiting, and as a livestock catch dog, and later, for personal and property protection. That the dogs across the lands had a “similar but different” appearance from one state to the next was the result of localized versions of the breed being developed. Over time, however, Bullenbeissers, began to be seen less frequently. Frequent breedings with English Bulldogs, the popularity of other breeds, and modern farming methods saw the beginning of the end for the breed, and in the early 1900’s, the Bullenbeisser was gone forever.