Don't want to split hairs with you but the Presa we know today might have some distant connection to a dog from the 1600s but I think most sources will tell you the dog called the Presa today was a mixture of local dogs (Canary Islands) and "Sporting" dogs from Great Britian and Ireland. Even that verison was redone in the 1960s and 1970s. When you see words like "repopulation" that often includes the use of other breeds to bring them back.
Below is a quote from the Sanders Kennel, but I have seen this same information in several other places...
RECONSTRUCTION- THE CREATION OF A MODERN BREED
Reconstruction of the breed began in the early 1970's by various aficionados who sought to preserve the heritage of the Presa Canario. Throughout the next decade, breeders began searching for what they believed were the most traditional examples in temperament, courage, guard instinct, and aspect. Several breeds were used in the reconstruction by several breeders for various objectives. These breeds may have included the Bullterrier, the American Pit bull Terrier, the Great Dane, the Neapolitan Mastiff, the Fila Brasileiro, the American Bulldog, the English Bulldog, the Bullmastiff, the Spanish Mastiff, the Doberman, the Dogue de Bordeaux, the Spanish Alano and the Perro de Ganado Majorero. Clearly, the gene pool for the modern Presa Canario is quite extensive and can still produce atypical specimens of this nascent breed.
Below is a quote from the Sanders Kennel, but I have seen this same information in several other places...
RECONSTRUCTION- THE CREATION OF A MODERN BREED
Reconstruction of the breed began in the early 1970's by various aficionados who sought to preserve the heritage of the Presa Canario. Throughout the next decade, breeders began searching for what they believed were the most traditional examples in temperament, courage, guard instinct, and aspect. Several breeds were used in the reconstruction by several breeders for various objectives. These breeds may have included the Bullterrier, the American Pit bull Terrier, the Great Dane, the Neapolitan Mastiff, the Fila Brasileiro, the American Bulldog, the English Bulldog, the Bullmastiff, the Spanish Mastiff, the Doberman, the Dogue de Bordeaux, the Spanish Alano and the Perro de Ganado Majorero. Clearly, the gene pool for the modern Presa Canario is quite extensive and can still produce atypical specimens of this nascent breed.
Good to know, makes sense to me 
I figured if they were nearly extinct, breeders would have to use some "creative" methods, LOL
But I still see it as a bit silly to create another breed if there is already a breed that fills the bill..............Like I said, this is a different world than it was 100 years ago, heck, even 40 years ago, with population of dogs out of control and so many being put down on a daily basis.
I figured if they were nearly extinct, breeders would have to use some "creative" methods, LOLBut I still see it as a bit silly to create another breed if there is already a breed that fills the bill..............Like I said, this is a different world than it was 100 years ago, heck, even 40 years ago, with population of dogs out of control and so many being put down on a daily basis.
Where did you obtain your information? The book Made-up Breed Information For Dummies?
And I hope you have a lot of land and a reliable shotgun. Because you're going to be doing an awful lot of culling.
And with just 2 dogs, you're going to go down in the dictionary for the term "breeding dogs to death".
Honestly, I think someone got into the special brownies and chased it with Grandpa's cough syrup before typing with their 2 wittle fingers.
And I hope you have a lot of land and a reliable shotgun. Because you're going to be doing an awful lot of culling.
And with just 2 dogs, you're going to go down in the dictionary for the term "breeding dogs to death".
Honestly, I think someone got into the special brownies and chased it with Grandpa's cough syrup before typing with their 2 wittle fingers.
