
The Bandogge, or Bandog if you prefer, is not a purebred dog in the way we know the word purebred. The words Bandogge and Bandog are being used on dogs of mixed Molosser ancestry, most often with Pit Bull as one of parent components.The name Bandog, or Bandogge, comes from the old Saxon word "banda", the Saxon word for chain. It was used on watchdogs chained at day and released at night, to carry out its watching and garding duties. It is quite obvious that the name was used on any chained watchdog, Mastiffs, Bulldogs and dogs of mixed ancestry, but it is also certain that these chained dogs must have been of a recognisable watchdog type, which eliminates all dogs which were not of more or less Molosser blood.This means that any Molosser cross of today could rightfully be called a Bandog.