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In the Middle Ages, a bandogge was a guard dog, usually a type of mastiff, that was let loose at night to guard property. Contemporary breeders have attempted to recreate that dog. The American Bandogge is not a breed as the word is usually defined. He can be a cross between an American Pit Bull Terrier or American Bulldog and a Neapolitan Mastiff or a Mastiff. Some breeders take the offspring of one of those crosses and breed them together. American Bandogges have a big head, a large, muscular body, and a short coat that can be brindle, black, blue, red or fawn.