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51-449: Dogue may refer to: Dogue de Bordeaux , a breed of dog Dogue, Benin Dogue, Virginia Doeg people , also known as Dogue Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dogue . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

102-579: A Baby , Sister Act , and Real Steel — for Disney+ and Hulu . Some well-known Touchstone Pictures releases include Beaches , Turner & Hooch , Splash , The Color of Money , Down and Out in Beverly Hills , Good Morning, Vietnam , Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Dead Poets Society , Dick Tracy , Pretty Woman , Sister Act , Ed Wood , Up Close & Personal , The Waterboy , The Insider , The Royal Tenenbaums , Sweet Home Alabama , The Hitchhiker's Guide to

153-619: A few breeders who worked closely with the French Dogue de Bordeaux Club, the SADB. The breed was first "officially" introduced to American purebred enthusiasts in an article written in 1982 by the American anthropologist Dr. Carl Semencic for Dog World magazine. When Semencic's first article on the breed was published, there were no Dogues de Bordeaux in the United States. There were 600 examples left in

204-431: A huge hit that grossed $ 68 million at the domestic box office that year. Touchstone Films was a brand chosen from over 1,200 potential names; the runner-up name was "Silver Wind". Incoming Disney CEO Michael Eisner and film chief Jeffrey Katzenberg considered renaming the label to "Hollywood Pictures", which went on to become a separate Disney film label on February 1, 1989. In 1986, Down and Out in Beverly Hills

255-408: A new brand. Wilhite elaborated to The New York Times : "We won't get into horror or exploitive sex, but using a non-Disney name will allow us wider latitude in the maturity of the subject matter and the edge we can add to the humor." He stated that one of the first films that would be released under this new brand was Trenchcoat , a comedy caper starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays ; however,

306-511: A powerful build. The distance from the deepest point of the chest to the ground is slightly less than the depth of the chest. A massive head with proper proportions and features is an important characteristic of the breed. The breed is set somewhat low to the ground and is not tall like the English Mastiff . The body of the Dogue de Bordeaux is thick-set, with a top-line that has a slight dip (topline

357-478: A science-fiction movie that was the studio's first production to receive a PG rating (the company, however, had already distributed via Buena Vista Distribution its first PG-rated film, Take Down , almost a year before the release of The Black Hole ). Over the next few years, Disney experimented with more PG-rated fare, such as the horror-mystery The Watcher in the Woods , the spy-themed comedy Condorman , and

408-553: A six-picture deal with Disney and became a major film star again with these hits as well as Beaches and Outrageous Fortune . One of the most notable producers of Touchstone films was Jerry Bruckheimer , who had a production deal with Disney from 1993 to 2014. Touchstone films produced by Bruckheimer include The Ref , Con Air , Armageddon , Enemy of the State , Gone in 60 Seconds , Coyote Ugly , and Pearl Harbor . Bruckheimer also produced several other films released under

459-472: A third of the total length of the head and no shorter than a quarter of the length of the head, the ideal being between the two extremes. The upper lip hangs thickly down over the lower jaw. The upper lips of the Dogue de Bordeaux hangs over the lower lips. The skin on the neck is loose, forming a noticeable dewlap, but should not resemble that of a Neapolitan Mastiff . Small pendant ears top the head, but should not be long and hound like. The standard specifies

510-415: Is considered a fault. The massive head is a crucial breed characteristic. The Dogue de Bordeaux is claimed to have the largest head in the canine world, in proportion to the rest of the body. For males, the circumference of the head, measured at the widest point of the skull, is roughly equal to the dog's height at the withers (shoulders). For females, the circumference may be slightly less. When viewed from

561-594: Is never completely straight) and a gentle rounded croup . The front legs should be straight and heavy-boned, well up on pasterns, down to tight cat-like feet. The straight tail, beginning thickly at the base and then tapering to a point at the end, should not reach lower than the hocks, and is set and carried low. The breed is to be presented in a completely natural condition with intact ears, tail, and natural dewclaws . It should be evaluated equally for correctness in conformation, temperament, movement, and overall structural soundness. The breed standards by European FCI and

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612-523: Is the case with its motion picture and television counterparts, Touchstone Interactive merely acted as a brand label of Disney Interactive and not its own entity. The only title it released was the Turok video game in 2008. In the early 1990s, after having pulled their comic licenses from Gladstone Publishing and begun to create comics based on Disney properties themselves through the Disney Comics label,

663-476: The Academy Award for Best Picture : Dead Poets Society , The Insider , The Help , War Horse , Lincoln , and Bridge of Spies . Through Touchstone, Disney's first R-rated film, Down and Out in Beverly Hills , was released on January 31, 1986, and was a box office success. Ruthless People followed on June 27, 1986, and was also very successful. Both of these pictures starred Bette Midler , who had signed

714-521: The Paramount Pictures co-produced fantasy epic Dragonslayer . With Disney's 1982 slate of PG-rated films, which included the thriller drama Night Crossing and the science-fiction film Tron , the company lost over $ 27 million. Tron was considered a potential Star Wars -level success by the production company. In late 1982, Disney vice president of production Tom Wilhite announced that they would produce and release more mature films under

765-769: The Silver Screen Partners partnership series as their movie studios' primary funding source. With several production companies getting out of film production or closing shop by December 2, 1988, the Walt Disney Studios announced the formation of the Hollywood Pictures division, which would only share marketing and distribution with Touchstone, to fill the void. Mestres was appointed president of Hollywood. On July 27, 1992, Touchstone agreed to an exclusive, first-look production and distribution agreement with Merchant Ivory Productions for three years. Following

816-507: The " Jardin d'Acclimatation " in Paris, France. The winner of the Dogue de Bordeaux was a female named Magentas. The Dogue de Bordeaux was then given the name of the capital of its region of origin, today's Dogue de Bordeaux. During the 1960s, a group of breeders of the Dogue de Bordeaux in France, headed by Raymond Triquet, worked on the rebuilding of the foundation of the breed. In 1970, a new standard

867-529: The AKC specify a minimum weight of 99 pounds (45 kg) for a female and 110 pounds (50 kg) for a male. There is no formally stated maximum weight, but dogs must be balanced with regard to their overall type and the conformation standards of the breed. The standard states that the desirable height, at maturity, should range between 24 and 27 inches (61 and 69 cm) for male dogs and from 23 to 26 inches (58 to 66 cm) for females. Deviation from these margins

918-680: The Bordeaux dog did not exist before about 1920. The history of the breed is believed to predate the Bullmastiff and the Bulldog . It is said that the Dogue can be found in the background of the Bullmastiff, and others claim that the Dogue and mastiff breeds were both being accomplished at the same time. Another theory is the Dogue de Bordeaux originates from the Tibetan Mastiff and it is also said that

969-635: The Disney and Hollywood Pictures labels. Releases from Touchstone were distributed theatrically by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and through home media platforms by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (branded as "Touchstone Home Entertainment"). Touchstone Television served as Touchstone Pictures' counterpart label for television programming, producing television series including The Golden Girls , Blossom , Home Improvement , My Wife and Kids , Desperate Housewives , Lost , Grey's Anatomy , Scrubs , Criminal Minds , and Monk . In 2007,

1020-613: The Dogue is related to the Greek Molossus used for war. As there was a breed similar to the Dogue de Bordeaux in Rome at the time of Julius Caesar's reign, possibly a cousin of the Neapolitan Mastiff . Others suggest that the Dogue de Bordeaux is a descendant of a breed which existed in ancient France, the Dogues de Bordeaux of Aquitaine . In 1863, the first canine exhibition was held at

1071-533: The Galaxy , The Prestige , The Help , War Horse , Lincoln , and Bridge of Spies . Its highest-grossing film release is Armageddon . Although animated films produced by Walt Disney Studios are primarily released by Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone's animated releases include the original theatrical release of The Nightmare Before Christmas , Gnomeo & Juliet , The Wind Rises , and Strange Magic . Six Touchstone films have received nominations for

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1122-520: The Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted at adult audiences than typical Walt Disney Pictures films. As such, Touchstone was merely a pseudonym label for the studio and did not exist as a distinct business operation . Established on February 15, 1984, by then-Disney CEO Ron W. Miller as Touchstone Films , Touchstone operated as an active film production division of Disney during

1173-409: The coat to be 'short, fine, and soft to the touch'. Color varies from shades of fawn (light, coppery red) to mahogany (dark, brownish red) with a black, brown, or red mask , although the red mask is true to the breed. White markings are permitted on the tips of the toes and on the chest, but white on any other part of the body is considered a fault, and a disqualifying one if the pigmentation goes beyond

1224-461: The company additionally considered an expansion into the burgeoning adult comics market (the expansion also included Hollywood Comics , modeled after Hollywood Pictures, and Vista Comics , offering stories based on Disney's superhero and adventure films). Former DC Comics editor Art Young led the nascent effort, which was aided by his contacts within the British and American comic markets. The new label

1275-476: The company was renamed ABC Studios as part of a move by Disney to re-align its studios around core brands such as ABC. On August 10, 2020, Disney announced that it would revive the Touchstone Television brand as a renaming of Fox 21 Television Studios as part of its phase-out of the "Fox" brand from the studios it acquired from 21st Century Fox . At the same time, the existing ABC Studios merged with

1326-430: The condition compared to the general rate of 0.17%. For dogs under 2 years it was prevalent in 1.9% compared to 0.48%. In dogs over the age of 4 it was prevalent in 0.2% of dogs compared to 0.05%. An estimated 5% of dogs may be affected by footpad hyperkeratosis , a thickening of the footpad and sometimes nose. Lesions usually occur at the age of 6 months. The Dogue de Bordeaux is predisposed to hip dysplasia , with

1377-427: The country. The Dogue de Bordeaux has been supported by multiple breed clubs throughout the years, and has finally found its way to full American Kennel Club recognition through the assistance of the Dogue de Bordeaux Society of America. Since 1997, the society has helped bring the breed to the point in which full AKC recognition could be achieved. The Dogue de Bordeaux is a well balanced, muscular and massive dog with

1428-462: The disease is more severe in the Dogue than in other breeds. An Israeli study found the Dogue de Bordeaux to have the highest prevalence of tricuspid valve dysplasia , and the second highest prevalence of subaortic stenosis. An Italian study found a predisposition to supraventricular tachyarrhythmia . Demodicosis is more prevalent in the breed than other dogs. A study in the UK found 0.9% of dogs had

1479-412: The dramas Tex and Never Cry Wolf , the latter a PG release that featured male nudity , which did well as the studio downplayed the film's association with the Disney brand. Touchstone Films was founded by then-Disney CEO Ron W. Miller on February 15, 1984, as a label for their PG films, with an expected three to four movies released under the label. Touchstone Films' first film was Splash ,

1530-704: The family pack. A 2024 UK study found a life expectancy of 11.1 years for the breed compared to an average of 12.7 for purebreeds and 12 for crossbreeds . The shortened snout and pushed in face of the Dogue de Bordeaux is known as brachycephaly . Brachycephaly results in deformation of the upper airway tract and leads to obstruction of breathing. Effects of brachycephaly are stridor , stertorous breathing, emesis , skin fold dermatitis , brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome , exophthalmos , pharyngeal gag reflex , cyanosis , and laryngeal collapse. Other issues arising from brachycephaly are risk of complications whilst under anaesthesia, and hyperthermia — with

1581-457: The final film of the DreamWorks deal, the Touchstone label was retired. Due to the increased public assumption that Disney films were aimed at children and families, films produced by Walt Disney Productions began to falter at the box office. This began in 1975 with the release of Escape to Witch Mountain and its 1978 sequel . In late 1979, Walt Disney Productions released The Black Hole ,

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1632-560: The final theatrical film released by Disney under the Touchstone banner. Universal Pictures then replaced Disney as DreamWorks' distributor. Disney retained the film rights to these DreamWorks films in perpetuity as compensation for the studio's outstanding loan. Following the release of The Light Between Oceans , the label became defunct. Since then, several other Disney divisions have produced or are developing television series and films based on previous Touchstone properties—such as Turner & Hooch , High Fidelity , Three Men and

1683-510: The front or from above, the head of the Dogue forms a trapezoid shape with the longer top-line of the skull, and the shorter line of the underjaw, forming the parallel sides of the trapezoid. The jaw is undershot and powerful. The Dogue should always have a black or red mask that can be distinguished from the rest of the coat around and under the nose, including the lips and eye rims. The nose color in red-masked dogs should be brown, in black-masked dogs, it must be black. The muzzle should be at most

1734-441: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dogue&oldid=1086069053 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dogue de Bordeaux The Dogue de Bordeaux was known in France as early as the 14th century, particularly in southern France in

1785-456: The label's interest. In addition to DreamWorks' films, Touchstone also released non-Disney-branded animated films such as Gnomeo & Juliet , The Wind Rises , and Strange Magic . By the end of the DreamWorks deal in August 2016, Disney had distributed 14 of DreamWorks' original 30-picture agreement, with thirteen through Touchstone. The deal ended with The Light Between Oceans being

1836-405: The latter caused due to an inability to effectively reduce body temperature via panting. Aortic stenosis is a disease of the heart valve in which the opening of the aortic valve is narrowed. One study suggests a high predisposition in the breed. No severe cases were found in adult dogs, and most moderate to severely affected dogs died before one year of age, leading the authors to speculate that

1887-408: The mid 1980s through the early 2010s, releasing a majority of the studio's PG-13 and R-rated films. In 2009, Disney entered into a five-year, thirty-picture distribution deal with DreamWorks Pictures under which DreamWorks' productions would be released through the Touchstone banner; the label then distributed DreamWorks' films from 2011 to 2016. Following the release of The Light Between Oceans ,

1938-407: The neck. Much like other mastiff breeds, Dogues de Bordeaux tend to have a strong personality and are very stubborn. This mixed with their natural strength makes strict training crucial starting at a young age. This includes proper socialization so they do not end up with potential aggression towards other dogs or strangers. It is highly recommended that you do not let this dog become the leader of

1989-536: The new brand had not yet been created by the time of the film's release in March 1983, so it was instead released by Walt Disney Productions, but with no production company credited in the released prints. The company registered a loss of $ 33 million in 1983, resulting primarily from such films as the adaptation of Ray Bradbury 's horror-fantasy novel Something Wicked This Way Comes , the horror-comedy The Devil and Max Devlin starring Elliott Gould and Bill Cosby , and

2040-564: The prevalence ranging from 25.5% in the US, to 32.2% in France, and 47% in Finland. Data from the Norwegian Kennel Club indicates a mean litter size of 8.1 puppies (ranging from 2-17) for the breed. The breed has a high stillborn and early neonatal mortality rate, with a stillborn rate of 14.2% and early neonatal mortality (death within 1 week from birth) of 10.4%. The average across all breeds in

2091-472: The previous iteration of ABC Signature Studios to form ABC Signature . However, on December 1, 2020, Disney announced the revived Touchstone Television label would be folded into 20th Television . Subsequently, on October 1, 2024, Disney announced that ABC Signature would also be folded into 20th Television. By the end of 2007, Disney's video game subsidiary Buena Vista Games had begun to produce material under its own short-lived Touchstone imprint. As

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2142-548: The region around Bordeaux . Hence, the city lent its name to this large dog. The breed was first exhibited in France in 1863 after which time it gained in popularity not only in their home country but in other parts of the world. The first record of the Dogue de Bordeaux in the UK can be seen in the Kennel Club Gazette in 1897. The breed received championship status with the Kennel Club (UK) in 2016. A uniform breed type of

2193-786: The renaming of Touchstone Television to ABC Television Studio in February and the outright elimination of the Buena Vista brand in April. On January 14, 2010, Sean Bailey was appointed president of live-action production at Walt Disney Studios, overseeing all films produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. In 2009, Disney repurposed Touchstone as a distribution label for films produced by DreamWorks Studios . Disney provided $ 100 million in financing to DreamWorks productions and an additional $ 75 million credit line if DreamWorks could not get additional equity funding. In January 2012, Disney

2244-438: The study was 4.3% stillbirth and 3.7% early neonatal mortality. Excluding stillborn and early deaths, the mean litter size is 6.1. UK Kennel Club data shows that 27.8% (5 of 18) of Dogue litters were delivered by caesarean section. Touchstone Pictures Touchstone Pictures was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios , founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company . Feature films released under

2295-849: The success of the Disney-branded PG-13-rated Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003 and other films that in the 1980s and 1990s would have been released as Touchstone or Hollywood Pictures films, Disney weighed distribution of films more toward Disney-branded films and away from Touchstone, though not entirely disbanding them as it continued to use the Touchstone label for R and most PG-13-rated fare. In 2006, Disney limited Touchstone's output to two or three films in favor of Walt Disney Pictures titles due to an increase in film industry costs. Disney indicated scaling back on using multiple brands in 2007 with

2346-539: The world, mostly in France, the Netherlands and East Berlin, and the breed's numbers were on the decline. Much later, in 1989, the typical American family saw the Dogue de Bordeaux for the first time on the big screen in Touchstone 's movie Turner & Hooch about a policeman and his canine partner. Since then, the Dogue de Bordeaux has taken hold in the United States and can be found in greatly increasing numbers across

2397-577: Was another early success for Touchstone and was Disney's first R-rated film. It was followed in 1987 by Disney's first PG-13-rated film, Adventures in Babysitting . Disney increased the momentum with additional PG-13 and R-rated films with Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Tin Men (1987), and other top movies. In April 1986, Touchstone films were licensed to Showtime/The Movie Channel for five years, starting in 1987. Touchstone Films

2448-427: Was dubbed Touchmark Comics , echoing the Touchstone brand used for films and television. Proposed titles included Enigma by Peter Milligan and Sebastian O by Grant Morrison . The brand got as far as a promotional booklet given out at the 1991 San Diego Comic-Con . Before the idea could progress further, however, the so-called "Disney Implosion" (the result of poor sales and aggressive overexpansion) forced

2499-405: Was renamed Touchstone Pictures after the release of Ruthless People in 1986. With Touchstone films, Disney moved to the top of box office receipts, beating out all the other major film studios by 1988. On April 13, 1988, Touchstone became a unit of Walt Disney Pictures under newly appointed president Ricardo Mestres. On October 23, 1990, Disney formed Touchwood Pacific Partners I to supplant

2550-484: Was reportedly in the early stages of considering Touchstone's fate, including a possible sale. Following Disney's decision not to renew their long-standing deal with Jerry Bruckheimer Films in 2013, producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that he insisted on revitalizing the Touchstone label for production. Disney was uninterested, with studio chairman Alan Horn admitting that Touchstone's output had been reduced to only distributing DreamWorks' films as those films were in

2601-463: Was written for the breed, with the most recent update in 1995. This standard is the basis of the standard written for the AKC in 2005. Although the Dogue de Bordeaux first arrived in the USA in the 1890s for the show ring, the first documented Dogue de Bordeaux of modern times appeared in 1959 by the name of Fidelle de Fenelon. Between 1969 and 1980, imported Dogues de Bordeaux in the US were scarce, limited to

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