Euphrates was bred to resemble a Mesopotamian Molossus, an ancient dog breed known for its imposing stature Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Well, the Molossus dogs weren’t really as necessary ... They introduced new dog breeds who soon out-competed and out-bred them. Interbreeding and disease meant the breed’s extinction by ...

Among the hundreds of adorable pooches standing by their owners in their designated booth, a rare breed awes passerby: the ...

Originally from the canton of Bern in the Swiss Alps, these dogs are descendants of the Molossus, a now-extinct dog breed from Italy that also created Neapolitan Mastiffs. First used as a general ...