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 ...

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 ...

The breed is of the Molosser family and has always been used ... literally bred two years ago,” Shane says. Nevertheless, any dog lover would be lucky to have them. Despite being a working ...