Location South Africa Posts 1,356 The Boerboel is a large working molosser breed of dog from South Africa . The word "boerboel" derives from " boer ", the Afrikaans /Dutch word for "farmer"; boerboel thus translates as either "farmer's dog" or "Boer's dog" in Afrikaans/Dutch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerboel Reply With Quote 05-09-2009,  11:46