ShaTranj Mounted Combat & Bushcraft

04/09/2026

32 years of dogs…and counting…

Though I grew up with boerboels, hunting dogs and bulterriers right from the beginning of my life…keeping, breeding, training and working your own dogs, on your own account, made the love real for me.

Adding horses, fi****ms, swords, bow & arrow, bushcraft, tracking, anti poaching and all the rest…seemed like natural evolution…

I have loved every moment, I still do !

Nowadays the grey in my beard matches the colour of my beloved Dogos…and the wrinkles around my eyes reminds me of the folding African landscape, etched into my heart…
Johan de Bruto (ShaTranj Dogo Argentinos) Johan De Bruto

04/09/2026

Working Dogos for when it counts.

Plaas / Limpopo. Handler + 2.

03/09/2026

Working Dogos for when it counts.

Plaas / Limpopo. Handler + 2.
Johan De Bruto

02/09/2026

Gotta admit…working my own dog’s for 32 years…puppy teeth only seem to get sharper !!

Keep an eye out for our Friday feature…what/who is turning the wheel in the background of Shatranj Dogo Argentinos and Shatranj Mounted Combat and Bushcraft.
Johan de Bruto (ShaTranj Dogo Argentinos) Johan De Bruto

04/06/2026

An article posted by a friend in Argentina on our background story, experiences and life with Dogo Argentinos in Africa.
Much appreciated Decio Salvatori @ Gacetilla Doguera !!🙏🏻🙏🏻

14/04/2026

08/03/2026

Desensitising your dogs towards snakes can be a life saving action.
This is a non venomous Rhombic Eggeater, very closely resembling the venomous Night Adder…always be 100% positive of ID before handling any snake !!

25/01/2026

Soldiers standing down for a moment…a good shade tree and a pool😎…how good can it get😎😂

24/01/2026

Them kids can be fun to work with🔥
Getting the archery groundwork done before getting on to a horse😎🔥

31/12/2025