And id say to anyone getting a dog fuck pitbulls , get a ovcharka,a caucasian one, mine passed away last year from old age, lived to be 14.
Anyways these dogs always made me feel safe, you feel like a king near these dogs with the ammount of loyalty they give you. I wouldnt say they are friendly to familiar faces, otherwise you were looked upon as an enemy if you entered my front yard.
These dogs on thier back legs were almost as tall as me, around 6ft. real thick fur, it can sense danger, and will kill danger in its path.
Man i need to find my old friend and see if his dad still breeds these.
THIS^^^^^^^ and yeah I know this is old. However , and let me preface this by stating that my family has been involved with APBTs for many generations , I know the breed inside and out have showed an weightpulled to Championships , competed in Obedience and agility with them and *ATTEMPTED* manwork..............note what I stated and then note the historic breeding practices within the breed in which the vast majority of maneaters and manbiters were *culled for human aggression* immediately upon demonstration of same.
I'm sure many here will disagree and tell me how wonderful the APBT is for man work , they aren't.....simple as that , additionally it seems like some folks aren't taking a hard look at the negative publicity aspects for both the breed itself and the grower.
For the record , I keep APBTs , some very , very good ones from bloodlines that are almost gone.
Not a *single* on of them is man aggressive. And folks , go view a demonstration of a Fila de Brasiliero , any of the Ovchartkas , Malinois , Rotties or GSDs ***from lines bred for manwork*** , certain bloodlines of Catahoulas , specific lines of Dobermans.......you watch a well trained example of any of them work a sleeve and take a look at their drive you'll forget about an APBT or AST as a " protection dog".
And in the area I'm in one reason I keep Malinois and Catahoulas is because APBTs are quite frequently stolen by nefarious types.
Additionally , you must ask yourself a very serious question , are you *really* ready to take on the dramatic responsibility that some of these breeds entail?
When dealing with a breed such as a Fila or Ovchartka which are for all intents and purposes an LGD with a human focus ( you and the family are it's flock so to speak) you are not dealing with a sleeve trained dog , you are dealing with a dog that has historically been genetically selected for the express purpose of stopping a human being. And working Malinois are a Fila and an Ovchartka together in a 55-70 lb package.
Rather more efficient than using a dog that was traditionally bred to fight other dogs.
And all this value will fall by the wayside if not maintained through constant training and work with already trained behaviors.
There's a lot more to the whole "protection dog" issue than most folks think there is , much , much more.
And a triplet or a pair is much , much more efficient than solo.In closing , never utilise a dog for protection that you just *cannot* lose , it can and does happen.
