Closing Resume Of Previous Chapters
Disclaimer: This writing arose from discussion forums about dogs and from personal experiences / opinions of several people and serves educational purposes only. The photos placed in this chapter have an informational character only. We wished to let people know something about the cruel and illegal "sport" of real dog fighting and about defense training as well as theory of mild and safe form of dog fighting. If you would see the cruel dog fighting in your vicinity or know who fight his or her dogs, please report it to ASPCA, RSPCA or to your local Police Department.
In the part called “Through The Eyes Of Experts” we firstly discussed dog fighting, above all. Mr. “Trocha do mlyna” is closing that by these words: „In the end, I would want to say that it should be proceeded hardly against those idiots who make illegal fights (the real, professional ones - comment), against all the people without sentiment who are doing that for a better variety of their life and for money, against all the wretched who do not understand dogs but want to decide about them. However, it is necessary to let the dogs fight by a reasonable way (Fitness Dog Fighting and Temperament Test - comment). For they are to be good fighters to be able to defend us. It is in them, though it sounds peculiarly, but it partly is the point in their life. That is why they became our companions - because of their ability to fight. Not for the reason that long ago people had nobody to fondle with (sad to say, today's situation is such that these breeds use to be bought by many bumptious women as companions for long evenings in front of the television). It is interesting, how many people buy an Owtcharka or a Giant Shepherd or a mountain dog that are able to survive in the wilderness and on the other hand, God forbid if their bow-wow fights somewhere. It is fondling only and granules instead of meat and indignation about the entire dog fighting theme. But where that all comes from (the nature and character of the Owtcharka-type of dog - comment)? It is caused by many years lasting development, blood and coarse conditions with no mercy with the weak one. The development was conditioned by fights with wild animals and some of today's owners do not realize, that the dog was bred for this reason and (controlled) dog fighting preserves that in it at least partly. Simply there were breeds created through hundreds of years for protection of flocks and people and their purpose was to stand against the opponent for the price of own death. And today, when people are worried about every dog fight, some of them let their dog neither growl at a strange dog and it does harm. Simply said: I will buy an Asian and the fight of two dogs is unacceptable to me = nonsense. If European culture is not skill enough for these breeds then let it avoid them, it has already spoiled a lot of them. It is good that this discussion arose, for it is not offending to speak about how to make that (a safe dog fight - comment) in the frame of normal conditions, not to let a business with doggy pain became from it.” Then he still adds: „If someone wants to judge us, then let him judge accordingly to our discussion. Since we speak about strong dogs, we do not agree with cruel real dog fights and we all condemned them. We only try to find the way in the frame of the rules to preserve those dog qualities which are required by us.”
Here we can see the photos of the consequences of cruel real professional dog fighting which flew all throughout the world:
In the interest of a raid on dog fighting in it's cruel, professional form, we please you to use RSPCA cruelty line 0870 55 55 999 or to contact ASPCA or your local Police Department, if these fights are taking place somewhere in your neighborhood.
The worst form of dog fighting are fights between gamebred dogs that have a disorder of social feeling and tear each other to pieces. It is necessary to forbid the gameness in dogs because it deals with an unnatural phenomenon, and let them only possess a healthy degree of domination. And keep this domination by a kind of a fighting and / or wrestling dog sport. Nothing more nothing less.
We have also talked about defense and which breeds are best at that. Mr. “Trocha do mlyna” is closing this by these words: „Who are the real kings? To me any breed that will stand itself against the attacker of it's owner with the intention to defend him to the last breath.” So let it be German Shepherd, Hovawart, or “only” a cross of an unknown breed. Therefore, when choosing the breed, we should realize that it is not the only thing that matters. Some people buy a puppy of a certain breed that is known as being a good fighter or defender and later they can be disappointed that their dog is not like that. It is both about the breed and about the respective dog - individual. Above all, it firstly depends on the individual and secondly on the breed, even if the breed will give weight, height, the constitution of the body, appearance and some character's endowments. But every dog differs from the other. For example Labrador is a companion breed and most dogs are good and softly-natured. But I knew one that fought very good and other that hanged when mouth hold on the sleeve and the helper waved with him and he did not release. So the breed is not everything (just an information: one guy who knows a lot about dog fighting told to me the following: "Any breed can be trained for fighting even a companion one. Yes, all the breeds fight between them, that depends on what level they do this. A Tosa or a Pit can fight much longer because of their determination for it and a better pain-resistence than the other breeds do."). Many people are convinced that the result of the fight only depends on the breed, but as some of us know it depends on the individual, above all. For example we could see an exceptionally strong Labrador beating an exceptionally weak Akita-Inu. Also this can happen as well as the case of an exceptional GSD beating an APBT. Besides that, a long range of half-breds can be good too, for new breeds are arising through the cross of the old ones (I thought about the crossing not only in the Rottweiler but also in the German Shepherd whom I would cross with Spanish Mastiff and the result could be interesting).
I have one more comment upon the last chapter - Defense. It is proven by statistics that sharp dogs are biting the higher percent of innocent people than that of real evildoers. So they do more pity than good. And even if they would bit nobody, people are afraid when they go along the fence behind which an evil dog barks. They are passing through accompanied by fear that the dog can get outside one day and bite them.
As it has already been written, we want to have sharp dogs to protect us. But would not it be ideal not to need those sharp dogs, if we lived in a perfect human society where would be no danger to us from other people? Then the splendid companion breeds would do for us, if nobody wanted to hurt us or rob us of something. The sharp ones would then be for no use. And we would either stop to breed them or change them into the companion ones by the course of time.
One way or other, the most important thing is to be well together in order to dogs could serve people and people serve dogs to a mutual contentedness.
Our closing resume runs as follows:
1. The best fighters are Giant Shepherds and Owtcharkas (the breeds like CO, CAO, Akbash, Kangal and Karabash) and apart from them also Molossian breeds of the Tosa, Bully Kutta and Boerboel type (and to a degree also gamebred Pitbull, Bandogge and other).
2. Real dog fighting in it's cruel, professional form, is unacceptable. But mild and safe dog fighting (Fitness Dog Fighting, Temperament Test, Dog Wrestling and similarly) is less dangerous and useful to dogs.
3. Short-coated Molossers or simply said the breeds like Bull Mastiff, RTW, Cane Corso and similarly are ideal companions and defenders, and they are more fit for living with people than Shepherds and Owtcharkas.
5. The breeds that are good both in dog fighting and in defending of their owners and at the same time good companions of a man living in modern cities are Bandogge, Fila Brasileiro, Boerboel and similar ones to them. Oppositely on the countryside and lonely places are most suitable big wolfdogs.
6. We will need aggressive and sharp dogs as long as we will be threatened by other people.