Not out here in BFE they won’t-one of the dogs du jour for some years has been the mastiff, whether Neapolitan, English, or Bullmastiff-there are 7 of them guarding people, chickens and goats just on this road-that is 2 miles, give or take a few feet. Most do not have their ears and tails docked like you see in the city, and spend their nights indoors with people. But they really work-I guess...
I’ve come to only buying canine companions of the oldest, least altered breeds. I love my pets, and want them to have long healthy, happy lives, and the oldest breeds seem to do best. I have a Siberian Husky-she is 16 and doing fine, and before her we had a Chow who lived to be 17. I love German Shepherds and have had 2-but neither of them lived more than 13 years in spite of all our care.
I have 3 spoiled shelter cats-all my cats have come from a shelter. There are so many variations in dog breeds, but a domestic cat of any breed is pretty much the same-a cat...
Also, she would chased cows four times her size back across the fence when they jumped it onto our property.