To: Fawn
The Presa Canario was originally bred for fighting and guarding
That explains it. Anyone who gets a fighting dog is getting a time bomb. I, for the life of me, will never, ever understand why people can accept that shepherding, swimming, pointing, and hunting can be part of a dog's genetic makeup but fighting isn't.
It does takes a stimulus (just like a person with alcoholic genes isn't tempted by alcoholic till he drinks it for the first time) but it is a disaster waiting to happen.
12 posted on
08/19/2006 6:51:14 AM PDT by
Seamoth
(Kool-aid is the most addictive and destructive drug of them all.)
To: Seamoth
17 posted on
08/19/2006 6:52:48 AM PDT by
stephenjohnbanker
(Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
To: Seamoth
I, for the life of me, will never, ever understand why people can accept that shepherding, swimming, pointing, and hunting can be part of a dog's genetic makeup but fighting isn't.
A most salient point, that seems to be overlooked by defenders of various breeds. If people want one of those dogs, they should at LEAST acknowledge this point.
To: Seamoth
It does takes a stimulus (just like a person with alcoholic genes isn't tempted by alcoholic till he drinks it for the first time) but it is a disaster waiting to happen. That was an excellent analogy.
57 posted on
08/19/2006 7:45:50 AM PDT by
Hildy
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.)
To: Seamoth
dogs that have been bred to fight....fight other animals. The most important trait in such a dog, if brought up to fight...would be to NEVER attack a human hand, otherwise the dogs could not be separated or trained. Dog fighting happens to be an awful sport...but that does not speak to a propensity to attack humans. This breed is actually known in it's home country to be a laid back and very calm animal. As with every breed that is adopted by the criminal element in this country...and thus vilified by the press it will be ill-trained and proclaimed the newest dog hazard. How many breeds since the 1970's have been assigned this moniker? From German shepards, to dobermans, American Pit bull breeds , rottweilers and now the presa's. Wait till they discover chows and mastiffs, or Bernese mountain dogs or St Bernards...all these dogs can have an awful bite, and kill you.
100 posted on
08/19/2006 8:52:30 AM PDT by
Katya
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