Message #140269

[Cristina]

I think the big advantages of Dogos are that they get along well with other dogs. And like Joe said if you bring them in the house they are giant lap dogs!!! My brother has two and every time I come over to his house they are all over me trying to get on my lap!!! But they are very loyal to my brother and his family and very protective but are smart enough to know when they need to be protective and when not. They are very obedient and smart. In my experience with pits and again this is just the experience I had, We had a very beautiful pit and we put him on some hogs and he did good but he had to be taken on hunts with a muzzle!!! Thats all the dog wanted to do was kill another dog. It wasnt even about dominance he just wanted to fight. We spent so much money on vet bills because he messed up our lead dogs hand through the kennel, he somehow got a hold of another dogs front paw and ripped it to shreds, our dog Willie got loose one time and went up to Iron (the pit) tail wagging and all trying to play with Iron and Iron started fighting with him got a hold of his back and was locked on him shaking poor Willie. I ran out of the house with the .22 ready to shoot Iron because I was not going to let him kill Willie and I hit him really hard to where he let go, for all I know he couldve turned around and bit me!!! That was the last that we were going to tolerate and we got rid of him. We had him for 5 years raised him from a pup and never had a problem until something just switched on in his brain and he wasnt going to stop. Again just my experience. With my brothers dogs, ive seen other dominant dogs come up to them and they just turn their heads away and avoid the confrontation. Ive seen them growl at a dog that was being annoying to them but it never passed that. We use our Dogos as RCD's. The smaller one 85# runs all day with the curs and has stayed caught for at least 10 minutes one time that we were hunting at night and the land owner took a long time to get us to the bay. The other one is over 100 pounds and doesnt even need a lead he stays right next to my brother, but when there is a bay he is gone and when he catches he is not letting go. I think the key point is that they get the job done just as well as any other breed, maybe different than other breeds do but they get the job done. JMHO.