can the dogo be fixed within its own gene pool?
here is how i see it-they are too big
lots of health problems
not enough nose and hunt
dont catch and hold well
slow maturing
cost way tooooo much
Yeah it can and here's how you can personally help!
too big - yeah I would definitely go with 80-90 pounds or less for males, for females 70-80 lb range. the bigger heavier ones I have seen aren't as athletic and I imagine overheat faster. I read on a dogo forum though that they just changed the breeding standard and are trying to go for smaller more hunt worthy dogos and away from the big huge worthless ones
lots of health problems - For the skin and hearing issues I too think that some color would probably help that and going away from larger size should mean less hip problem and other problems that real big dogs get.
not enough nose and hunt/don't catch or hold well/slow maturing - breed only good dogos from good bloodlines that best and most consistenly display the traits you desire most in your dogs and hunt and cull hard just like you would do for any dog breed- duh!
cost way tooooo much - here's how you can help with this one. buy a bunch of good dogs from good bloodlines spend a bunch of money to hunt and health test them. breed them and do the same with the pups. then sell them to the rest of us for really cheap and take a loss. if you do this enough eventually your good dogo bloodline will be readily available to everyone and you can be the one that set the standard for selling them low, but you will have the satisfaction of knowing you helped the dogo breed.
OR try to take an inconsistent shortcut and cross to a different breed. From some of the feedback I've been getting apparently I have recently been having some good results with a dogo blue lacy cross.
