Mine is very very laid back and respectful, almost regal acting and looking often times when their trigger isn't tripped that's how they are untill it is.
In an effort for the coyote guys to get a perfect dog that destroys coyotes easily, single handed, they will sometimes add in a litte this or that and then breed away from it. Some might add a little pit, some might add in a little wolfhound but then breed away from it to get a stag that's hopefully a coyote destroying machine on its own.
In my experience the great dogs have that regal and laid back look to them until the tail gate drops...
years ago the greyhound folks were concerned that the dogs had become shy and skittish and many had lost the high prey drive...A geneticist was hired to fix the problem and after doing his research he found that the english bulldog was the fix...he did make one mistake...he said it was going to take 3 to four generations to see good results...it actually to the first cross to see results...I new could figure out why it was a dog so different from the greyhound to actually be the fix...but as I learned more about dogs and breeding I have developed a theory...the English bull dog deviates so far from the norm that it would take much to get him pulled back in to what is more normal...so the traits exhibited must be mainly made up of a bunch of recessive genes paired up together...
I like the idea of game bred leggy pitbull x greyhound...have seen them years back in south texas...looked like greyhounds on steroids...
I understand what your referring to in a good dog looking and acting regal but what I'm referring to is that gentlmen deerhound ora and royalty appearance in their posture. Only way I can best describe his posture and attitude when he casually stands or lays down with his feet crossed and his head up is regal. I am very sure this look, posture, and personality come from the deerhound mostly. But yeah I get exactly what your talking about in the confidence a laid back sure enough badazz dog carries himself with. That too is very majestic.
