Yes recercare, dog fighting of old mountain breeds in their natural soroundings is done today for money and I certainly do not aprove that. That is happening for last 30 or so years, but that was not the case in the past, because then, only treasures of those people were their flocks and their dogs, which provided life and survival for humans in those rural regions. In first half of 20th century it was almost imposible to buy a god dog from villagers, especially if that dog was victorious in battles with wolfs or bears, and even if the villagers would sell it, price was very high. You had to give them somethimes even 50 ewes for it, or gold and beside those two, there was no other way to get it. Pes, taking the bitches to the winner may not effect all population but that is the traditional belief of mountain folks. Their logic is: -Strong and fearless parrents will give you strong and fearless pups; so that's the way they do it. You can copy my answer, yes. Aleksa