In relation to LGD and Bandogs even American bulldogs I have a few questions.

Since my Bullarab died last August I've been asking lots of questions to two breeders. One has CAO and ASD. The other has ASD. What keeps coming up in the back of my mind is this scenario. I'm out there with my new ASD or CAO looking for gold. Say the dog is a couple of years old. I meet someone the dog doesn't like for whatever reason. Next thing I'm being prosecuted, taken to court for manslaughter in the worst case.

I'm saying this because the distrust of strangers issue kept coming up when I talked to them. Both these breeders are friends. The one with CAO has a male that won't tolerate their ASD breeder friend. Same goes for an ASD the CAO breeder has as well. Except in this case it's pretty much everybody it doesn't trust.

I had an American bulldog-Athletic for a Johnson bulldog. She didn't like strangers but was still manageable without having to worry about her biting them if I was there. She loved cattle for blood sport. No matter what I did she would go after cattle any chance she got. They would toss her and stomp on her, it didn't matter what they did. If I couldn't get her away she'd wear them down through sheer persistence. Therefore I'm wary about getting another.

I think a Bandog would be OK if it tolerated strangers enough but didn't want to beat up cattle. It's a pity there aren't more breeds in Australia.

I tried contacting Boerboel breeders here but for some reason they never reply to my emails. My emails always mentioned the purpose I wanted a dog for so maybe that's why.

Anyway I'm reading the Bandog forums now. Next one will be Boerboels.