[quote1326399559=tiger12490] sooo theres a difference? haha im still very much learning about a lot of different breeds and thanks on the Alano info David [/quote1326399559] The ancient breed of Alaunts is extinct, you just have whatever watered downs descended from them. The Alaunts were used in the expedition to America and they basically used them as war dogs. They used these "alanos" as the spaniards called them, to hunt down the natives, hunt and do whatever other job they needed help with. They also, ate the dogs if they ran out of food. Some of these dogs were left over in the different continents that they conquered and became wild and mixed with other breeds. If you want to learn about a very rugged relative to these dogs look up the "CImarron Uruguayo" in my opinion it is one of the most untouched relatives of those dogs. At one point they were domesticated but were set loose by the settlers when they left or did not have use for them and then they started cross breeding within them selves while becoming wild. Slowly but surely these wild ex wardogs started attacking villagers, farmers and they also started eating people's animals. So they started hunting them down to destroy them and then there a bunch of people that started domesticating them and bringing them back to their domesticated version. If I am not mistaken they are the official dog of the Uruguayan Army :)