I dont have any experinece, but, as far as I know, I can tell you that you could get an excelent guardian just if you train your dog, what you want him to do... But lets the expercts tall about it..
I dont have any experinece, but, as far as I know, I can tell you that you could get an excelent guardian just if you train your dog, what you want him to do... But lets the expercts tall about it..
I thinking gaurding qualities and man agression are two different things. A family friend adopted a rescued fighting pitbull. He is a kitty cat when it comes to people... absolutely a doll. However, if you tried to break into his house or his car, he would tear you to bits... as he is guarding the place. You can tell when this dog is agressive, he cannot be around other dogs. You can also tell when this dog is gaurding... as it is day to night difference.
I see agression in this context as unbridled agressive behavior directed at something... i.e. man aggressive, dog aggressive, ect. That incessent need to "get at and destroy".
On the other hand I see gaurding as a set of behaviors and characteristics such as alertness, observance, patroling, ect a dog exhibits while it is gaurding property, people, or livestock ect. These dogs react to real threats (chasing, attacking, restraining a trespasser for instance) or react to threats they percieve will happen (i.e. warning off a stranger they see in the distance.)
I don't know much about these dogs, but I feel it is possible to get a dog that is decendents of fighting lines that have gaurding behaviors and instincts. I believe most dogs have the natural desire to protect and guard there home. There ability at doing so varies however.
I have dog from fighting lines and she is excellent guardian.
But this is interesting subject, I am personally more interested about excellent guardians than fighters even it sometimes feels I`m starting to be alone with my thoughts :lol:
Of my three CAOs one is from a wide known fighting line and I would not say that it makes her to an excellent guardian. Quite the opposite - she is all to interested and keen to pick a quarrel to be as good guardian as she could be if she were not so aggressive. :roll:
encourage the dog from early age to guard and later train it to bite and youre all set, fighting line or not
*translation* dont raise it like you would a fighting dog
I have to correct my saying a bit. She is an excellent guardian, but as I see it, she could be better. I have two other CAOs to compare to who are not from known fighting line and are not as aggressive as she is, and are more suitable for guarding work than she. They are simply more concern on guarding than picking a quarrel with somebody. And I don't mean that it would be a question that when it were needed the trouble seeker would not not be an excellent guard. She would do anything to protect me - I know it.
But do you understand what I am pointing at?
The excellent guardian is doing her/his job in my eyes perfectly without doing any bigger noise about it.
Meriam, Hemmetti soikoon, haluatko että koirasi vartioi vai ei? :lol:
Toisessa ketjussa kiroat että ovat liikaa työtään tekeviä, toisessa liian vähän. Anteeksi jos käsitin väärin, sinulla on hyviäkin mietteitä ehdottomasti.
Others, Excuse but who could show me that pitbull is guardian dog??? I have understood that pitbull is pretty much all about fighting and throught that all about pleasing human and being so friendly..
Probably this is not the right side for this kind of conversation, maybe we could just forget about the pits and concentrate the real guardians as CAO :lol:
My point is that a good fighting qualities makes not the dog automatically to a better guardian. As said she is a good guardian, but to comparing to the two others she could do better job. She is too much interested of fighting. She would not suit for their original work as a LGD. It would simply not be economical for the shepherd to keep her kind of dog for guarding the the flock.
As said, she is good, but could be better with lesser aggressiveness.
And by the way I am referring to my Little Diva - she looks like a little angel, but has a huge devil inside her fur coat. :roll:
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