Chevy guy myself. Doing a frame-off/almost resto of a 1969 SWB fleetside 4X4 pickup. (Frame off is the cool way to say the other cab was so rusty there was no hope for repair. But it sounds way cooler to say frame off resto.
My issue with any working family of dogs is when they are no longer worked, bred for what someone thinks they should look like, and then chooses not to work the dog to prove their point. After years of line breeding and inbreeding and outcrossing (different topic altogether) all my beagles pretty much look the same. Will they make West Minster? More than likely not. Will they hunt, jump and run? Absolutely. So I say have beagles. The next guy may say not.
Filas are no different. One thing, (and maybe, just maybe) we can all agree on is that they originated as a working farm dog. Farm dogs had to perform many tasks as people could not afford to feed many dogs for single purposes. Whether or not a black dog was part of the original plan or not, who knows, if that mongrel got the job/jobs done he stayed on. If that perfect looking Fila according tot he standard came along but could not do a job. He gets knocked in the head. Farm life is tough.
So for me personally, and like Chuck said all of us have one with a certain anatomical body part, I prefer to see the Fila do something. Even if it is a trained job outside of the original farm type work. Like the prey drive of a herding German Shephard is the basis for do bite work/service work. The video of the Fila working the cows was awesome. Too many puppies and young dogs are passed over because of a look, but if raised and given the chance they could very well be the worker in the family. I like dogs that do things vs. dogs that stand a pose. At the same time, I understand my valuea and others are very different. S