Tiger12490
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And that sums up the reason I do not want to be a breeder.
It isn't that I couldn't find homes for pups, is that I do not trust the majority of ppl with my dogs or this breed.
Me too
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And that sums up the reason I do not want to be a breeder.
It isn't that I couldn't find homes for pups, is that I do not trust the majority of ppl with my dogs or this breed.
Joshua... read my post again. you are comparing apples to oranges. I am not talking about a dog, that due to its environment became a certain way. I was referring to something a dog was born with, a genetic defect if you will. Weak nerves isn't a trained behavior, unstable dogs may be made but there sure are some that are born.
I'm sorry but an unstable dog does not need to be worked on at the risk of a human life it needs to be PTS...I talk to a guy who mixed old school neopolitan with alaunt....he said it was a huge mistake and the dogs "preyed" on people...they actively set out to hunt people....both of the parents were very stable working dogs the pups WERE NOT....these dogs didn't need a home they needed to be out of society and that's what ended up happening....
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Tiger off topic but what did this guy try to accomplish? There are "people hating breeds" out there.
A personal protection dog it was a bandog for all intents and purpose....but for some reason I suppose that primativeness(?) Didn't work together.....ye there are alot of i hate everything breeds out there that's just not at all what he wanted lol...
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What Tiger is saying I think..... If he plans a litter the pups are spoken for. You cant willy nilly breed filas. Then the pups are all wrong, he cant sale them to his clients. They aint worth buying. He cant sale them on CL cause they are still Fila. So unless some folks he new could handle filas wanted them, he would have no choice but to cull them
@ Chuck, here is my problem. You keep stating treat it like a Fila, tha is fine and well BUT a Fila should be a stable dog. A genetically fearful dog is not. A Fila likes going outside, to a skittish dog is is a torture. A dog that has to crawl around, pissing and shitting itself, terrified of everything and snapping out of fear. Is that quality of life for a dog? To me that seems a horrific way to live. But in my opinion we as humans like to feel that we are "saving" these dogs. We pat ourselves on the back for the good work we are doing, when really it is NOT in the dogs best interest.
We are selfish in our need to attempt to rehabilitate what cannot be fixed, ultimately that desire to feel good about ourselves over rides the fact that this is not natural for the dog. Hell left with a pack of othe dogs that one nutbar would be killed by the pack.
Yes you can treat that fear biting skittish dog like a well adjusted Fila, but it is NOT a well adjusted Fila. Is is not a confident, stable dog. It lives in a world of terror. IMO culling a dog is way more humane then forcing it to live in a nightmare just so we as humans can feel good about ourselves FOR "saving" it.
A little pot stirring here... What about culling a brood of Fila pups from untested temp/health parents of unknown background vs selling to inexperienced pet owners wanting the latest bada$$ dog, or even someone that might be okay with a proper temp fila but not enough knowledge to know the importance of proper temperments? (as I think this was one of the original reasons for this thread) Should an entire breed risk BSL and someone's child's face or life be risked for the life's of a couple of puppies? Of course ideally this situation should never happen but we all know this is the real world...And yes I might not be a good person for letting the dogs breed to begin with but at would it make me a worse person to put the dogs down for the bigger picture? Or should I just sell them to my friends, family and on CL to anyone with cash because anyone who knows Filas and is experienced enough and knowledgeable enough to deserve such a breed would most likely not risk having said dogs around their family and certainly would not pay Fila money for them.
fire away...