"Without question, the most controversial of all groups of dogs, Fighting Dog Breeds evoke love or provoke hate from the dog person. Each of the breeds discussed in this book have been the target of uniform dog legislators and partisan media, yet each breed continues to thrive despite its many detractors. Dr. Dieter Fleig, an acknowledged international expert, details the origins of the old fighting breeds and tells the whole truth about their modern counterparts and their skills, temperaments and shortcomings. The author’s impassioned, intelligent account begins with the Tibetan dogs, the Roman warriors, the Bull and Bear Biters, and the Mastiffs and Bulldogs of England and continues with the modern breeds that rightly are counted among the Fighting Dog Breeds.
In addition to the premier fighting dog, the American Pit Bull Terrier, Dr. Fleig discusses the Staffordshire Terriers, Bullmastiff, Great Dane, Boxer, Neapolitan Mastiff, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Tosa Inu and Bordeaux Dog, among others. This second volume on the fighting dogs is illustrated with valuable historical photographs as well as beautiful portraits of these gladiator dogs today.
Look for the accompanying volume: History of Fighting Dogs by Dr. Dieter."
CONTENTS
Foreword
Old Fighting Breeds:
Tibetan dog
Molossus
Hunting Dog
The Mastiff
The Bulldog
Bull and Terrier
The Danish Dog
The Chincha Dog
Modern Fighting Dog Breeds:
Tibetan Mastiff
Mastiff
English Bulldog
Bull Mastiff
Bordeaux Dog
French Bulldog
Bull Terrier
Staffordshire (Bull) Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Great Dane
Boxer
Mastino Napoletano
Dogo Argentino
Fila Brasilerio
Tosa Inu
Boston Terrier
Herding Dogs
Pug
American Pit Bull Terrier
Fighting Dogs In The Future
Front cover photographs by Isabelle Francais of American Staffordshire Terrier and Bordeaux Dog. Back cover photograph of Bull Terrier by Robert Smith; Bulldog by Isabelle Francais.
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book size approx 9" x 11" / 28cm x 24cm
approx book weight 2.75lb / 1.25kg
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B&W & COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT
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