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Title: Pit Bulls and Tenacious Guard Dogs by Carl Semencic ISBN: 0-86622-639-7 Publisher: Thomasson Grant & Howell Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $47.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stereotypes of Dogs, Beware, Here Comes the Truth
Comment: I can say only one thing about Carl Semencic, and that is, "about time!"
I have been a big dog lover ever since my American Bulldoggue, Gator X, came into my life. People say guard dogs are dangerous. I say, yes they are, to the intruder. Here is the reason why they are. Here, also, and most important, is why they are age old and still used.
These dogs are bred to be with people.
Through research and finally pushing the envelope as to the stereotypes, the author has shown the truth behind these dogs. They are useful, loving, and intelligent animals who need the right owner to save them. He shows that the dogs need us like we need them. These dogs are not for show, nor our inadequacy problems, but for the purpose of loving us and being what we bred them to be, and that is the best of all dogs.
They are smart and protective and loving.
This book is a catalog of breeds that will do right by you if you are able to utilize their talents and show them the right attention and love. If you are in the market for a good guard dog, most of the ones I would recommend, save for the bandog and the boerboel, are here. It is the best catalog of good guard dogs in print today.
I suggest Gladiator Dogs as a follow up book.
Go big or stay home.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book can't put it down.
Comment: To start let me tell you I own two Pit bulls male and female and they are great natural guard dogs, don't believe the other people that tell you they are not because the dogs are people friendly, German Shephards are people friendly that this mean they are not good guard dogs of course not, they are one of the best. I agree with the author when he says Pit bulls only love their family and friends of its family and will oppose any enemy of its family with a ferocity that was unprecedented in the world of dogs. I dare anyone to break into my home or jump my back yard fence and that will prove my point. I also love all guard dog breeds and this book gives great information on them specially breeds that are rare. Since I purchased this book I can't put it down, it has good pictures of great dogs. This book is a great book to own, buy it!
Rating: 2
Summary: I question the author's breeding ethics heavily...
Comment: Although the author seems fairly knowledgeable on quite a few breeds he writes about, it is impossible to be an expert on all of them. Just the same, in his review of Bullmastiffs, he reports that he bred his own male Bullmastiff at the tender age of 10 months when he knew that it had a genetic immune deficiency. Hips cannot be accurately X-ray'd for displasia until the age of two years, which any responsible breeder of a large dog knows. Then he goes on to complain about the poor health quality of these poor dogs (which, by the way, would have been created by similar unethical breeding practices.) The same kind of irresponsible breeding he practices is responsible for the problems he decries in the German Shepherd (although he does have some accurate criticisms). He seems a bit illogically biased towards the APBT. He states that a Bull Terrier's size is not sufficient for stopping power, yet never brings this up with the APBT. I love Pit Bulls too, but I really don't think it's accurate to judge them on different criteria than other breeds. Pit Bulls are, after all, a people lover, and in my opinion not of the guarding calibur of breeds that have been bred for centuries for guarding and protection. Altogether, "Pit Bulls and Tenacious Guard Dogs" lacks consistency and impartiality and raises some serious questions about the author's breeding ethics.
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Title: Fighting Dog Breeds by Dieter Fleig ISBN: 079380499X Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Gladiator Dogs by Carl Semencic ISBN: 0793805961 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: World of the American Pit Bull Terrier by Richard Stratton ISBN: 0876668511 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The World of Fighting Dogs (Reprint ed) by Carl Semencic ISBN: 0866226567 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: K-9 Bodyguards by Michael Harlowe ISBN: 0793802873 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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