it seems this thread is dead before it has really started as you have already made up your mind as to waht the dogo is and isn't.
1.i've never been knocked down by a dogo, everyone that ia hve been around leads great. when i have been around dogos they have been used as lead in catchdogs so they aren't "running around playing".
2.i've only been around one dogo that flat out wouldn't catch every other dogo i've been around hears a bay and hauls a** to the bay and is caught solid when we get there.
3.i've seen two blue eyed dogos(both could hear fine and were great catchdogs) and none of the other ones have had any health problems.
4.they are slow maturing, but the rule of thumb with a lot of catahoula's is they aren't truly ready for the woods until over a year. nothing wrong with a slow maturing dog.
5.there is nothing you or i can do to bring teh cost down. so that is a moot point.
6.my dogo runs about 75lbs more or less, probally less. the dogos i have been around area touch smaller tahn other peoples but they catch just as good and probally with more speed adn agility.
i there is enough breeds already in the dogo that they don't need any other breeds in them. i would say that because teh breed is relatively new that there aren't enough lines to outcross and give teh dogs good hybrid vigor. the more tehy are linebred and inbred then OUTCROSSED to other lines teh stronger teh breed will get.
the problem is that takes some dedicated people that are willing to cull hard and be willing to go to other people to strengthen their line by going with compltely unrelated dogs. this will be a long time coming becasue this takeds peple willing to farm out dogs and be willing to stud for free and swap gyps for free. why do you thik the pit bull is such a stout line of dogs? because the old timers had 5-6 friends that they shared dogs with. they all culled hard adn they made breedings for free becasue tehy were trying to establish great dogs. they swapped gyps for free adn they swapped pups for free. when teh dogo breed does this i truly believe they will see their breed get stronger. most of your dogo breeders want big money for their pups because they made an investment so they have to get their money back. i don't knock this, i totally understand this point of view. i believe that if several dogo breeders were to get together and get several different strains of dogos and then work with each other to cull, test and breed their different strains i bet you will see a more uniform and stronger breed genetically.
at 75 lbs or less you are under the breed standard,a good start but keeping the dogo on a leash how will you ever use the dogo as intended by the brothers and take the dogs forward seems by keeping them leashed you do the breed no justice
i like to use my dogo how i like to use it , not like two 100 year old argentenian guys ive never met like to use it ! if it fetches ducks then use is as a gun dog !
