But to the person that said DOGO's are not any good and you can mix any dogs out there to get one is just wrong and ignorant.
Just for the record I didn't say they weren't any good. They can be good, but because they have a breed name, what that equates to is there's a good chance they won't be. It means there's a lot of people out there breeding them just because they're dogo argentinos, rather than because they can hunt. And so it follows you run the risk of running into dogos that suck at hunting. This risk is far reduced with no name mutts, because they're only bred to hunt. No one is breeding dane x boxer x wolfhound x greyhound x pit x mastiffs because dane x boxer x wolfhound x greyhound x pit x mastiffs are their favourite breed and/or they think there's a market to sell puppies. Such a dog is only bred to hunt. The dogo can not say that anymore, because it has had a breed name slapped on it. That is always the beginning of the end for any serious dog lineage.
Keep in mind I own a bull arab, but the same exact thing applies to it. I reluctantly and cautiously got one aware of the risk and not liking the fact it was a "pure" bull arab, even though most of them, by a big margin, are bred to hunt, the fact they have a name means the rot is gonna set in at some point because it draws in fans and enthusiasts and snake oil salesmen. I would not have been cautious getting a "wolfhound x dane x pit x pointer x greyhound" because I know it's a legit hunting dog because there's no other reason anyone would be breeding it. I know from experience they're always good. Anything with a name is a crap shoot, and that's just the way it is. I'm not picking on the dogo specifically, I'm picking on the fact, readily observable to all, that breeds invariably, always, get ruined. The chorus of disappointed hunters who got dogos, around the world (including in argentina), is no surprise to me.
They WERE great dogs at some point, back when they were mutts bred only to hunt. Now a lot of them are big pretty lumps of crap, because that is all they're bred to be. I'm sure there are still good ones but it's only gonna get harder and harder to find them. And even the good ones are no better than a purpose bred mutt, this isn't an insult. Purpose bred mutts are the best dogs there are. Dogos used to be one and that is when they were great.
