Pet Expo 2013

[furtech]

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This last weekend I was at this year's 2013 Pet Expo in Orange County. I look forward to this event every year: I love running the dogs and helping them to find forever homes. There's a lot of validation when you see a dog with issues that make them not-for-everybody be adopted by someone who is absolutely perfect for that particular dog. We had some great dogs out this year and four of them went home with neat people. Considering how few adoptions seemed to be happening this year, I was really happy.

For the most part the majority of rescues were pit-mixes and chihuahua/yap-mixes. I was surprised by both the large numbers of these dogs here and that there was such a plethora of them.

I got to see a Silken Windhound for the first time in-person. Very Saluki-like in demeanor. Also saw a Japanese Ken for the first time (I think). They are bigger than Shibas and smaller than Akitas and much more out-going than either of those sister-breeds.

By Sunday I was exhausted and Apache (who was at the breed booth) was even more done.

Comments

[martes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Ambullneo, great idea. Take 3 dogs bred specifically for fighting and put them together in one big, stupid, potentially lethal package.

[doronjosama.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with this... with the wrong owner, those dogs could be so dangerous.

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

I went and looked at their website... let's just say it's a certain type of person who is breeding these dogs.

The Ambullneo Mastiff is heavily muscled, has a large head, powerful jaws, strong, sharp, deep-set teeth and can spring into action moving all 140 pounds of muscle with the knock down power of a locomotive in seconds to overtake and apprehend its adversary.

The little I read about the dog seemed very concerned that it should be able to take someone down.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention this...the people with the booth and the very-interested attendees all seemed exactly like the type of person who are the reason pits have such a bad rap. WTF is being able to attack someone so important to a dog-owner? The reason law-enforcement doesn't use this type of dog is that they can't be easily released or called off. I can't think of a single good reason (one that is moral -or- legal) to have an animal that can "take someone down".

The -only- positive is that mastiff genes -might- make them less aggressive-- but considering their pitch, I doubt it.