Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2023 23:08:10 GMT
''THE DOGO ARGENTINO AS A DOG
HUNTER AND FIELD
Just as at home, the Dogo Argentino is very similar to other breeds of companion or work dogs, in the field it is totally different from the common, ordinary or sheep dogs, and usually bastards, that usually exist in our homes. stays. The farmhand or whoever manages these dogs continually "chumps" them against cows or sheep, because he knows that they will limit themselves to barking and scaring away the farm, without biting it. And this is so because the bastards do not have the hunting instinct, and the shepherds because that is how they have fulfilled their mission for centuries. But the Dogo Argentino has been created to catch up and hunt beasts of the forest. For that he has a sense of smell, an appropriate jaw and a courage that reaches the point of recklessness. If they "chump" against a cow, as is done with sheep, it will run up to the animal and, responding to its atavistic instinct, it will not hesitate to grab onto the nose or ear of the bovine and will not let it go anymore. Many ranchers, especially in the mountains, where there are impenetrable mountains for horses and even for foot, due to the proliferation of lengas, caulkers and coligues, use their bulldogs to dominate the rebellious cattle, because bitten like this, they cower and end up for turning himself in and marching towards the corrals. Therefore, the first thing to teach them is to completely "ignore" pets. When the bulldog knows, from puppyhood, that the cow, sheep, goat or domestic pig are part -we will say so- of the family property, it will never bite any of these animals, and when hunting among the flocks, we encourage it with shouts or whistles, He will diligently search for the vermin, but he will never think of attacking the farm that crosses his path. In my home we have a tame puma, Napoleon, whom our Dogos treat as friendly, as if he were one of them, they sleep together and even take care of him and defend him, while they fight to the death with the wild caged pumas and tenaciously pursue the wild ones. . It's all a matter of education. That is why I insist that the first thing that must be done is to induce them to understand that they must completely dispense with the existence of cows or sheep, just as they ignore the horse we ride, and therefore never encourage them against the farm or domestic animals in the attempt to herd them, as is done with the sheep. This teaching is of paramount importance in the future of the bulldog. It will never be enough what we insist on it. We must not forget that the Dogo Argentino is a hunting dog and every hunting dog is dominated by the instinct of the blood that runs through its veins and that carries it forward, as if it had blinders, and it depends on the master that this instinct is well directed. . That is why a bulldog cannot and should not be entrusted to inexperienced hands or left to his own devices in the field. Freeing it to its fate means freeing it to its instinct, opening the doors to its ancestor, which is hunting, that is, tracking, chasing, catching up with and holding the beast until the master comes to its aid, if we leave a bulldog to to do what he wants in a flock, it's as if
we leave a Pointer, a Setter, a Spinone or a Brack in a chicken coop to do what he wants, or a Terrier in a rabbit hutch so that he can also unleash his instincts. The bulldog must be handled in the field by a person who is fond of dogs and who pays attention to it the first few days it goes out into the field. When he has gotten used to seeing domestic animals since he was a puppy, he will never attack them, and if by playing or driven by his hunting instinct, he chases them or tries to bite them, he should be severely reprimanded and even punished. When the peons go out into the fields to work with the sheepmen, the dogo must be taught to walk alongside the horse and not allow it to lead away from it. with a few
lessons, they soon learn and know that herding sheep or cows is not his job. The Creole saying that "the colt boot is not for everyone" has an exact meaning in the management of the bulldog. He should not be entrusted with teaching him to just anyone, but rather to someone who appreciates him, who knows how to use his qualities and natural hunting instinct. Let him know that he has on
His hands are a fine animal, and as such it must be cared for. Exactly how it is done with
Delicate machines or with good weapons are better than ordinary ones, but you have to know how to handle them. Whoever does not have the capacity, intelligence, ability or care to drive a modern car of a good brand, a fine automatic weapon or a stopwatch, must resign himself to driving a bullock cart, hunting with an old shotgun and calculating the time by the height of the Sol. This will save a lot of trouble Once the bulldog has learned to ignore domestic animals, all the rest of the learning runs on behalf of the dog. The more often it is taken out into the field, the sooner it will be in a position to be useful. It will start as a pup, hunting furry animals on its own.''
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