"Brick" > wrote:
> On 1-Sep-2008, Nonnymus > wrote:
> > Brick wrote:
> > > On 1-Sep-2008, Nonnymus > wrote:
> > >> Brick wrote:
> > >> [ . . . ]
> He never exhibited any tendency to meanness, but when provoked he would
> instantly retaliate with overpowering force. He was way faster and
> stronger then any dog(s) he ever encountered. If you visuallize the
> typical dog fight where there's considerable growling and thrashing going
> on, you would be amazed at how short a fight with our Dobie "ALWAY" was.
> He would grab, shake and throw away a single dog. He would slash and spin
> agains multiple dogs, creating quite a bit of damage before the
> inexperienced foes would recognize a losing battle and depart the scene.
> I have to clarify here that he never encountered another dog in his
> weight class. He usually had a good 40 lbs on them. He never chased after
> a departing adversary. (They never came back either)

My Dobie only had one dog fight. We were jogging on a 1/4 mile track.
Another guy was jogging with his German Shepard. Both off-leash. Without
warning or provocation, the Shep attacked Monty. Bite, twist, shake. He
ripped the shep's throat out. "And we left him there for dead, damn his
eyes!" Police came to my house for a statement. The way Monty was shmoozing
them, they knew he wasn't mean. ;-)

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