Dogo Argentino

I was wondering if anyone had information on this breed or owns one? I was reading on them and I'm seeing mixes of info. Some people say they have DA and others not. Any info helps, thanks!!

 

I have a mix. He's selectively DA.

 

My Griffin's very best playdate friend is a female Dogo, she's about 2 years old. She is very stable and calm, aloof but not aggressive or unfriendly towards the other dogs in the two group classes we were in together. With Griffin she is crazy friendly, they are in a little bit of puppy love, with some chaos and slam dancing added in.

Her owner told me that she is quite headstrong and needs lots of structure, and she is very protective of her and her farm and other animals, which is just what the owner wanted in a dog. She is one helluva cool dog, I'm pretty smitten with her, too!

-MN

 

One of my best friends has a Dogo who just turned 2, from hunting lines. I love him, he's a goof but also very regal and is a good watch dog. She is also a dog trainer who spent an extensive amount of time with him, as he is also a conformation dog. He's started weight pull and lure coursing, has dabbled in bitework and passed a hunting aptitude test when he was younger (before she got him.)

He is good with most dogs, however he does not get along with her male intact Doberman - but it seems to be a personal gripe with this particular dog (can't say I blame him, poor dobie has got some issues...)

Overall, I think they are an impressive breed, but need a working home and strong handler.

 

It will be years before I get one but man are they beautiful dogs. I know they hunt in packs and the originator did the best to breed out HA and DA. Do you guys have an pics of them?

 

What about the drive from a dogo argentino? they come near a pit bull?

 

What do you mean?

 

How do you mean what i mean? what part u don,t understand?

 

Don't be rude.

He probably means what do you mean about the drive being like a pit bull... What kind of drive? What kind of information are you actually looking for?

 

Was that rude? English is not my native language, it was not my intention to be rude.

And what I mean by drive? plenty of go somewhere for, do not stop before the owner says to stop

 

I see. In that case, my apologies.

My Dogo mix has plenty of go in him. I'm sure the (well bred) purebreds are no different.

There are different kinds of drive, often depending on the breed you're referring to so sometimes you have to be more specific.

 

Yeah what I meant was what are you asking? The sentence was a little weird and English not being your language is understandable. Are you asking if dogo's drive and pitbulls are the same? Or telling me that they are hard to control?

 

No I think he means that the Dogo is high energy with the drive to work until the job is done (until the handler says it's done).... Which, in my experience, is true.

 

Okay, makes sense! They look like a hard working breed.

 

Would like to have one . Very nice looking dogs.

 

This is what i mean. Also, I am wondering if the dogo is tested on a form of gameness. I mean: all had to ignore pain while fighting pitbulls in the pitt, and had to with a wagging tail on. Only the dogo had to this too, only then may hunt. What is the difference?

And sorry for my English..

 

There is a hunt test for dogo's. It is not required for them to be papered. The dogs were breed for boar hunting and jaguar hunting . The only game ness test they will recieve is actually hunting. I have talked with lots of folks that use them to catch wild boar. Most seen to like them. Keep in mind boar hunting is not boar fighting. When the dog is turned loose the owner is right behind to throw and dispatch the boar. This may only take 1min or half an hour.


Shotgun
Arkansas

 

Dogo is an amazing dog, HOWEVER, it needs a lot of space and exercise, otherwise it get psycho.
Here in Brazil, we do have some stupid owners, who have it in a apartment of 35 square meters...

Dogo is stable and amazing when you have a farm and life who matches the dogo creation (hunting, sports, etc).

hope that helps,

ps.: btw, have you seen a dogo hunting a big java ? f%%% amazing !