They go after the wrong dogs

daisymason · Jul 24, 2023

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I had Fila Brasileiros for a number of years. They are one of the more unstable, defensively driven weak nerved breed there is out there. They are selected and bred because the ones that have the weakest amount of nerve and working ability usually show the most "ojeriza". A Brazillian term that can be translated into the aversion to strangers all the way to the hatred of strangers. The sorrier the speciment the more they are smiled upon.

I left home knowing that if someone kicked in my door more than likely I would find them in a pile when I returned home. So much so they were a liability to own.

I had a female that would crash the front door after people in the front yard and my relatives would say, "you know he has those pit bulls in the back yard". I am not sure they ever truly understood the irony in their thinking.

I took a Fila Brasileiro and a Snooty/Molly Bee bred female to SC to try the Hog Dog rodeo as it was 'something to do with the dogs'. The Fila community was appalled I would try such a thing and the female who failed their 'conformation standards' she caught like a champ in a hog pen. They let the pig go and my match quality pit bull turned her head and looked at me like, "WTF is that?". The bulldog was the sweetest dog in the world and there is not a person on the planet that could not take her off the chain and ride.

My buddy and I staged break ins at our houses and most of the Filas did well. They defended as designed/hoped. I tried a couple different bulldogs and they had zero interest in protecting me or the house or anything. He had a 1XW Boyles male and he ran to the door of the next room. He had a male Fila that barked but chose not to engage.

I just have not seen bulldogs as defenders of anything. I am sure they exist I just have not had those experiences.

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A friend had a fila and that thing didn’t trust strangers one bit. I like how protective my Rotties and American bulldogs have been but his fila was too protective. The closest I had to that level of protective was a Johnson American bulldog. If someone broke into the house my Johnson ab was ready and didn’t like strangers, but not quite as trigger happy as my friends fila was.

slim12 · Jul 25, 2023

The Filas are just like any other dog that is bred for a purpose and that is not all of them have it.

My wife had the one she picked form the litter and he was an over sized monster. He would put on a display at the door that would make the hairs on your neck stand up. If you opened our front door you and Scooby Doo was now the best of friends. He had zero intent on defending anything. His mother would defend at our home but didn't see the purpose of defending away from home. She would look back like, 'if we just leave this does not have to happen'. At home she engaged with ill intent.

My buddy had a female that bit him once. Sounds bad but there was a bad gas leak while he was napping. His three year daughter had to be put on oxygen when the paramedics got there. She nudged him and he thought she wanted to go outside. He said leave me alone. She nudged again, he didn't respond and she bit the shit out of him.

He claims she saved the family. I tease him and tell him she was like you can lay there like a dumbass if you want, but at least get up and open the f'ing door. LOL

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