Akita Dog Breed

Named for the locale from which it originally hails, the Akita dog also goes by the following names:

Shishi Inu
Akita Inu
Japanese Akita; and
Nippon Inu

Although the Akita makes for a great pet and companion dog nowadays, that was not always the case.  You see although the Akita was originally used as a large game hunting dog by [...]

How The Boerboel Became The Great Dog It Is

What Is A Boerboel
The Boerboel is a large dog breed that originates and was developed in South Africa.  The name Boerboel comes from the Afrikaans/Dutch words of “boer” (farmer) and “boel” which refers to the Bullenbijter (Bull Biter) ancestry of the breed.
From its appearance the Boerboel has very obvious mastiff dog ancestry but in [...]

Pointer Dog Breed

The early ancestors of the modern Pointer dog breeds were originally developed in the 17th century in Southern Europe. Those early pointing dogs that hailed from the hunting fields of France, Spain and Italy were developed to assist the hunter by pointing them in the direction of the quarry without scaring it off.
The Pointer dog’s [...]

Tibetan Mastiff

The Tibetan Mastiff is one of dogdom’s oldest dog breeds and has been variously known by any one of the following names:

Thibet Dog
Tibetan Dog
Tibetaanse Mastiff
Thibet Mastiff

The Tibetan Mastiff has traditionally been used by Tibetans as sentry dogs to protect their villages and more famously by Tibetan monks to protect their legendary monasteries.
There are many who [...]

Irish wolfhound

The Irish Wolfhound, as its name readily implies, was primarily bred and developed to hunt wolves. Known variously throughout history by the following names:

Rough Greyhound
Irish Greyhound
Irish Elkhound
Irish Wolfdog
Great Irish Wolfdog

The Irsih Wolfhound proved rather too successful for its own good at its primary task of wolfslayer that by the 18th century the breed had dispatched [...]

Do Savage Dog Breeds Really Exist?

Okay this post is apparently not going to win me many friends but I feel an obligation to put it out there anyway! Recently I just read about another unprovoked dog-related death and surprise surprise the dog breed involved was a Pit Bull or some kinda pit bull mix.
Now here is why I feel obliged [...]

Powerdogs-Mastiff

Much confusion surrounds the true origins of the Mastiff dog breed. Indeed that confusion expands exponentially when one then considers the Mastiff breed against the so-called mastiff family of dogs.
Although along the line there is ample mention of the mastiff as a ferocious and courageous dog of war extending all the way back to the [...]

Powerdogs-Kangal Dog

The Kangal dog which is the powerdog featured today happens to be yet another livestock guarding dog.
The Kangal dog is a large livestock protection dog that so happens to be the national dog of Turkey. The Kangal dog hails from the Kangal district of Sivas province which is in central Turkey.
The Kangal dog has developed [...]

Dog Fight; The Best Way To Stop One!

In comparison to a wolf or a big cat (especially big cats) dogs generally have spectacularly wimpy jaws and pretty small teeth! That said I’ll be the first to concede that a dog’s “wimpy” teeth will slice through human flesh like a searing hot knife slicing through butter!
You see the thing is…we humans have pathetically [...]

Powerdogs-Caucasian Mountain Dog

Okay this is my self-compiled list of the dog breeds that I refer to as Powerdogs! With hindsight I realize that if I am going to give a short (well relatively short) description of each Powerdog this post will trail off into infinity.
So what I shall do is give a short post on each, throw [...]