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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Dogs like Mastiffs and yes, Rottys, aren't inherently aggressive.
But what they have is zero margin for error. They're less likely than some shitty little terrier to get a wild hair and try to truly aggressively bite someone. But if they do get that wild hair, the damage is immense.
Beagles, for instance, aren't on anyone's 'dangerous dogs' list, but they can be real shitheads. For my experience, they're more hair trigger and inherently 'aggressive' than a rot. But when they get shitty, they can't rip anyone's throat out.
That's why mastiffs end up on those lists. Very few of them lose their shit, but if they do, the damage is extraordinary.
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That I could believe. My English one was not huge in the sense of being tall or long but he was extremely solid. A friend remarked, “You could put a turret on this dog.”
He hated moose and he went chasing a moose on our property one time. It was a mother moose with a calf so it wasn’t a big bull moose but still probably about 800 pounds. We could hear him barking and the moose huffing and chuffing. Then we hear this though ‘THWACK!’ It was like hitting a side of beef with a baseball bat. The dog yelps and comes limping back to the house. He limped for almost a week. But to be kicked by a moose and just limp. No broken bones or death? One solid dog.