Hola CLHW,

CIN> I'm reminded of having one of the Cambodian/Campuchean families I sponsored
CIN> as refugees attempt to teach me a simple sentence in Khmer, their language.
CIN> In English, the sentence meant something like "I'll see you later." But
CIN> whenever I attempted to imitate them, they would nearly roll on the floor
CIN> in laughter and they refused to tell me what my error was. Since most
CIN> Oriental languages seem to be tonal, I believe it was the inflection of my
CIN> voice which made the error. But I couldn't hear it.

Only imagine the reaction on the other side of the phone
when I told this secretary of an Alabama company that we
needed certain information by Fax. ;-))

CIN> I'm sorry, but I've never heard of the Dogo
CIN> argentino. Do you have a web
CIN> site with pictures?
CIN> We also have mountain lions in our area and I
CIN> miss our Kom Hagyar for that
CIN> reason as well as companionship.

Photographs here:
http://www.dogo-argentino.com/gallery.html
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/dogo.htm
http://www.asociacionespanoladogoargentino.itgo.com/FotosExposiciones.htm

Text about the breed here:
http://www.dogo.org/

A hint from a hunter I know, a man that has dogos since
before they were recognized by the Argentine Kennel Club:
NEVER buy a dogo from a commercial breeder, always from
hunters from your own hunting club. The young dog should not
show signs of fright when hearing the sound of shots, or to
wild animals. Hunters are more interested in the behaviour
of the animal than in the exposition record of its parents,
and perhaps they are right. This breed is still used for
holding the boar for the hunter to approach and kill it with
knife, so the bite is fundamental.

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Saludos,
Raul_E mailto:rauler@...