(2006-04-07 15:09:07)
Keeping a dog is my long-standing hobby. When I can relax occasionally, being with the dog is my greatest enjoyment. But in the eyes of experts, I am a low-level dog owner. I have a lot of mongrel dogs collected from all over the country.
However, I have seen those purebred dogs with my own eyes. They are not only beautiful in appearance, but even more amazing is that those dogs often have certain instincts without training. Lingti, for example, was born to catch rabbits and loved to chase things since childhood. There are also some descendants of sheepdogs, even if they left their parents when they were young and saw sheep when they grew up, they also have the instinct to protect; What is even more incredible is that I have never understood why there are many purebred German black shellfish in China, which have been bred for many generations, but this kind of dog is imported from Germany every year. According to an expert, German shepherds raised by foreigners are just different, and they are "naturally sensible". I don't believe it at all. They are all dogs of the same breed, and may even be an ancestor. How to breed in China after several generations? It's different. I think it's too blind worship. It was not until I saw a dog named pit bull that I marveled at the magic of intergenerational inheritance in biology. I heard a long time ago that there is a kind of dog called pit bull, and fierce dogs such as Caucasian and Tibetan mastiff are often no match for it. I first saw it with my own eyes at my friend's house three years ago. This friend's house also keeps a Lovina, a wolf green, and guests growl when they leave it. Very fierce, but very obedient, the host stopped barking after drinking. When I entered the house, my friend told me that I bought a pit bull from Henan a few days ago and asked me if I wanted to see it. Of course, I'm interested. In his backyard, opening the iron gate surprised me-what kind of fierce dog is this? There is a seemingly docile dog lying on the ground. It is called a puppy because it is estimated to weigh only 30 kilograms. Seeing a stranger coming, I can see from my eyes that there is no hostility, and I get up and wag my tail at you. I almost forgot that fighting dogs can defeat Tibetan mastiffs. I couldn't help but reach out and touch it before I noticed that the puppy was tied with a thick chain. I asked my friend if it would bite, and my friend assured me that it would never bite, even if it hit you, it would not resist. I can't help wondering why such a docile dog is tied with such a thick chain. My friend explained: As long as I let go, Lovina and Wolf Qing in the front yard will both die. I can't believe that such a docile dog can be so fierce in front of others, so I asked: can this dog guard the door when it is not hostile to strangers? The friend said: this dog can't watch the door, so it is specially raised to fight with other dogs. I carefully observed this pit bull and found that it was really unusual. Although it is not big, its cheeks are wide, which shows that its mandibular occlusal muscles are strong, its neck muscles are well developed and its figure is well-proportioned. However, I still doubt whether it can beat a large guard dog like Lovina. It is also famous for its ferocity. So my friend showed me a video. It tells the story of a German shepherd dog fighting with a pit bull, which seems to weigh 100 kilograms. These two dogs are not a heavyweight at all. German shepherd dogs probably have some Tibetan mastiff blood, which is very wild. He rushed up and bit the pit bull in the face, almost picked it up and dumped it, and the blood immediately flowed out. It seems that the victory or defeat has been decided, but the one who stared at him in the eye did not give up at all and was deadlocked like a wrestler. But for more than a minute, the German shepherd probably began to gasp because of excessive physical exertion. At this time, the drill bit took a loophole and suddenly bit the front paw of the German shepherd. German shepherd couldn't stand it at once, sobbing and shaking with pain. Just as the German shepherd loosened his mouth and tried to break free, Bit jumped up and bit the German shepherd's neck. This has never been loosened. At first, the German shepherd tried to struggle, but it soon disappeared. Finally, the man on the side pried open its mouth with a crowbar. A total of * * * 5 minutes, however, German shepherd, who was very strong just now, was lying on the ground and dying, licking his master's hand. Although there is a big cut on the head, it seems that nothing happened.
Since then, I began to pay attention to pit bulls. Although I'm not interested in fighting dogs, pit bulls fascinate me, and its character is full of contradictions that you can't understand. When it is desperate to attack crazily, it is like a bloodthirsty beast; When it snuggles quietly at your feet, it is a standard pet; You call it courage. Full of wisdom when fighting. It knows how to arrange physical strength reasonably, control the rhythm and switch between attack and defense when facing different opponents. But you said it was intelligent. It is one of the most loyal dogs I know. Even if its owner abuses it, it will never resist. Moreover, these characters of pit bull are not the result of acquired training, and its fighting nature is inherited by the blood system. Some pit bull puppies show such a strong fighting instinct as soon as they have deciduous teeth that they must be kept separately when they are older. Bitter dogs fight with other dogs without any reason, not for food or the opposite sex, nor for being jealous in front of their owners. As long as I see other dogs, I have an irresistible impulse to fight with each other to the death.
Why do pit bulls behave so differently in the face of their own kind and humans? What kind of power is pushing it? I looked up a lot of relevant information and found the answer. American pit bull was bred in America in the18th century. It is a professional fighting dog produced by crossing pit bull with Tielia. Breeders not only choose individuals with excellent physical fitness from generation to generation, "the skin has special tissues that are not easy to be injured, the nerves are numb and painful, the biting force is the strongest, the movements are agile, and the super endurance is terrible", but also focus on the aggressive ones as breeding dogs. But the question arises, if a fierce dog with strong bite force is so aggressive, will it pose a threat to human beings themselves? If you get angry with your master in the wild, the consequences are no joke. Breeders are also aware of this, so in the process of breeding, once a dog is found to have a tendency to bite, it will be shot, allowed to "bite a dog" and never allowed to "bite a dog". This breeding strategy has received incredible results after several generations. Raised dogs seem to have resentments when they saw other dogs from childhood to adulthood, but when they saw people, they only went to please others, miraculously combining two completely contradictory personalities, namely, fighting against human beings and servility, embedding its genes and becoming its uncontrollable instinct.
At the other extreme corresponding to biting, there is a kind of Ferrer, which originated in Brazil. This is a fierce big dog, but it is used to hunt down runaway slaves. So today Ferrer inherited the personality of his predecessors, and he was naturally very hostile to human beings except his master, while he was more easygoing to the same kind. It seems incredible that pit bulls only bite their own kind and not humans, but it is actually the result of adapting to the living environment. The way pit bulls are raised gives me room for association. Although dogs are often used to curse people in China culture, there is no doubt that dogs are the animals with the most similar personality to human beings through thousands of years of life and cooperation.
(Recommended from Phoenix Weekly, Guo Dongzhi/Wen, No.9, 2006)
(Source: Shanxi News Network Liangyou Weekly Network Editor: Dong Chunping)