As many of the old members know ,im a big fan of the dogo argentino breed ,guiding hunts here in Argentina pampas with this marvelous dogs called white angels by PHC .But it was very intersting seeing one of them hunting leopards with Theunis Botha Big Game Hounds pack .Ibelieve this dogo is too skinny and small and he needs more muscle but im happy seeing them working in Africa.
Any body can see the movie at youtube .It isnt the only dogo i saw in Africa ,there some there in very good hands .This is the website of this PH who has a great reputation working with dogs in Africahttp://www.tbbiggamehounds.co.za/
Juan

this are words from his website
heunis Botha perfected Leopard and Lion hunting safaris with hounds in Africa. He pioneered traditional European Style Driven Monteria hunts in South Africa. A passionate and professional hunting outfitter operation focussed on giving his clients a unique exiting African safari experience.
Specialists outfitter in Leopard hunting in Africa with big game hounds.

The Dogos have also been tried on Bushpig here, but the general concensus is that they get too badly injured because the Bushpig does not give up and the hound will often be fighting more than one pig.

I want one for a family dog though, I hear they make great house guards?

A good friend of mine has a Dogo he got from Theunis, wonderful nature, great with the family and an exceptional hunter. Amazed at how relaxed he is around the house and how nice his temperament is. Theunis Dogo's are formidable, he doesn't talk much but when they are doing PAC without clients I believe that the leopards have a very tough time with a pair of Dogo's

I only saw Theunis dogo in videos but i believe they arent the same size as my dogos ,perhaps he need skinny dogs for stamina and long runs but i use very strong dogos and always used this kind of dogs even when hunting from horseback ,many mambers of AR saw them in action ,and its very rare to get them badly injured even by our russian boars that can weigth more than 100 kilos and even more ifthey are crossed with domestic hogs ,bushpigs are bigger than russian boars if you use two hounds and 4 dogos in a pack they can cacht a bushpig easily .They are excellent guards dogs .
If Theunis post his photos here we can see many good cats taken by his pack ,beautifull leopards and some lions too .

I remember reading about an American taking some dogs - I have no idea what breed - to hunt lion with in Africa.

They did manage to kill some, but the dogs did not last very long, from being killed.

Wasn't Argentine Dogo's bred from Cordova Fighting Dogs?
As I understand it, correct me if I am wrong - Cordova Fighting Dogs were some of the fiercest in the world, more so than a Pit Bull and somewhat larger and stronger than a Pit Bull, although maintaining basically the same physic/hair as a Pit Bull/Akita cross. The Cordova's were so aggressive towards other dogs they could not be kept together or used for pack hunting as they would turn on each other, and were very unsafe around people in general, even kept males and females would kill each other rather than mate. Argentine Cordova Fighting Dogs are very rare from what I understand.
If I am correct, Argentine Dogo is the same dog bred to other races like mastiff to take out some of the aggressiveness

also, are all Dogo's pure white in Argentina or do they have other coloration? I think the AKA only recognizes them if they are pure white. Would be a real experience to hunt behind them.



I also read an article where Dogo's were mated with Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Great Pyrenees in Africa and three of the offspring could take down a full grown lion, and were in fact used for guarding cows and sheep against other predators. The dogs supposedly weighed about 150-170 pounds each of pure muscle and teeth
Not sure if I believe that or not, but it was an interesting article

kool dogs in any case, and particularly tough.

My family breeds DOGOS since its creation ,we hunt with then and our forst guided hunts were with dogos and knives for russian boar ,we never never have a problem with people attacks ,nor with other dogs in the pack but you cannot put them in a new pack.
We killed many pumas with them many wild cats ,capibaras,tapirs,and of course russian boars .At my fb i have many photos of them .Ill try to post some .I believe they arent adecuated to hunt lions because they are too agrressive and they will attack it without hestitaion.There was many people that used dogs for hunting lions including the famous JOHN HUNTTER .
They are white to dont be shot .

this capibara was taken by knife by gatogordos son with some dogo crosses dogs

my dogos lives with the family here Choels with my daugther Pilar

Here Choel with my kids and others dogs of the pack

BobbyMoore with Choel and a hog taken by knife ,this old marine used a giant ka-bar