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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
True enough - they won't play. A black bear even half the size of that dog would kill it so fast you would never know what hit it. Granted, at first it might run, depending upon the individual, but when push comes to shove - the only reason the black bear will go somewhere else is because he's done eating this one.
Animals that "do it for a living" are far, far more formidable than domestic animals, no matter how big and impressive they look to us. I used to go out with a coworker who had a cousin that ran dogs for black bear and cougar (when it was still legal to do so up here). He lost at least a dog or two, sometimes more, every season to bears and cats. And these were "seasoned professionals", working in a pack. Blue Ticks, Plots, and stuff like that - bred for the purpose. Not "pets" by any stretch of the imagination. It wouldn't even be a contest with a big ol' clumsy pet dog.
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Uh huh. despite the fact that the breed was developed to protect livestock from stuff like bears.
Besides, the bear would simply go away. It would not take a chance fighting something that big unless it was cornered.
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The Mastiff is descended from the ancient dogs brought to Britain by ancient traders and is recognized as the oldest British breed. It has been speculated that the Mastiff might have been brought to Britain by the Phoenicians in the 6th century BC.[9] It was used in the blood sports of bear-baiting, bull-baiting, dog fighting, and lion-baiting.
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