"By the same custom Alani gives an Alaunt, or in a secondary sense a cattle dog or mastiff, employed as a guard against the wolf." Wynn 1886
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The Mastiffs derived from the Shepherds of Asia. The term Shepherd's Mastiff of England defines what we call White English. It is time to return the Mastiffs to the Peasent farmers and herdsmen.
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"Wardogs in the American Civil War"
"Its current use as a fighting dog is not primarily as a pit dog, although there are scattered reports of occasional staged matches between American (Pit) Bull Terriers and American Pit Bull Dogs. Instead these dogs are used in the South, where breeders see a need for a powerful, aggressive dog to aid in the slaughter of packs of wild dogs that cause damage to livestock." Semencic, 1984
Slaughtering is quite different from catching and holding.
Ray Lane
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