My Argentine Dogos
Scroll down for a quick photo trip through my Dogo’s with links to their progeny and B.A.E.R. and Penn hip tests.
Negrecha…. the bomb, at around 2 years of age here
The only remaining dog from all below, she’s my keeper. Negrecha is brave, smart, tough as nails, and an exceptional mother like Saga before her.
100 lb. female ( that would be 120-130 breeders lbs. )
Negrecha mother of “Tyra Banks” by Dane ( Magic )
Negrecha mother of ”lefty” by Kangal ( Oz )
B.A.E.R tested
Penn hipped,
Below, Negrecha as an adolescent, under a year.
And one more at about 5 weeks
Dubbed Negro Culo, by yours truly, the F.C.I. felt compelled to pull rank and renamed him, sans my consent or knowledge, Negro “Lulo” ( chuckle)
By any name this Brother to Negrecha is the owner of the single best Penn hip score for a Dogo in the world last I checked.
Penn hip .27 .27
B.A.E.R. tested also.
Negro Culo aka Lulo, again at just about one year, below
This male was exceptionally athletic, one of the things I most prize in the Dogo, a hundred plus lbs. and giving up nothing by way of speed, power, or endurance.
And one more
Audacity Saga: Dam of Negrecha and Negro Culo, below
Saga was the dog with whom I returned from my 7 week Dogo trek in Argentina in 2006 after having her bred to “Attraction” below. And from whom I had 10 pups from which to choose for myself. She was a smart dog, but wary of strangers, not as outgoing as many Dogos, but a love junkie to be sure with her people, and an exceptional mother. like many of the Antares line, which is virtually indistinguishable from Garfunkel’s Audacity kennel as the two have been working together for decades, she’s was good size bitch, taller of frame than many lines, which I prefer.
Having realized that “los Medanos” lines were disproportionately represented in the states I wanted to bring back something else, something worthy but other than, something that could then be bred TO Los medanos lines. Those in the know on Dogos understand the merit of Maria Angelica’s Antares lines.
Below you can see the litter complete with Negro Culo’s defining mark; I was forewarned that Attraction might throw “spots” I didn’t care, I was sold on his temperament.
You can see Negrecha’s black ear in the photo below, it was clear to me early on she would be my female keeper, here she is enjoying the benefits of that status
Audacity Attraction: Sire of Negrecha and Negro Culo
This is the dog that made my decision for me; after traveling thousands of miles and looking at dozens of Dogos in Argentina. The single most impressive Dogo I’ve met in all my travels, physically and otherwise. The first thing one notices about Attraction is his size; easily 31 inches and at least 150 lbs. the second is his movement, as graceful and light on his feet as an athletic dog half that size. But the most impressive thing, for me, was his temperament, his intelligence, his nerve.
Albert Garfunkel ( owner of Audacity kennel ) has more champions in more countries than any other Dogo breeder in the world, I couldn’t care less. Attraction is the dog that accompanied his wife when she went out, in a place where car jackings are so common they have a “guard” sitting in a booth whose job is watch for vehicles who’s drivers are being forcibly controlled going in or out of these gaited communites, like Alberts, within which all live in small gaited compounds, walls within walls.
Attraction was the family guardian, the one they let roam their compound at night; but perhaps more importantly also the one that was out with their children and their friends during the day. And the only dog of many owned by Albert that he chose to do Schutzund work with.
I hesitate to repeat in a public forum some of what I know about this dog; But having met him, having looked in his eyes, I would say he belongs in that rarified class of dogs unimpressed with humanity. Not an aggressive dog mind you, not at all, just fearless.
