The movie Sandlot must have been inspired by my boyhood. We played baseball every day. When we couldn't get enough players we reverted to a backyard game pitting 3 players against each other - a pitcher, fielder, and batter.

Only problem, actually problems, were Major and Brandy, two HUGE St. Bernards in the next yard. If you hit the ball over the fence you had to get it. Major, the male, would look at us through the fence like we were dinner. Their deep resonant woofs could stop your heart.

I was the one that finally hit a ball over the fence. Neither dog was in the backyard so I jumped the fence, dodged the lawn grenades, and picked up the ball. The guys started yelling. I got the chills and felt hot breath behind me. I turned around and Major jumped up and put his paws on my shoulders. He looked down at me and bellowed a huge woof as I went down. Brandy joined in. The two soaked me with slobber while trying to lick me to death.

All that time they just wanted to play. We became best friends after that. I still love St. Bernards - those are real dogs.

great video. the po po had nothing on that pup pup.

Labradors are smarter than most people.

These guys are the first I ever tried to train. It turns out that it's best not to train them.

They already possess training memories going back nearly 200 years.

It is best to triger a wide variety of behaviors and select a few that work together.

"Labradors" are, behaviorally, inherited memory and psychological imprinting.

After mebbe three generations of breeding without training, they don't have any training memories.

All I had to work with was what remained genetically.

It appears that imprinting and training become inheritable after several generations with one person.

They are apparently able to absorb psychological traits of people they spend a lot of time with.

It is clear that Bill is an English Noble person.

He does what he wants to and doesn't take anything off a lesser being.

Any dawg that senses him first steers clear, and he never even looks at them, even if he has to brush them in passing.

He does ESP things that I wouldn't mention, except to say that I've seen him direct Woofie to marks and blinds more than once.

He also imprinted on my kitty, Drainpipe.

When infuriated, he roars like an African lion.

One day when we got to the boat launch for some water drills, there were two big wooly dangerous dawgs tethered in the back of a truck.

They attacked, to the best of their ability, and it was clear they would kill if they could get loose.

We were within 10 feet of them.

I have never seen a more serious attack.

Bill charged them, roaring, and dragged me.

They shut up and moved back.

It was clear that he had something inside that would (and could) kill them quickly.

Of course, his pupils dilate when he gets into the protective mode, and I wouldn't want to touch him for mebbe 15 minutes or so.

One time, woofie warned me of a hit-man at 400 yards.

All laughs aside, that is why I'll never get a dog with any pit in him. I know not all pit-bulls are evil and I know how you train them makes a huge difference, but they are, by nature, very aggressive animals that I would never purposely put near my family.

pitbulls have bad names but they really are GREAT dogs any animal can be mean if it trained or treated in a aggressive manner. i have a pitbull myself someone could offer me a million dollars cash and i would turn them down he is the greatest dog i have ever had he goes every where with me. he is a full blooded american pitbull terrier i have papers to prove it and the reason i got him was to prove to everybody that they can be great dogs and i have done that

Jamesti: I never let him do anything. He does what he wants to do. He is an extreme alpha individual. I don't want to fight him. Any conflict with him could end badly. As long as I'm on the ground covered with dirt and grease, I don't care much what he does as long as it keeps him from barking. A little tolerance goes a long way. Of course, he got over it and I've still got him, although I tried to give him away when he was wild. Glad I kept him. He is the best retriever I ever saw. And I've been to a lot of Field Trials. I took him to a Hunt Test last year, and it was clear that he didn't belong there. It's hard to beat running pinpoint marks and a sharp blind.

But I got another one! Bill is from the same bloodline as my Dad's first Labrador, Banks. It was not long before this that Labs were bred for aggression and fighting ability. The killer German Shepherd across the street got out one day when I was three years old and came charging into our yard looking for something to kill, running full speed. Banks was sitting in front of me, mebbe 5 feet away. That Germy Shepherd blindsided him and things were moving so fast that I could only hear the fighting and screaming. Banks had that dawg on his back, eating those ribs like a box of Kentucky Fried Chicken. I was amazed at how big his jaws were and how he could get them halfway around his attacker's chest.

We have been attacked three times while on training missions.

That is an error.

Together The Boys weigh over 230 lbs and they love to play rough.

So far, they have only pinned their attackers until they become submissive without biting.

It happens very fast.

They drove one back up against the bushes.

They pinned another on his back.

When I was at a Hunt Test, some idiot trainer deliberately feinted his Chesapeakes toward them on the leash. Next thing I knew, I was on my back, being dragged.

I shoulda punched that fool, but I had already had enough of being in jail.

I have a very large APBT (95 lbs)my Lasha Apso is more agressive than he is; however, he is very protective of my wife and has the bark to scare anyone off. I love my dog and this is the only breed i would get again. Labs are plain dumb as a box of rocks and they bite more kids than any APBT did they just get bad press... it was german shepards and dovermans before that... and Cocker Spaniels were up there for quite some time. it's all in how you treat them, care, socialize, and train them. If you dont have experience with them you shouldnt say anything. Plus i wouldnt leave my small child alone with any dog big or small for any reason. what kind of parent does that? But thats just my 2 cents worth.

I think we just found a good replacement for the "Calvin" pissing on Ford/Chevy decal.

I herd of Bumper Music, but???? I got to think about this one!

What is this world coming to!

oops sorry for this misspelling!

wait, you LET him hump your leg? moving on... i am fortunate that my lab is big and sounds that way. when people come around and hear him behind the fence barking, they ask what kind of dog it is. i tell them he can make it from the house to the gate in under two seconds, and if they can't do it faster, stay out!

He's probably make a good hog dog.

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thats probably one of the funniest things ive seen all week ive seen dog rip bike tires up before but never a car bumper

Pits are BREED to be fighters. So they all have the potential to be. Sorry, I have worked at dog daycare's and ALL bully breeds have a bully in them that's what you get when you buy them. They may seem nice but they all can snap regardless of training.