The Tibetan people were wandering for hundreds of years, & canines play an important part in wandering societies. Canines guard the animal herds & guard private property, & also predict earthquakes & avalanches. Tibetans also think that the Mastiff carried Buddha to reincarnation.
Finally, the owner will take them out of the stone ditch. The Mastiff by then has become grumpy. Then the owner.brings the Mastiff to the mountains & leaves it in a small well. At this time, the owner does not need to protect them from wolves & other wild animal. The owners feed the Mastiffs several small pieces of meat everyday. Sometimes wolves will howl & stand at the top of the well & try to take the Mastiff's food. In the beginning, the Mastiff buries his head under his paws & tries to hide from the wolves. Finally, it will start to bark at the wolves to protect itself & food. The Mastiff will scratch the stone ground hard & try to get out of the well to assault the wolves. Its character becomes aggressive & cruel because of the bitter surroundings. The Mastiff begins to have the will to assault & conquer. When the Mastiff is released from the stone well, the owner will release it to a group of other canines. The foreign look & character of the Mastiff alienates it from other canines. They assault the mastiff. The mastiff makes use of its strong pawns from digging in the stone well & their sharp teeth to fight back. By now the Mastiff's character is much closer to a wolf. The owner feeds the Mastiff some wolf meat when it is hungry. Wolves are the largest enemy of the herding animals in Tibet. By feeding training the Mastiff to be annoyed & feeding it wolf meat the Mastiff treats wolves as the natural enemy in the wild. The Mastiff becomes a fierce guard-dog who will protect the herd.
The Tibetan Mastiff is known for its loyalty, sizable body, & aggressive character. But the Mastiff was not born aggressive. When child Mastiffs are born, they are cute & sweet like other puppies. When Tibetan Mastiff's are weaned, they are placed outside in an rectangular ditch made by stone. The ditch is deep that the Mastiff will never be able to jump out. The painful weather coupled with the torture of hunger torture these canines. The Mastiff will be fed only a small piece of raw meat. The only pleasure is that the ditch is sizable for them to walk around. However, the ditch becomes smaller & smaller for the Mastiff as their body grows bigger & bigger. Their character becomes increasingly aggressive. The Mastiff's paws become stronger as they scratch the stone ground in frustration & anger toward their bitter surroundings.
The pure breed of mastiff becomes scarce today. There's only about twenty pure breed Mastiffs in the states & ten in Taiwan today.
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