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 semencic's first and probably his worst August 15, 2008
dog enthusiast (down south)
Own this book and read it bsically when it first came out. Guess it was good for the fact that it shed some light on "rarer" breeds of dogs at the time such as the neo, bordeaux, tosa, etc. As usual his main focus is the pit bull and his rants and sidebars get old. We get it Carl, you love pitbulls! Some of the info/history seems more like opinion and comes across as questionable and shakey at best. The little section on the "match" that determined that the "rott isn't a fighting dog" was stupid, uneccesary, and juvenile. Why wasn't old nugget matched against the rott? the other part about the malamute was dumb, also. I give him credit for talking about some nice dogs that not many were talking about at the time like the Am bulldog, etc but as usual he's overly biased towards pits and spends way too much time on them and not enough on the other dogs, just like he does in his other books. Gladiator dogs is probably his most informative and best written, but he always seems to get sidetracked and offers too many personal opinions, and second hand info that I'm skeptical of in all of his books. of course, many of the asian and european dogs were left out like the kangal, sindh mastiff, alabai, bully kutta, kohati bull terrier, etc but that's probably due to the time it was written and the effort and difficulty of obtaining info during the 80s. does seem to love dogs, and not necessarily dogfighting like stratton, but still borders cheerleading, exaggerations and powerranger talk about pits. book seems pretty dated now, too. Seems to forgo logic and physics at times and sounds like that nut Stratton saying apbts can whip anything on 4 legs. I don't think he would've risked "nugget" against a Ukranian champ alabai, Turkish champ kangal, or Pakistani champ gull dong or bully kutta that outweighed his dog 3-1. Yes, dogfighting is stupid, but to make outlandish claims based on second hand knowledge is dumber. Carl, I'm sure there are malamutes and rotts somewhere that would have whipped your dogs behind, so get over it, man.
 HISTORY July 12, 2008
Jerod Friday (here)
why are so many people bent on trying to erase history. this book and other like it are like history documents around the turn of the century. selling these books doesn't mean people are going to fight dogs anymore or any less. ALL THESE ANIMAL ACTIVIST ARE BORDERLINE IGNORANT !! wow
 Disgusting August 22, 2007
sunspot (Seattle, WA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Capitalizing on the brutality, violence, and abuse of the dog fighting world for financial gain is ghastly. Selling this material supports and perpetuates this horrible industry and sends the wrong message about our society. Until Amazon stops distributing this and other dog and cockfighting materials, I cannot in good conscience give them my business, and I will urge friends and family to do the same.
This is a crime. Don't waste your money August 14, 2007
R. Jackson
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Why would anyone be interested in seeing dogs kill each other. I am surprised that Amazon has stooped this low. No more soup for you Amazon!
This is available is School and Library binding?? July 30, 2007
Paula A. Higgins (Newark, Delaware)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I pray this (or any other book on this topic) finds it's way to any bookshelf and especially a school! Disgusting!
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