The world of fighting dogs

By Carl Semencic

Book Overview

The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the world of fighting dogs. So that the intention of this introduction will not be misunderstood, I would like to state very firmly at the onset... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876665660
• ISBN13: 9780876665664
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: TFH Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very informative

*No, I do not agree with dog fighting.* However, the true histories of breeds are very interesting to any bull breed lover. This book is very informative, sometimes graphic. History is not always pretty.

A must if you really want to know

This book is easy to read, keeps you going and offers more information on fighting breeds than any other book I have found to date. Read it, you won't be sorry.

In time, the fools become heroes and the heroes fools.

I bought my first copy of this book six months after it came out in 1984. Back then, Semencic's critics claimed he'd made up most of the breeds he had been writing about in his magazine articles and books. Well, to tell the truth, I did too and I was already a Bullmastiff breeder. I was sure there was no such breed as a Dogue de Bordeaux and that the chapter about this breed was a sham. Now I breed Bordeaux Dogues.Today Semencic's critics say that his books are no good because because what he writes is common knowledge. The truth is, it's common knowledge because he made it common knowledge. I know. I was there, watching.I often wonder how big a laugh he must get out of the newcomers who don't understand what his contributions are, if he's paying attention to them at all. Having watched this situation for the past 15 years, I can tell you it's a good lesson in how time distorts our view of efforts of the past. The fools become heros and the heros fools.

A rare breed classic

Dr. Semencic pulled no punches in his honest, opinionated book covering these rare breeds. If you own a Tosa, an American Pit Bull Terrier, a Neapolitan Mastiff, a Dogue de Bordeaux, an American Bulldog, a "Bandog", or an Olde Bulldogge you have either bought the book, read the book, or at least have had to answer questions about the book. Love it, hate it, admit it or deny it, fact is YOU READ IT! This book will be a classic if only for the fact that it was the first to address most of these breeds