One of the best!! R.I.P

This is 100 years of knowledge ... idk how ppl talk trash. He knows EVERYTHING about dogs.. I just respect it

As a dog man of the late 70's and 80's in NC i can really appreciate who ever put this together.. Don Mayfield is one of the finest dog men of his time..

I've watched this vid at least 20 times. Every time i learn something new

This man doesn’t know how intelligent he sounds. He doubts his self but he’s phenomenal. I’m not into dogfighting but I like conditioning and weight pulling. No one else has his knowledge. Most people’s dogs are fat. I want my dogs in tiptop shape

If only Mayfield knew KZfaq was coming he would have great podcast

I was at Don's twice in 1981. He had his big spinning mill and the dog hut built up off the ground that he watched as he worked Tombstone etc. in. I bought his old magazines while I was there and talked dogs with Don. He had a pit up against his house on the right side as you looked up hill. He was a busy guy but a gentlemman.

This is so great, I can listen to him for hours because of his voice alone....Only wish he would have shared his feeding routine and what he used, and that I could find more of these videos. We should really take a moment to acknowledge however that this video was made in a whole different era.... It wasn't normal to film stuff back like it is today. He took it upon himself, by himself, to do this....and I can imagine what that would've taken, it's not like he was raised in the technology world

First podcast.don was very keen with his program

God only knows how many hours I have sat listening to you don Mayfield I wish you knew just how much respect real dogmen give you ... I have watched all the videos I can get hold of! And I watch his videos over and over agian to go to sleep with, this one particular this video, Don's story telling reminds me of my old granny god rest her soul telling me all them good old stories, I would give any amount of money just to go back and hear her tell them old storries once agian! So I understand what he means on a personal level, when he says you just want to grab that moment and rewind it go back ask what did you mean when you said this, or that, how do you do this or that, things I took for granted when she was hear he hit the nail on the head when he said the question you ask when your young are not the same as when you are actually old enough to understand what it is your asking I'm paraphrasing a true old fashioned man, just where as the old people gone are we alone in this fucked up technology era or is there still people like this, like me I'm only 33 born in 87, should of been born in 57, and was raised more or less by my old granny so I am old fashioned if I do say so myself and R.I.P the great mr don Mayfield

If you love the pitbull breed show respect where respect is do.

I'm in ireland grew up Greenville sc during my teenage years and seen a few of this mans line of beautiful game dogs I only wish I had brought one back with me I'm 45 now and keep Staffordshire bull terriers and I use this gentleman's knowledge all the time and every dog I've had here in Ireland have been straight up like 6 o clock so thank you don God bless you sir

So thankful to have stumble across this, thank you to all involved in maintaining this content for future audiences

Historic Video !!!!! I’ll be with the dogs till I die !!!!

This is the Popcorn Sutton of game dogs!!!

You are a MASTER !!!! Thank you so much for your show. Tell the story Mr Mayfield. AWESOME RIP GOD BLESS YOU

The King of the Pit! Head and shoulders above the rest

Love the slow attitude this guy has proper chilled 👌 shame these people have to get old 🙄

A Dog has a Closeness that a man can understand more.

Thanks a lot for uploading this video !

I love in Louisiana and have a male Pit from Floyd Boudreaux " Eli" line. Most athletic I own . Old school guys know the game well

One thing you will never hear. A coyote killed my pitbull in our yard.

Literally one of the BEST videos on the YT

Dog fighting is no different than BOXING OR MMA CAGE FIGHTING!!!!!

I love listening to this man. I wish i could have sat with him .

I use to talk to Don, online, every Sunday years ago, it was a real treat to hear him talk about the history of the "game"

Who remembers Don Mayfield’s chat room where he was there on the daily dropping knowledge.

I love listening to this guy talk

Learned alot about dogs from ya i wish i could have been around in those days or been in the sport.

honest man, with a honest heart, watching this video in Holland 2017. respect

Amazing how I grew in the dogs.. ordered his tapes when I was 20 In the early 90's...thought I wastes my money then...30 yrs later understand everything he says.. amazing how time educate u if u stick with it

Don was one of the best dog man that ever lived

I'm 55 years old I've had them since I was 13

I like being from the boondocks! I feel privileged to have them roots.

in '86 B. D. Smith tried getting me a match with Mayfield. Don couldnt borrow or find a dog that weight. Wouldve loved to of seen his condition. Later got one with D Maloney but he got killed about a week and half into keep. in '87 went into K Allen n a 4x winner he had at a convention in N. Tx, we won BIS.

I could listen to don tell stories all day

We love these dogs in Cuba !

he really knows what he talking about, much respect, rip.

They should make a movie about his life

RESPECT. .a true dogman

DON MAYFIELD LEGEND

ROM The proven REGISTER Where Champions are made They come from the gut They are self made As ON the pit As well as in gameness The champion competes Competes for the greatness A place on MERIT He wants to secure Those new generations That’ll carry the cure The selected males Have come to breed They’re hard as nails Just check the pedigree!!! An excerpt from my poem in honor of the Great APBT, especially the ROM's

Mybe some subtitles (even in english) would be greate; the audio quality isn't so good, but is normal. Don Mayfield was (is) the God of conditioning. Good material, thanks for sharing.

I HAD ONE LITTER THAT WAS HEAVY MAYFIELD ON THE SIRE'S HALF. BEST DOGS I EVER PRODUCED! THANKS J BONE

Rip! A true Pit Master 🏆🥇

Third time watching this. Smart simple man wish i could have met him.

God Bless the Dog Men!!!

“In such a way…”

I love this clip I'm in 🇦🇺 it's so hard to get good information on old school tips N methods.. even the books where baned really any info apart from a few old timers but theres not to many left around and many will not talk about it. Thank God for the net.. or should I say Don Mayfield.

“CLASS IS IN SESSION”! “APPLY THE LESSON”!

RIP Mr. Mayfield. Big C got you.

Thanks for sharing this video 👍👍👍

So proud to be apart of this great brotherhood of dogmen!

This is badass, thank you for sharing ❤️🔥💯

I'd say any person who fights for money should be able to own a fighting dog and also fight it for money. I think that'd be a hell of a companionship. A fighting human and his fighting dog

love it. he was a great dogmen an a legion in the game.

Knowledge!

I love this dude he hella..an is a walking encyclopedia

Same in Central Illinois,we grow beards once we get to a certain age and keep em all year,trim it in early spring then let em go all fall and winter till spring rolls around again..

Very deep man 💯

I got a bolio mix Jeep but mostly Jeep

What he referenced the 7 year cycle work 6 rest 1 is actually biblical, I was commanded as a way to live in the old testament ! I wonder if he knew !

I feel like this. If a dog was bred for a specific task. Why not let the dog do his job. I’m just saying

Thank you

awsome video from the legend!!

I love this dude man .

Legend

I've been doing it old-school same way my grandpa did hand walking and so on old school raised people know the usual routine their family goes through I will give one secret and I suggest it to anyone as far as feed out grandpa started with beef,deer,and really any kind of liver but I have started using buffalo liver it's the best in my opinion so far I will not tolerate human aggressive show dogs only one I have I trained and nurtured aggression in him but he is not a show dog however I kinda regret it because he's the baddest brindle on the yard better than anything we have record of in the books kept since Staffordshire england I have a cat Mill that my uncle built he learned about it from mr.carver but in the 80's my grandpa took all trust and ownership from my dad, and uncles when they started drugging and the cat mill has not been used since when I was born I was always on the yard up my grandpa's ass so he showed me the old ways and the standards at which he held our dogs he was one of the few that was winning in the shows against the drugged dogs it's to the point now where I very rarely go more than 20 miles from the house and most of the time it'll be a couple of dogs and we will step off in the woods and see who's got the better dog now understand it's not like your weekend warrior with a 12 pack in him this is big time old rivalries and word spreading I have matched breeders from all around the world rivalries that date back to grandpa the oldest is 1942 and I never match for less than $25,000 because it cost now with inflation $2,500 to put my dog through a keep and grandpa set the rule we always put up 10x what the keep cost the most I have matched for and won was $300,000 I matched for $500,000 and lost three months before that grandpa matched an individual from the ukraine in 1999 for 1.2 million and won at that time he was 86 years old and wouldn't let me handle the three year old bitch bula mae off of our triple grand champion sire won 18 and lost an upper canine in that fight and had to retire at six and double grand champion dame who won 11 her last fight she was 5 and faught the last 38 minutes with broke leg and last 15 on her back she was ruined for showing so she was retired to breeding and bula mae was off the sires last litter and the match lasted approximately 23 minutes and 45 seconds I know for a fact because it's a yard rule we time every match for the books I gotta go feed out you showmen out there stay safe and remember most of these new weekend warriors out there gets there feelings hurt when they get beat because they don't realize you can't take a watered down bloodline and expect it to perform the way it did when it was created to many sht eaters crossed into and then line breeding to try and get it close to original and of course inbreeding is rampant among the ignorant I have no issue with line breeding if you know what you're doing but they don't realize there's a limit

the best conditioning dogs in the world mr Don Mayfield

What a Legend RIP Big fella

good story!!!!!!!!!!!

Don MAYFIELD is, was,and will always be the best conditioner in the World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When u didicate your self at something or anything u become insane to it or better said your hole world becomes that 💯 I don't blame him for becoming one of the best at this game u could apply this mine set to anything u do

No matter for reasoning, you have to love dogs to do what he did. He conditioned dogs to do what they were meant to do.

Don would have loved the LIVE* videos on here going live.

very helpful

Great video. Even if you don't use your dog for that type of competition 💯

RESPECT HIS THE MAN

American Pit Bulls have got to be one of the hardiest, most versatile, and capable breeds out there. They were bred as all-around farm dogs for cattle and to hunt. Like it says at the dog breed info website..and I quote.."the American Pit Bull was bred as an all-around farm dog, working the farms as a cattle/hog dog." I don't know how I feel about pitfighting though. I mean I can see why people use and breed American Pit Bulls to be able to and excel at these things. Bullfighting, bear baiting, ratting, badger baiting, and then dogfighting may seem off the mark on what the American Pit Bull was bred to do..but it's actually not. The American Pit Bull is a catch dog for livestock and wild pigs. Though it is called farm work and hunting..what they are basically doing is fighting against another animal. Those pitfighting matches are a more measured and more competitive way of insuring the standards of this hardy working breed get upheld and that people continue to breed for standard, the most capable, and the most game. But these pitfighting matches are illegal in some places, even in places where they are very popular like in America. I say to breed American Pit Bulls for purposes like hunting big game like wild pigs, deer, and bears and even smaller yet also very feisty game like raccoons, badgers, etc and breed for the best of those dogs if pitfighting is illegal a particular area. Hunting is a completely legit and legal activity that is what the American Pit Bull is all about (prey drive, power, athletic ability, the ability to hold onto another animal and not let go, etc.). It's not worth risking these great dogs to use them in an illegal activity that can get them taken, the owner arrested, and the dogs put down. People..if you breed American Pit Bulls or own American Pit Bulls and are looking for things to test them and breed the best for..then breed them for hunting game (big and/or small), weight pulling, and springpole. Great ways to use dogs for activities and make sure they are standard and breed quality. And those purposes are LEGAL. It's much, MUCH better than just breeding them based on looks and what you see on the end of a chain because you don't take part in illegal activities.

Rip don Mayfield

Man your the best mate from Phil Robinson in Australia

Thank you for video, now i know why fighters can go so many rounds.

I want those cassette tapes uploaded.

masters of bulldogs

Respect!

It ain't easy it ain't easy.

Rest in peace Big Don

I love this guy

Dog fighting is utterly discusting, but this is great content on the history! It's not very unlike game fowl

Don is pretty good at telling stories

Top notch!

I would of love to had seen his cat mill

One of My Mentors. Bill Ashton, Mr Nick and OldMan Sonny as well.

One important factor was the last feedings being at 28 to 30 hours the last three rest days. In James Crenshaw's Book he mentioned of being at the show site thirty hours prior. Dog would be totally cleaned out right before weigh in. The Pre Def 2X was far superior to the steroid mentioned here by Don. Baker Davis and combine learn that from their local veterinarian.

Wow, you gotta love the knowledge it’s a lot to learn about pit bulls game dogs

True O.G

This is history for people

Dog fighting has gone on for centuries. In every part of the world. These dogs were prominent in Ireland and remote parts of England going back to the 15th century. So it was perfectly normal in those times. Sure it is outlawed in the US and many other countries but is still a way of life many other places still to this day. My point is, dogs have had so many purposes over hundreds of years and these dogs have deeper roots than just fighting. They can be great working dogs, great sport dogs, and certainly great pets.

GOLD

For some reason this makes me think of that scene in Django when Leonardo said ... Keep fightin niggas ! 😂