I've had 2 tosas... so awesome I could go on for days about them. Live in Nebraska and had mine shipped in from Croatia

My boss' dog was named Torta, Portuguese for pie. Torta was the sweetest boy and very protective of the people and animals he liked. Torta and I bonded very quickly. I grew up around dogs big and small, so I have kin for dogs. One day, a big guy of my clients was mad because of his bill. He felt that since I was new and wouldn't keep track of what he took from the store and bought on credit. He was so angry that instead of talking with my boss, he tried to swing a hook punch at me. Luckily, Torta was there with me to defend me by getting in the middle, taking the blow, then almost climbing over the counter to chase and bite the client. The client was able to escape by getting into his truck scared. My boss had just arrived at the scene from lunch and witnessed the chaos. Later that week, the client paid his bill and apologized for his action. After the incident, my boss always let Torta keep me company behind the counter. I loved that dog!

Wow! The last time I've seen a Tosa Inu was in the early 80s. One of my uncle's best friends had one. I really don't know much about the breed however,the one he had was very mean but very disiplin'd. His name was King. Thank you for the memory.

The Tosa looks like a Rhidgeback on HGH

I have seen them before on my trips to Japan. It should be noted that they have high aggression as they were bread for fighting and that character trait has not been bread out yet.

I Am so glad you pointed out the flaws in the breeding today with these dogs. I too greatly admire the Tosa dogs of days past and I hope that things turn around sooner rather than later.

I'm glad you said something about the straight stifle (post legged) issue. It's becoming more prevalent in a lot of large breeds. I believe it's a result of breeders selecting for physical deficiencies because they appear to fit a trending look or standard interpretation. Like the the sickle hocks and sloping back & croup in German Shepherds. Straight stifles may be because some breeders get so focused on "angulation" they disregard function of the legs and hind quarters, IDK.

Very handsome dog, I love when they have that square build 😍

Great Video and I was one of the guys that was wondering why it wasn't on the top 10, but again its so hard to narrow it down to just 10,

All of your points are spot on and it's my feelings on a couple of the recent fad designer breeds cropping up namely "American Bully" and "Xl Pitbull" especially with the whole Hulk insanity. I also hope the Tosa and these other breeds are remembered for what they were before irresponsible breeders started their mad scientist acts.

Great point on the tosa. I would love to find a pair but no breeders. So I went with the South African Boerboel.

What a coincidence, I was just looking into this breed a week ago🤣Zeke came in clutch.

Yes I agree with you. Even the dog you decided to use in the video have some Structure issues. Thanks for the video

Documentary TV is the man, I always watch their videos and inspire me to make my own channel thankyou for always inspiring me.

Zeeeekkkkeee👍🏻 and Brad back at it again Two pros!

honestly one of my favorite channels on youtube

Whoever does your intro to your channel? It kinda sounds like you talking really smooth. Either way it sounds awesome. Normally, your videos make me smile. I love dogs. I have a 103 pound Staffordshire Terrier. Meaning he is rolled into a blue nosed pitbull. Like that's a breed of dog.

Great looking animal. Would have loved to learn more in this video.

I grew up with one. He was an incredible dog ❤️

You are exactly right about the breed condition at this moment. I looked into this breed before I got my first Boerboel. And I was unable to find a sound Tosa. They are bred for size and looks, not for work. Bad hips especially are common. Too much skin on the head. So I got a Boerboel. Friends and family already had Boerboels, I knew what to look for, and they are awesome. Currently own a bitch that is almost 11 and still healthy and playful. You gotta know what you're doing when getting a Boerboel but if you do, the rewards are great.

Tosas were always very rare in the US. I remember at the height of the dogs popularity in the US (the 90s into 2000) there was only like 3 known breeders. Does this dog even exist in the U.S. anymore? You go on forums and its always like, I know a guy who knows a guy.

Been a bit since seeing anything with Mr. Anderson. Interesting perspective on this breed.

If they are a champion fighter in Japan then automatically that is a good breeding program because their function was accomplished. Judging a dog based on how it looks vs performs isn’t an accurate judging. In fact show dogs that are bred for correct angulation, or other looks are the dogs that ruin breeds. If a dog can do it’s job however that dog looks is perfect. Form should always follow function. I love the content by the way!!

I rescued a Tosa and GSP mix when she was 8mon old. She literally stayed outside of house her entire life without any training. Now she is 2yo and very sweet and super easy to training. Tell her once respectfully what to do and you don’t have to repeat. I see she is more like Tosa looking and personality. She play different levels strength with different energy dogs and never hurts any of them from tiny chihuahua to Great Dane also protects her from getting hurts. Great dog ever for me though.

I actually like the head and structure.I would mix this with the boerboel. The reason why is to create a more leaner taller version of the boerboel. I think this breed would compliment the boerboel in so many ways. Just my opinion. I love the boerboel. But not many lines have the leaner taller ones.

I have a tosa he’s 6 now he’s a great dog very calm great around kids about 170 pounds

I've owned two in my lifetime. First one died at age 4 from a rare type of canine scoliosis and it also renal failure. The second one had weak hind legs and had to have surgery on the front leg joints at eight months ( she lived til she was 10 years old and was put down due to cancer so pretty good lifespan for a 150lb dog). Despite that, they had the best temperament and I would love to own another one.

The fact they are rare is probably due to the fact they are forbidden or restricted in a lot of countries. They are also huge and need a lot of space and food, which makes them expensive.

Your spot on about the current Tosa Inu. This breed was breed for Fighting, EXCLUSIVELY. The Japanese love combat sports, and their dogs are no exception. There's no consistency in shape, size, color or temperament in this breed, The American Version is mostly 25% Tosa Inu, Bullmastiff and Rodesian Ridge back with some even having lines of Persa Canario or Pit bull. That I know for a fact.. Plus the Japanese version is smaller, Not larger. In japan version of the "American Pit bull Terrier" When they left Japan, people started to cross them with Live stock guardian dogs like Great Pyrenees, Kangal's, Anatolian, BOZ Shepherds. Evident by the fact that some will have the very distinctive feature of having the extra dew claw in the back that you find mostly in Live stock guardian dogs They never bred for hunting, or guard dog capabilities into this breed. They used long hair mastiffs instead. There's no consistency this breed currently, and really, even in Japan. More so, if you search up historical records of this breed. It was a very stubborn. Very dog aggressive and despite it's size and look, it wasn't bred for anything heroic or what the general public would like people to believe other than FIGHTING, the Japanese view this dog as a more sound dog to handle than the American Pit bull due to the unpredictable nature of the breed. They're not as hyper or high-strung, however most people outside of Japan would never use it in fighting. They all want pit bulls. These dogs typically don't last to long in the ring and fights are over and done with in a fraction of the time a pit bull terrier fight goes for. So when you hear American Breeders make claims about the dog being guard dog, farm dog. No way. The only reason this dog still exist is

Reminds me of a cross between a Cane Corso and a Rhodesian Ridgeback. Beautiful dog.

The KZfaq channel which I like very much , very informative

I loved my Tosa Inu. He was a Japanese bloodline and was 200lbs. He was amazingly smart. He helped separate darks from lights, open and close doors, understood spoken English/Spanish and hand signals. He loved playing hide and seek. He played with the ferrets. I was always afraid he would squish them. He was super gentle unless you had ill intentions. Never had any health problems until he developed cancer at 9yrs

I understand your reasoning for not wanting to criticize the current state of this breed, but positive criticism is a good thing. It would be very helpful to hear specific traits since I am trying to learn more about different large breeds of dogs.

Could u do a vid on the majorca shepherd dog or the broholmer?? Ps love the Chanel

As I grow up in Japan my neighbor had one, mid 60s. Tosa you see on this video look different from what I remembered.

Can you make a video about the bandog since there isn’t much info about them and I remember you did a video about Toby the bandog a while ago

People you are amazing...I have tosa male and that's not my first dog.they are very strong charakter breed and i never heard that anyonehave a problem.i am from Serbia.

Hey, I am getting an ibizan hound at the end of the year and would love it if you could do a video on Ibizan hounds

I freaking love your channel lol

Thanks to you!

Fair enough. I still love these dogs very much.

Love the breed! Great video! But the damn prong placement😭

What an incredible breed

I had one they are so sweet and just amazing over all

I’m doing a deep dive here on the tosa inu tosa ken, I been offered a 8 month old to rehome. I’m gonna go chill with him later today..

Molossus of Epirus next. Also there are Korean Dosa, which can be functional and is beautiful.. also volkosoby somehow idk to get that on there... calupoh the mexican wolfdog....dogue de brasiliero with vento sul kennel and bandogs.

Love the channel. The Tosa is a breed I was slightly interested sometime ago. When I saw reports of Tosas being smaller in JPN & bigger in the US, that raised a flag to me. In the beginning of this video, the particular dog has an issue with it's front right leg. The back end, from hips down, seems a little wonky. I believe if they can lessen the aggression like they've done with bulldogs, although that will take TIME, I can picture a great family guard dog. A lot of work...a lot👍🏻. Ps- looking at Broholmer👍🏻

I heard that they are very obedient and calm...........that is what I like

You have to get imports and bred em from there here this is a great dog breed.

Zeke there are several breeders of Tosa inu here in the USA other than that Brad guy. In California you have Serena Burnett she had the best tosa inu kennels back in early 90s Michelle French in Georgia and Steve ostuni used to bring top yokozuna champion bloodlines to the states. Phillip Brown from Lad Vegas very knowledgeable breeder..I think you should interview him. Candy Naquin also has great Tosas I think in Georgia too. These folks are the Tosa experts and know way more than Brad.

I think a problem with a lot of these ''heritage breeds" - especially ones that were originally used for purposes no longer deemed necessary or correct today (fighting, hunting, etc)- is that the 'form follows function' style is hard to do when the function no longer exists. Because of that it is easy to have a breed start to worsen in terms of its conformation. See something like the Neopolitan Mastiff and St. Bernard - whose functions no longer are necessary and thus have lapsed into overall sad examples of their former breeding. And to some extent its not possible to save the exact form of many of these breeds - no one wants a fighting dog with the right temperament needed for a fighting dog (at least, not enough to save the breed), so it has to be bred out of them. We have to be honest when we say that we want to 'save' the breed that what we are really saying is that we are merely keeping the 'shape' of the dog, and to some extent the 'story' of the dog breed.

I had one they are an amazing dog breed

Great video and statements

I want a tosa but they are banned in Scotland RIP 😪

look very strong and powerful...............why this dog isn't popular in the world yet???

I love the tosa Inu I have one but he has a serious work out problem.

Big dog, Rottweilers, big and smart dog GSD, big smart and slick Doberman. Looks like German were good in making dogs before cars.

My favorite big dog 🐶🐕🐾🐾

Would like to know more about their temperament in the future. Are they similar to game pits if game and more docile pits if more docile? I know there is no dog like the American Pitbull Terrier tho...just wondering if they are similar sense they both were used for similar purposes.

The dogs are so cute

I like that he looks more sized balanced than a lot of the bully style breeds that you see. I don't like those pendulous jowls, though. That's a recipe for drool all over your house.

I always forget about this breed

Hi,u should try :t’osa inu Belgium.they gat great tosas in my humble opinion.take care.

Awesome breed!

Tosa, boerbal, English bull mastiff, dogge de Bordeux and all similar Mastiff types are usually quite similar in behaviours. Good hard loyal all rounders. If you have family and need a good friend and guard, These are all great for that. And they are sloppy chopped, slavering , characterful companions. Tosa are good examples of mastiff and behaviour. Need a firm hand but respond well if your good to them.

Can you do a vId on the molossus of epirus breed being an ancient breed and ancestor of so many mastiff breeds. I feel like this breed needs to be saved before they disappear and you may create awareness to save this breed and get some breeders trying to maintain this ancient dog

Hey all... I want to know what breed my dog is so badly. He looks similar to this dog in build and body structure but his snout and ears are a little longer. I know he's part hound but he's so much bigger than the breed of hounds I know of. Any guesses?

You should do basenjis next

Canis panther plzz also a follow up with Mr Anderson.

Me personally I like the breed I normally don't speak on dogs that I don't have since I have one I can speak on them they're great dog.they have do have a lot of high prey drive like such as my male dog baine that I can speak on I'm honest about my dog I don't sit there and try not overpraise my but he showed me a lot who I look for I do look for the prey drive I do look for fierce loyalty great intelligents for my preference and again I am speak of my own personal experience

I have two mixed breed dogs, that came from an English mastiff mother and a shar pei father. The female could pass no problem for a tosa, which makes me think both these breeds could be present in the tosa and could be used to help make the breed more sound again. Although of course the shar peis have their own set of problems.

I agree with you.

I would like for you to do a shiba inu breeders review for California

This is the scariest dogbreed in the world. I have seen one angry as it didnt want to follow its owner down the road we were walking...it got angry and it was intense.

Calicatchers instagram. He has a black female tosa inu that he works. I believe he lives In California too

I truly wished that you would have gone with your original thought because it can truly help your followers from making a mistake. It can also alert the current owners of the flaws/faults of their stock. Love the channel Bruh✊🏿

What a sad video! But still great point you’ve made!

who bred the dog you are showing ? Hes beautiful , and looks well bred . Very sound structure .

wasnt the winner in last years pulling contest in Japan won by a Tosa who pulled 3200lbs. I have Tosa's just a couple but, I am working it up.

Hey dude, can you a documentary on Moroccan breeds? (Sloughi or Aidi the Atlas shepherd)

I had a tosa inu he talked with my kids and slept with my kids. He weighed a healthy 140 pounds. Only problem was he just didn't other dogs period. As for a family pet could ask for a better family dog and protector.

Please do a video on Ibizan hounds

They're are Badass...✊👍🐻😍

good breed............look very big and strong

Do one on best small watch dogs.

Do you have any videos on beauceron’s?

In my Origin country (Ivory coast) we find them all over the street

It's difficult because I don't think.Japan does not legally allow import of the breed to other countries.

Please make documentary on Laizhou hong

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Japan,I found FB page of a breeder,he had bunch of pics of him n dogs in the ring.I should of clicked on follow.now I can't find him.He seemed to have the smaller dog type.

Best Breed Dogumentaries on KZfaq!!

The same thing with French Bulldogs. Poor little guys are looking like straight up goblins.

Which one of bigger between Tosa and Boerboel?

From what I just heard, I would like you to know this is one of only 2 true game bred dogs along with the APBT. THEY BOTH HAVEN PROVEN THEMSELVES 100’s of years ago.

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There are good breeders in Europe. In San Marino and in Greece are the latest European Champions.. One Breeder from Greece has export few in USA..

Whats the difference between a fila and tosa?

Wanted to learn about the dog not just the breeders

@DogumentaryTv Check out Mr. seungjoo Lee and Riona centrum kennel they have one of the best top class tosa inus