War dogs and holding dogs continued

During WW I, a British Army Major, Edwin Richardson was chosen by the English to recruit and train the dogs they would put to work as dogs of war. Used in many tasks, these war dogs were curiers, ambulance dogs, sentinels, aid dogs, private watch and guard dogs. 'Richardson...his preference was for farm dogs...while deliberately rejecting hounds, because they followed their noses to the exclusion of all else.' 'The German military refused to accept hunting dogs of any sort.' Mark DerrBite work, i.e. Schutzhand, 'a competition for dogs and trainers involving choreographed obedience, tracking, protection, and attack work,' has nothing to do with dogs of war. Up to now Ray has been saying if you want a dog to excel in bite work, then use the hunting type catch dogs, however, this has nothing to do with dogs of war, even in modern times; a fact known to the English and German military during WW I. In England during the middle ages, the yeoman farmer bred and raised mastiffs as dogs of war. It was compulsory for the yeoman farmers and villagers to keep mastiffs, while the royalty enjoyed the sport of hunting with large kennels of hunting dogs, i.e. sighthounds/staghounds/bloodhounds and catchdogs. These are the sporting dogs. "In fact, long ago, keeping of these mastiffs was compulsory for the peasant. During Algo-Saxon times, there had to be kept at least 1 mastiff for each two villagers. By this means, wolves and other savage game were kept under control. " The AKC Complete Dog BookThis is the vast difference of today's modern AB and the first American Pit Bulldogs like man meat the Bruiser, who guarded and defended cattle and family with no training... the innate abilities of a true working dog. These innate abilities are those of the CWE.