[seoultrader]

Hi there,

I have a 1 yr old male Rott who is totally mellow and am about to take in a friend's 3 yr old Tosa Inu for a period of 6 months, who is also pretty much chill. They play together occasionally and get along well in the sense that they more or less stay out of each other's way but they'll never be tight friends.

Question - the Tosa (near 180lb) is huge, a lot bigger than my Rott (100 lb) and all muscle and I have no doubt that he'd tear him apart if it ever came to a fight (no way I'd step in if that ever happened, I ain't suicidal). Should I be very worried about this possibly happening once they live totgether or will they likely get along without much fuss they way they have been?

How do Rotts, be they professionally trained in SchH etc or just couchy house dogs, generally behave around dogs that are physically superior to them?

Like I said, this is only for 6 months while my friend is going overseas for work.


I guess in Korea they're used as 'fighting' dogs, but it seems the fights are more ritual pushing/wrestling matches than bloody tear ups, which I think is somewhat acceptable...different cultures have different traditions after all.