Quote Originally Posted by S_B View Post
Great Points Jack, and I think we can mostly agree.
On the other hand, in my opinion, we are comparing apples to oranges here. I don't think any human man can touch a dog in any way shape or form physically or pound for pound.
Furthermore if you look at, lets say the Wolf. Wolves can range in size from 50 to 110 lbs respectively. They can track prey for as far as 75 miles, and then have enough physical strength to take it down and eat it. Whether it be a deer, or with the help of the pack a bison.
No man is capable of that kind of endurance. And in the wild, as a wolf it is an advantage to have some size to you. You never see the small male leading the pack
So have we really tapped into what it really is to be a conditioned athlete as a dog? I don't think so...we have no idea how capable these little (no pun intended) bulldogs really are.
I wonder if it has more to do with the confinement of our little warriors that has all of their potential sort of pent up, or never truly utilized, especially when it comes to the larger (45+) dogs.
S_B

I agree we mostly agree

But we're really not comparing "apples to oranges"; we're using the same principle of PROPORTION

We're not comparing men to dogs, ability-wise, with "each other" ... we're comparing men to dogs, each going against its own kind size-proportion-wise.

And, yes, the exact same principles apply: bigger dogs are slower, less athletic, have less moves, and are NOT as good (all-around-athletic-wise) as small-to-medium-sized dogs.

As with people, the small-to-medium-sized dogs are the most talented and produce the greatest amount of results (athletic records, etc.).

As with people, 90% of all the dogs that win 7, 8, 9x etc. ... that get all DOAs in under 1 hour, etc. ... will be less than 48 lb, and almost none more than 50 lb.

Baracuda would be like George Foreman ... way up there with 9 wins ... but NOT the most, by any means, and certainly he wasn't the most athletic Grand Champion ... when compared to other, smaller dogs.

Like George Foreman, Barracuda was just a great big, tough SLUG "with mouth" and "rugged durability" ... same as Big George was a great big SLUG "with punch" and "rugged durability" ... but in no way was either on a par athletically with other smaller, fighters. Nor did either have the all-time-greatest KO/finish percentages.

Jack