The dogs that change tendencies or styles in defense of what another is doing is usually a smart dog. The best of those smart dogs either make offensive damage out of a defensive position, or can switch from one to the other in a seamless fashion.

There is a ton of difference between the dog that is on the head to keep something off of him and a the dog that is on the head to control, punish and break one down to a finishing spot.

And then there are complete surprises. http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...p?dog_id=41359
If a dog were graded on everything from life on the chain, to work ethic, to being game, with ability, to finish, everything from 8 weeks old until the end of his performance career, this is the best male I have ever seen. He was a brutal head dog, a dog that killed from the side of the head. Hangers on the top of the ear and the bottom of the jaw and just pulled it all together to the jaw was useless. Before the thought of "I'm outta here" completely crossed the mind of his opponent he dropped to the throat and it was over. In his second he was going into a bad ass Tant/Burns RBJ dog who was freak dog in the ass end. I never saw Charlie hit one in the ass at all til that dog tried it. It was like, "that's the way you wanna play" and out of nowhere dropped down and pulled his wee-wee and cod sack out by the roots and from there back to the head and then to the throat. Either that dog had a propensity Charlie recognized or he heard us talking on the drive down, not really sure. LOL. Real smart. EWO