"OctopusTosa-Inu"

Tosa-Ken, Tosa Toukèn, Tosa Tòken 

The Tosa is a big, majestic Japanees matchdog, wo's caused by cross by example the  Sint-Bernard, Bulldog, Mastiff, Bull Terrier, Pointer and German Dog in the old Japanees actiondog tride. He is maked for the contest and has extraordinary much endurance. 

In the 2nd World War the breed was in danger of disappearance, but valuable specimen were hidden on secret and safe places in Japan and they have the breed reconstructed and stabilized.

The Tosa is original  breed for contestdog

Dogwrestling are in Japan beloved and about 100 years ago Yamanouchi encouraged this in particular. The contest taked place on the island Shikoku in KOCHI in district Tosa. They have maked strict demands on the organization of the games.Only male dogs older as a year can - after a good preparation - take part in a tournament. They divide them into two classes: Class 1 - witherstide till 62 cm., and weight till 42 kg. Class 2 - witherstide from 62 cm., and weight from 42 kg. present day there are Tosa's with weight higher as 70 kg. The fights are very disciplinary: the dogs catch their opponent with the teeth in their detachable scruff of the neck and try to put their opponent down to the ground. If there arise a little injure they break off the engagemant. They count negative marks if the dog on purpose to his opponent bite or bark, bark and groan for fear, and if the dog will abandon the contest and oneself more than three steps remote from his  opponent.  

 The best werstler is called Yokozuna, the wrestler king.

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They crown him with a decorated strawstrap. This strap is called Shime and is a holy symbol because he is dabuse, but this is showing where ecorated with pictures of holy objects. 

Naturally we dissociate us from every form of animal abuse!

They exist Tosa in other places of the Asian sudeste that they have Pedigree of Tosa, but they belong to some lines of blood that they do not please anything to the fruitful of the race.....    

    Octopus Tosa’s has a great deal of blood of line "Yokozuna".  "Yokozuna"signifies to say best champion,  ,"Yokozuna" is speaking of the champios of champions of Tosas, but in these you gave they have changed we the rules, because not there are many dogs of fight that it gained. Therefore, when the temperament and the type of dog and also its physical constitution they are excellent, we say that is of blood "Yokozuna", although not be used for fight.

Octopus Tosa's has two different generations from "Yokozuna" Tosa Tsukasa, that is the name of our nursery therefore, when see a pedigree Tosa Tsukasa, signifies the same quality that exists of Tosa in Japan.

 

      The Tosa is patient, calm and courageous.

Head: broad skull, somewhat pronounced stop,  long front snout,  straightback of the nose,black rhinoscope.

Eyes: fair small expressionfull, brown.

Ears:  small, fair thin, high on to the side to the cheeks

Teeth: scissorteeth.

Neck: nervous, with throutskin. 

Body: straight back, pronounced scoundrel, light downard croupe, broad and deep chest. 

Limbs: the shoulders lie good at the back, strong bud, straight leggs at the front,

elastic frontmiddfoot, strong thighbone withe strong muscle, moderate angulas of the knee and leap.

Feet: good closed, srong and hard feet sole.

Tail:  high, must be reach untill the leap joint. 

Coat: short, hard and closed. 

Collor: the ideal color is even red, but red with white sign as blazed horse and breast spot and on the osier and tail tip is allowed the collor can be even red brown or brown with black sign.

Scoundrelheight: the male dog minimum 61 cm., the female dog minimum 55 cm.

Weight:                 male  min.   37,5 kg. / female    min.  30 kg.

Groups devision:  FCI, group. 2, sect. 2, KC

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