I happened to come across this YouTube video - it's an excerpt from a Nat'l Geo program discussing how body build and head size affects bite strength and the way a dog brings down "prey". Sorry if it's old news, but I don't recall seeing it referenced before. Would be interesting to get opinions on whether the 4 sample dogs in the video can "generally" be generalized as representing breed differences. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZm037jPNgc&feature=related
Anita,
I've seen this video before on the NG website. It was very interesting and others who haven't seen it might really appreciate you posting it here!
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Kind of interesting that you brought this up because I just had a conversation w/my trainer the other day about Levi's bite/grip. He said it was excellent and that he was glad because that it is one of the hardest things to train into a dog. I thought that weird and asked more about it. He said that most dogs that have a weak grip are dueto the genetics of the dog. Either a dog has it or it doesnt. We all know that there are many a GSD out there that don't have it even though they have the same biological makeup of any other gsd so this is a very interesting topic indeed. I would guess that it is a very general statement considering the breed of animal such as pounds per square inch in a bear/wolve/dog/alligator. Does this make sense? Although, quite interesting how the size of the head of the dog correlates to its jaw power. Cool stuff, quite impressive Dutch Shepherd, also.
Bite strength correlates with four factors: Size of the skull, musculature, drive or intensity of the dog and bite placement. The highest amount of force or strength happens between the dog's carnassal teeth (largest molars in the back of the mouth).
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