First of all, I'm not against correct chaining. I AM against a dog living there all it's life with very little attention other than that quick-pet-and-get-out-of-the-way-of-it's-exuberance when it's fed, watered and picked up after. The breed's fondness for all mankind is always exhorted right next to it's fighting ability, in fact it is always told to us how this fondness was almost a requirement for the dog being good at what it did....then nothing is found to be wrong when we deny them human contact and interaction except for the very basics. "Oh yes, but they are working dogs, what about all the sled dogs and hunting hounds that are kept that way?" THOSE kinds of breeds are rather independent and aloof to people and don't "suffer" as much on the chained-with-little-human-interaction kind of life. I'm not saying it's going to change, I just find it ironic that many find nothing really "wrong" with life on a chain with little human interaction as long as the basics are met. YES, I realize people have every RIGHT to do it and it's not going to change, just expressing my opinion here and how ironic the practice IS when the human friendliness of the breed is so strongly exhorted. Carla