"Oh? This thing isn’t good?" Zhao Rongjia thought for a moment and said, "Yeah, this thing looks too fierce, not very nice. I guess I won’t buy it then."
The three of them were about to leave when the dog breeder shouted, "Hey, don’t go! What’s the problem? Is it too expensive?"
"Ah, well, not really," Wang Hao turned back and smiled, "My friend here isn’t bothered by the price, just thinks the dog is a bit too fierce, not good."
"Cut it out, isn’t that just because it’s expensive?" Upon hearing this, the dog breeder scoffed and smirked, "If you can’t afford it, just say so. What do you mean the dog is fierce? Let me tell you, the most badass among these dogs is the Tibetan Mastiff; that’s why it’s so expensive! You guys look like total country bumpkins. I’m telling you, with this thing, one mastiff can fight two wolves, three mastiffs can battle a tiger – outright badass! If you can’t afford it, I suggest you buy a Chihuahua – that dog’s cheap!"
One mastiff can fight two wolves, three mastiffs can battle a tiger?
"Yeah, it’s badass," Wang Hao sniffed and said, "Just as the old saying goes, ’One mastiff fights three tigers, three mastiffs sink an aircraft carrier. Five mastiffs annihilate God, ten mastiffs create Genesis! Whoever disagrees gets bitten.’"
At this point, everyone understood Wang Hao’s intent, and Mi Xiu couldn’t hold back and snickered, laughing out loud.
"Bro, you disagreeing here?" the dog breeder snorted, "What, you don’t believe how badass the Tibetan Mastiff is?"
"Holy shit, Brother Hao is gonna talk dogs! He obviously doesn’t believe the Tibetan Mastiff is that badass!"
"I’ve heard it too, one mastiff can fight two wolves, three mastiffs can battle a tiger. The Tibetan Mastiff is indeed badass, just way too expensive."
"That’s right, let’s see what he says this time!"
Zhao Rongjia secretly nudged Wang Hao and asked, "Dude, is the Tibetan Mastiff as powerful as he says? If it really can fight wolves and tigers like that, I’d make my old man happy buying one! It’s his birthday the next couple of days, and he’s been mentioning wanting to keep a dog."
"Actually, the Tibetan Mastiff isn’t that badass," Wang Hao decisively shook his head and explained, "Taking care of dogs as pets, that’s a given, dogs are loyal, simple-hearted, likable. But the Tibetan Mastiff isn’t the one. Let’s not go far, just talking about combat ability, the fact is, the Tibetan Mastiff has never ranked in the top five in any professional fighting dog competition; to put it simply, even among its own kind, the Tibetan Mastiff is never the strongest subspecies. When it comes to animal fights, victory is determined by three factors: physical attributes, which include size, strength, claws and teeth, aggressiveness, and combat experience or technique."
"First let’s talk hardware. The Tibetan Mastiff’s size isn’t at a disadvantage compared to medium-sized wild animals like wolves and leopards; a mature male is usually around 50 to 70 kilograms. Weight is a huge factor in fights, the amount of weight and the structure of the body determine the upper limit of an animal’s core strength. Among professional fighters, a weight difference of over 20 kilograms is hard to overcome with skill, and in the wild, it is very difficult for a carnivorous animal to defeat another carnivore that weighs at least half more than itself, even though the feline family is generally stronger than the canine family. A 36-kilogram female Clouded Leopard would hardly ever be able to beat a male wolf over 54 kilograms; a large weight difference creates an absolute disadvantage in strength."
"Just talking about physical conditions here," Wang Hao said, glancing at the Tibetan Mastiffs in the cages, and smiled, "As for core competitiveness, or bite force as we commonly say, a 52-kilogram Tibetan Mastiff has been measured with a bite force of 176 pounds, while the Rottweiler has measured a bite force of 328 pounds, the record for fighting dogs, unbroken to this day. But do you know how much force a wolf’s bite has? A 45-kilogram wolf’s bite force can exceed 700 pounds, four times that of the Tibetan Mastiff!"
"Holy crap, is it that exaggerated?!" Shocked by these numbers, Zhao Rongjia was stunned, "So the thing about one mastiff fighting two wolves is false?"
"Do you even have to ask?" Wang Hao scoffed, "Captive animals generally have degenerated bite forces because they don’t have to chew hard bones, so there’s a gap they can’t bridge with wild animals. The size of the bite force almost determines a carnivore’s lethal ability. For example, Jaguars and Clouded Leopards possess the largest bite force to body weight ratio among felines, allowing them to kill prey by directly crushing their skulls, not by targeting the neck, making their kills incredibly quick and efficient. And three mastiffs fighting a tiger is just like sending food to the tiger, okay?"
"Another factor is technique or combat experience, and we must respect wild animals for this – they fight for their lives every single day, something captive animals can never compare to. For wild animals, a defeat often means not just running away with tails between their legs, but death. Thus, a lone adult wolf is no doubt the equivalent of an old soldier who has crawled out of a mountain of corpses; their hunting techniques are highly skilled, they know where the vita
ls are, how to kill the target quickly. Only the elite survive nature’s brutal selection process to adulthood – and the Tibetan Mastiff still expected to fight wolves?"
"As for tigers and such..." Wang Hao continued while shaking his head, "Don’t even think about it, they are felines! Tiger’s teeth are like daggers, at least ten centimeters long! And it’s not just the teeth that are formidable in felines! Tigers and lions have incredibly powerful legs! A lion’s front leg can fracture a buffalo’s skull to pieces! But have you ever heard of dogs fighting using their legs to kick?"