Talk:Tosa (dog)

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Contents 1 Stupid foreigners? 2 External links section 3 Dangerous dogs act 4 Photos 5 Added Category

[edit] Stupid foreigners?

I suggest that the unscholarly and somewhat offensive phrase (presumably written by a Japanese person) "For foreigners it is hard to comprehend how it is possible to transform a dog breed into a wrestler" is removed or rephrased. Suitsyou 15:39, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links section

Elf, why delete the External links ? [personal attack removed by Exploding Boy 03:38, 19 September 2005 (UTC)] thank you WritersCramp 23:24, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

I didn't. To see why there were removed, you might look them up to see whether they are:

• Specific to one breeder
• Covered with more ads & commercial info than encyclopedic info
• Personal web sites about a specific dog or one person's dogs

Things like that make the links inappropriate for an encyclopedia.

Elf | Talk 19:55, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dangerous dogs act

I was wondering why the article made no reference to the UK Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 - the breeding of Tosas is illegal in Britain because of it's vicious reputation. Ownership is restricted. It is one of four dog breeds to have these restrictions imposed - the American Pitbull Terrier, Dogo Argentinas and FIla Brasiliera are the other three.

[edit] Photos

A picture of this breed would be nice. Leftist 09:29, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree.Cameron Nedland 00:21, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I added request template at top of this page. In theory, when photos have been added, the template is removed. Elf | Talk 02:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Added Category

I added the Category:Domesticated animals of Japan so that the Tosa would be findable from that Category page.