Well said. Most Filas, both hard and even tempered will fold under that kind of pressure. Reason being is that like all dogs they have a genetic predisposition to choose flight over fight. The dogs that will stay do so because they are conditioned to so with small steps basing the fight drive on prey and defense. They learn that they never lose. For the Fila, the display is more than enough and 99% of all the home security anyone would ever need.
My buddy and I 'broke' into each others houses with bite suits on and tested our Filas in as a real world scenario as we could possibly stage. I had a male that met him at the door and engaged beautifully but several whacks over the nose with the bamboo sticks made him release, back up and charge again but not engage. I was happy with that as it would deter anything coming thru the door. I had another female that met him at the door, engaged and bailed under the pressure. And the third Fila, met him at the door, and was maniacal all the way thru, she never broke or backed up, and kept coming. My dogs were basically 1 for three. My buddy went 1 for 4 at his house. So together we had 2 out of 7 that help up. I think those would be fairly accurate across the board.
My female was black. Sort of fitting for the original post on this thread. That is priceless. S
Theres multiple filas on here like that CW. I'm a believer that many evil filas are only that way cause the owners pull them into hiding soon as they show to much temp. Usually still a pup thats lacking the confidence. Thats not to say all, but I think many. I also think many of these hard ass filas will fold soon as gut kick em. Because all they know is the show