Hello, Welcome to Sumo’s place.

  Let me introduce myself, I am Sumo, a Tosa born in March 2004 in Holland. My kennel name is Yangsarung and nowadays I have a height of 76 cm and a weight of 63 kilo. Instead of what my breed standard may say, I am not a guard/watchdog. Because I have an impressive look and can bark, doesn’t mean that I am a guard dog. It takes me some time to get to know people, but when I trust you, I don’t have any problems. The story that Tosa’s don’t drool, isn’t my story. I can produce slobber with the best. I do have a problem with male dogs who have an attitude, but most female dogs I can get along with very well. Especially when they are in heat, I produce even more slobber. My favourite food is meat, chicken, rice and fish.

I am a dog with a lot of power, and a lot of energy. I like to work with my owners and because I am the very first Tosa who passed his Endurance test (AD), my owners thought it was time to give me my own website. Performance, that’s what made my breed the breed it is, a dog that has earned its name in history and what makes it so different from other dog breeds.

I went to a few shows, but that’s not my style. You have to wait all day for 10 minutes in a ring, walk a few meters and then a judge looks at you, and gives you a title. I even didn’t get any exercise at all, and in fact I think "What we are actually doing here?". The judge has checked my teeth, grabbed my balls and I have to stand still while my owners nearly choke me with a collar, just to give me an impressive Tosa look. Why is that judge constantly looking at that small piece of paper, then looks at me. Is there a drawing of a Tosa on it so he can compare it with me?  Is it my picture he is holding? Then all of a sudden everyone makes noises and claps and in fact I haven’t got a clue what I did that was so special, but it seems that I am a real Tosa now, and  I didn’t get tired at all. Strange, I had to run a few meters and I have a title. And I don’t like that shampoo smell that’s been entering my nose all day. That’s it?

next->