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| A Filas day can be very active, trecking through the mountains in the early morning with his owner, herding cows, chasing badgers, foxes, deer or even boars in to the jungle. |
| But a Filas life is also full of restfull moments, lingering around their owners or their possessions, like horses, mules or even working equipment and tools. |
| My 7 Filas follow me everywhere I go, especially when my family and I leave mounted on mules to work; looking for wood in the mountains, going to the plantation or herding cows. |
| Once we arrive, they'll look for their favorite shade and play for a while, then rest and pant from the heat. Suddenly all their calmness turns in to a rampant chase after some strange noise or smell coming from the jungle. They're all gone in seconds and only a continuous wild bark and whine is herd, getting further away. By the time we arrive to where the dogs are, they are barking at a badger that urgently climbed up a tree. When the chase takes them very far away, it means they are after a deer, fox or boar which they'll either attack or just frighten away. |
| When the Filas arrive back to the site where we were working and find that we have left behind tools or a mule to graze they will wait for us to come back, even untill the next day. Two of my older Filas have become very attached to our mules and follow them virtually everywhere they go. Each one of my dogs is capable of herding cows, tracking animals and protecting their land and my family if necessary. |
| My Filas are very accustomed to seeing strangers on the trails or in town, but do not tolerate strangers in their home territory, especially when we are not there. Although every one of my dogs is loose at all times, I do not recomend this to Fila owners. I socialize and train my Filas every day in order to have them under these conditions. I Spend virtually all day working with and around my dogs. |
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