Don't let the looks fool you. They were bred to be herders and guard dogs. Fierce little warriors. I would suggest a Rhodesian Ridgeback, but almost all of the ones I've seen here in the US are too skinny. Overbred, in my mind. The ones I saw in South Africa were beauties. Bred to fight off leopards and lions and the odd bandit or Englishman.Ummm, that doesn't look like my kind of dog.