Heyyo: Which dog breed has the highest bite force?
Do you people actually think the Kangal had a bite force of about 700 something? I find this hard to believe.
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Answer by jb419
The Turkish Shepherd Kangal bite force is actually fist, then the German and Russian Caucasian Ovcharka shepherds. Several are all very close in the bite force after that.
Answer by Nicole
Pit Bull only has a bite force of 235 pounds, compared to a Doberman which has about 600 pounds of bite pressure. Also, German Shepard’s have 238 pounds of bite force, Rottweiler has 328 pounds, and Mastiff has 552 pounds of bite force. Sources are Pedigree database and National Geographic. So neither the Pit Bull or German Shepard has the highest bite force. Also, do not label any dog as “vicious”. That just shows you are very uneducated about dog breeds. I have owned almost all of these breeds, and they were absolutely fantastic and loving. It depends on the owners…if you have to label anything vicious, then label the human.
Answer by Brian
I've had 2 rottweilers and a large American lined Japanese Akita, I now have a Boerboel a South African mastiff and a Caucasian Ovcharka shepherd he is 4 months old as is the Boerboel trust me when the caucasian wants to play and applies some pressure on your hand you feel it like no other dog it is known they are only one of 2 dogs that can kill a wolf outright and they have a bite pressure more than a lion it truly hurts.
Answer by Fred
You can forget about Pit Bulls, Amstaffs, and Rottweilers. If you would go up to the Sarplaninac mountains and measure the bite force from some actual wolf-killers like some Sarplaninacs, Central Asian Ovcharka (Alabai) and Caucasian Ovcharka who have lived their whole lives in the mountains protecting livestock and fighting of wolfs and bears you would absolutely have a much much higher bite force than anyone of these pit bulls and shepherds and etc, etc.
Seriously, guys.do you really think that a rottweiler or a pit bull even could have a biteforce higher than any one of these breeds if they had the same sort of training? It's absurd.
I own a shepherd and I had a c.a.o before and now own her little sister who is a c.a.o/sarplaninac mix. I had to put down my former purebred c.a.o after she attacked me and I can guarantee you that a shep or a Rottie bite would not even compare to the damage she caused me. There is a reason to why the Ovcharkas and Kangals are the most popular guard/fighting dog in all of Eastern Europe and not Rotties or shepherds…
Answer by Brian H
I just recently bought an XXL bully pitbull pup of the blue Gemini kennel and DDK9 bloodlines and after seeing these dogs in person I'm fully convinced if someone tested there bite force they would rival any dog. The stud my pup is off of weighed in at a whopping 155 lbs with a 28 in the head. These dogs are super pits with some mastiff blood in the distant past of there pedigree that have muscle size and definition (specifically on their head and jaws) unmatched by any other breed.
Answer by Don
I'm 52 and have had dogs since the Dachshund placed in my crib the day my identical twin didn't come home from the hospital with me after being born.
I've had dozens of dog breeds. I bred and trained Pit Bulls for twenty years. I've had Rottweilers, Dobermans, st. Bernards, Shepards, Malamutes, Huskies, and many more.
Until I bought my first Bullmastiff, I had never had a dog, who could crush a cows leg bone, immediately! He can also devour an entire turkey, then drink a gallon of water in minutes!
I also had a very large, intense rottweiler, which made the very bad mistake of attacking my Bullmastiff. Before I could get to them, my Bullmastiff ripped a huge gash in my Rott, and was holding him down.
The same happened to a Pit Bull I also had, the same result! Both the Rottie and the Pit were actually mentally traumatized afterward.
Now, I train my dogs very well, and ( almost ) never have issues like this, but stuff happens !??
My bullie is a great, friendly dog, and never starts a fight, but always ends them,... within 1 minutes time! I hate it, but I have to say, I'm amazed, once things calm down, everything fixed, we're sitting in front of the boobtube, and I start to think about it from another point of view !? I'm curious why the st bernard is never on these lists? Way stronger bite then the Sheppards !? Someone said the Doberman has a powerful bite, comparably, I don't think so! I've had some great dobies, and not even close!
From my point of view, it's the large-headed, wide jaw, midsized snout dogs, who have the greatest bite pressure. More precisely, the mastiff breeds. I am completely sold on Bullmastiffs now, and for every reason, will be sticking to the breed !!!
Answer by Emanuele
Caucasian Shepherds have a bite force 500-750 psi
- Does the Kangal Dog have the strongest bite force?
- American Pitbull Terrier vs Ovcharka?
- How would a German Shepherd dog fair against a Wolf?
Answer by Boguslaw Fietkiewicz
As a retired mech. eng. and dog lover with about 60 years of exposure to all kinds of breeds I may attest that all of the above answers are totally unscientific. 300? 3000? – of what? lb? where? lb/in2? where the in2 came from?
Pound for pound of no matter what, I am certain that my she bullterrier would have something to say about the matter of hanging tough onto anything worth the effort, except my hand, of course, for I have purposefully trained her not to, which is by the way what I strongly advise to do everybody owning a fighting breed. Dogs have bad days too, you know, and apologies after the fact are well – late, 300, or 3000 or whatever.
As a side thought, biting is supposed to serve some purpose and for protection from anything, I would always prefer to get two smaller and more agile dogs than one large. They surely would not be going both of them for the front of the opponent (or at training sleeve), doing which is in real life, not the brightest thing to do. Controlling and calling off a pair is however something quite different. Bog
Answer by Mason
I can't give exact numbers because it changes from dog to dog but the bigger the head the harder the bite. Dodger and could never bite with over 250 lbs. of force and that hurts. My guess for strongest is either Kangal, Caucasian shepherd, or Tibetan mastiff and they all have huge heads.
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Eric BELTRAN says
Here is the thing. You all talk about this dogs and how they are Wolf killers. Yet your talking about Eurasian and Asian Wolfs. Sub-Species and some what smaller compared to Artic Wolfs and a hell of a lot smaller that of a Full Grown Gray or Timber Wolf . Which has the Highest Bite Ratio of any Canine. One of these Wolfs can take down a Musk Ox,a buffalo and intimidate a Full Grown Grizzy away from a Kill. With a Pack they are the Alpha Predators. So when you guys compare and say these dogs are Wolf Killers please mention the Wolfs you are talking about are about the size of a German Shepard or a Belgium Mali not a Gray Wolf that’s twice that size and the Strongest Bite of any Dog..
Guido says
I had many breeds before the bugger breeds where then first Airedale terrier Giant Schnauzer Belgian Shepherd ((Malinois) Beauceron and now I have a Causcascian shepherd and a Tibetan Mastiff. I read also a lot about it because I hesitated between those and Akita and Kangal. The breeds are protectors and don’t need to bite other dogs. I their a attacked by another dog the fight is over in a few second without they need to bite…they use their body weight to sit on the other dogs but they alomst.never fight on dog playgrounds
The CO goes to greet every new commer and explains the rules and then sits on the hill when there is a fight she goes to have a look and stop it by protecting the weaker one. Also good to know….a Kangal had the highest registrated bite force but in testing several dog of several breeds the CO had the highest average bite force….so numbers don’t tell everything
Vladimír Putna says
Toto je píčovina, protože absolutně nejsilnější kousnutí má Anglický BullTerrier a to 21 atmosfér!!!!
Bob The Builder says
Caucasian Shepards most likely have the strongest bite force with some biting at over 750 psi. It’s pretty close compared with the Kangal Dog.
Brian says
By the way who did these bite force studies, im aware of animal planets but they only did a hand full of dogs and the pitbull they used was nothing like the bully breed, it may have weighed 60 lbs at most.
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Pops says
Dobermans do not have a 600lb. bite force!
Steve P. says
It’s a common myth. Actually, it’s about 300.
ronin says
You will see the new breed of dog with most powerful bite ever in dogs soon. It’s Persian mastiff that had been forgotten many years. It’s bigger and stronger breed than kangal
Celeste says
I have had a saint Bernard and they fight like bears. Once when I was walking g my st. Bernard female with my disabled male English setter a guy came up and unleased his Doberman who tried to make a mad dash for my male. Bearsheba bounced once, picked up her paw and swept his whole front end from under him, then body slam all her weight on him while trying to crack the part of his head that she managed to get in her mouth. Once in motion very hard to stop
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Myranda says
A St. Is nothing compared to a Caucasian Ovcharka that’s why. Your Bull mastiff is a teddy bear compared to a properly bred CO
Patryk says
Since we are in subject of bite force I would like to ask what is a bite force of Polish tatra sheepdog and sharplaninac and Persian mastiff. As far as what dog has the highest bite force of all Caucasian ovcharka has bite force of 550-720lbs and has character to match, Boerboel has very strong bite force some say well bred boerboel can have bite force of up to 800lbs which would make it the highest bite force currently of course I’m not sure about this one but it is possible. Kangal having bite force of 750lbs is unlikely but possible. it’s head is not wide enough however if its zygomatic arches are placed higher than is the case of other dogs as well as its articular angle being more acute than other breeds it is possible. Wolf has powerful bite among non domestic canines 350-500lbs about. African wild dog has powerful bite for its weight about 320lbs same as Rottweiler.
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Lucy says
How dumb can you be? 3000psi for a rottweiler? thats 5x a lion/shark you moron.
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Arron says
A Kangal is the only dog that I’ve seen best a tiger. Put a pack of spuds up against a tiger…10 piece nuggets. 6000 years compared to 99 years of inbreeding [Lord Gladiator]. You must be from West Virginia.
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alexander says
i’ve red something about the bigger the head and jaws are the stronger bite you are going to have
T.Greene says
Actually,if you ask ” the guy in the sleeve”,he will tell you the Doberman has the softest bite of any guarding breed.
Guest says
If the Doberman has never been scientifically tested, then how do you know that the other dogs have a stronger bite force? Many people have written that the Doberman has a bite force around 600 pounds. So it’s hard to say that the GSD and Rottweiler have a stronger bite force if they both have been tested but the Doberman hasn’t.
Chris says
As police K-9 handler with a 100lb GSD with a huge bite for a Shepherd and owning a 90lb Doberman. I’ve seen these 2 go at each other more than I would like to admit. Never intentionally I love those dogs. However I wanted to try and have them be a part of the family pack. Failed but my Doberman would kill my Shepherd if I allowed them to “work it out” as they say. I honestly don’t know anything about bite force except through years of training each dog I’ve taken a sleeve from is a different force and depending on the day one might be better than the other just depends how worked up the handler gets the dog and if he is wanted to hurt you or just play! So owning both breeds I know one thing my smaller Dobie would eat my heavier GSD’s lunch.
Sid says
@Chris,I also own a 100lbs German Shepherd,both his Parents are from the Czech Republic,his Mother came straight from the police kennels and his Dad has several working titles,his drive his off the Charts,quite different than the American bred German Shepherd.
I have also owned pitbulls for 30 yrs,in both breeds each pup in the litter will have different personalities &. temperaments,so as far as a Doberman beating up on a German Shepherd I am sure it could very well be a different story in another time and place with 2 different dogs,I have seen some some Nasty and powerful Czech bred German Shepherds that I wouldn’t want any dog to come close to.
Both Breeds have great qualities that are so valuable to so many and fighting is the furthest thing that these 2 breeds should ever be associated with.
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Phyl says
LOL 300 not 3000 they don’t get any where near alligator power 3000 would be higher.
Midnight Sky says
The bite force of the dog isn't measured by the breed but the size of the dog itself. So the bigger the dog, the worse the bite.
Some good examples of vicious dogs: Rottweiler, a big Pit bull, German Shepard, Mastiff, Doberman, and any wild dogs (wolves…)
■Ĵεnn&ium says
Rottweiler – 328psi
German Shepherd – 238psi
Pit Bull – 235psi
It is a KURDISH Kangal and no i do not believe that. They are guardian dogs, not hunting or fighting dogs so it does not make sense for them to have a huge bite force. Especially considering a Lions bite force is 691psi…
Just for some further information, a Hyena has a bite force of 1,000psi… i know who i would want to have in my backyard…
emilyelisabeth says
Rottweiler
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Animalabby says
Bite force of a rottie=325 psi,
german shep=295 psi,
a pittie= 265psi.
(PSI- Pounds per square inch)
Anyssa says
I think the pit bull. maybe rottweiler
Tasha says
Rottweilers do, beause they have a big skull. Dogs with bigger skulls have bigger jaws. Bigger jaws means bigger and stronger bite force.
Holy Crip She's says
The bigger the dog, the stronger the PSI. I'm not sure about the Kurdish Kangal, since I know basically nothing about the breed.
Vette999 says
Pit bull
Eduardo R says
i want to say Rottweiler but im thinking german shepard
Angel says
dogue de bordeaux
Brendan says
I think so to they have huge head and huge amounts of bite force. i have a baby Douge De Bordeaux and she's only 6 month and she bites hard.
Do I kno you? says
I would say a Rottwieler or a Pitbull.
Maria B says
German shepherd or pitbull terrier. No i do not believe that the kurdis kangal had a bite force of about 700 something.
Princess of a King says
Pit Bull
Nicole says
No. Pit bull’s have the least amount of bite force among most breeds at only 235 pounds of pressure.