Word: mastiff
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Kites hovering ahead of us indicated a ger. The tradition is to shout "Hold the dog!" on approaching to warn the occupants to restrain their snarling mastiff. Let the horsemen deal with formal greetings. They'll produce a snuff bottle from the upper folds of their gowns, which double as carryalls, and hand it over for a snort while exchanging a long handshake. Bring appetite enough for thick, yak-milk yogurt, cheese and marmot meat hot from a dung-fired stove. Try fermented cow's or mare's milk. After a bowl or two, you'll be ready to invade...
...animals are a mix of English mastiff and Canary Island cattle dog, which as a purebred was considered so dangerous that Spain outlawed the Canario in the 1930s, nearly causing its extinction. Were the two dogs trained to kill? And if so, did the couple know what they were capable of? Noel and Knoller denied any culpability in an unusual, 18-page letter faxed to local district attorney Terence Hallinan. In it Noel described Bane--whose name literally means "death"--as "a really gentle animal" and Hera as "a neighborhood favorite." He claimed that Knoller tried to hold the dogs...