I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. Doodlebug has eaten part of the little fence. Again.
Me: No great loss. He can’t eat the big fence.
Stella: Why not? He has a bulldog mouth.
Me: The big fence is reinforced since some stray dog broke into the yard years ago, before y’all came, and killed my chickens one morning.
Stella: What dog did that? Let me at him!
Me: We don’t know. He escaped, and we never saw him again – thankfully. Tall Man reinforced the fence with big thick boards. Doodlebug can’t bite through them, not because he isn’t strong enough, but because he can’t get his mouth around the boards.
Doodlebug: But there are chickens in the yard. They talk to me every time I go out there.
Me: Those are new chickens. I got them about the time Stella and Snoopey and Wiggles showed up. Dogs have powerful jaws. They can bite through lots of stuff.
Stella: How powerful?
Me: Dobermans about 195-245 pounds per square inch of pressure. That means they can press down on one square inch with between 195 and 245 pounds of force. American Bulldogs have an average of 305 pounds per square inch of pressure.
Doodlebug: And me, what about me? What about me?
Me: English bulldogs, eh, about 210 pounds per square inch, so I’m told. Olde English Bulldogges I haven’t seen the data on.
Doodlebug: Yay! So, we win.
Me: No, I think American Bulldogs probably have more force.
Stella: I think your math is off, Lady Human.
Me: I fully admit that may be the case.
Stella: Doodle is a board breaker. Show me an American bulldog that can do that.
Me: I don’t think we’ll try that. Boards aren’t cheap.
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