I just want to start off with you heard VERY incorrectly. I would never ever aspire to own an asian line TM after my past 5 years with American lines.
Here is what life with multiple TM's can really be like.
First off, good luck containing them, mine have a welded wire dog run, the same stuff used by rebar companies to put in cement for bridge work. Its not weak, its near impossible to bend by hand and is 1foot by 1 foot squares.
Their run looks like it could easily house a lion and quite frankly it may just be easier to do so.
Now, my 5 year old female has a hate on for the neighbours across the road, it is her goal in life to not only attack one of them but I don't doubt for a second she would go for the kill. Not the kind of thing you want playing in the back of your mind. VERY high liability breed.
In her recent attempts to cause serious harm to what she has perceived as intruders over the years she has chewn through said welded wire busting out all of the teeth on the left side of her face as well as shredded her own cheeks, sliced a good portion of her body once she got the holes big enough to squeeze through (keep in mind this occurred in less than half an hour) wiggled her way out and went across the road to hold the neighbours hostage in their own house, these are people she has been thoroughly introduced to, they come by regularly for fires, bbq's, visits and so on. She is fantastic with them if I am there, if I'm not though, she free thinks and tries anything in her power to get them away from here.
Now, she is tied in her run which has been double fenced so the holes are smaller, a 2 foot ground fence was laid all the way around, as well as a top and the inside has hot wire set up as well as a perimeter. The hot wire is run by the same fencer as the horse fencing which is an 8 joule box rated for 50 miles and only fencing in 5 acres and the dog run.
Sounds like she can't get out right? Nope... she will grab the hot wire with her mouth and pull it down while on, has chewed down 3 of the cedar poles that hold the pen up and tunneled under the 2 foot ground fencing and escaped after breaking the clasp on her chain inside the run.
So next step was, when ever I leave the house for even 5 minutes she was to be crated in the basement in a room with a door.
That will keep the neighbours safe???? Try again.
in 15 minutes one day she managed to completely destroy her wire crate, push the door through the frame enough to squeeze through, run upstairs and chew to the exterior insulation of the north wall and took out half the trim along the window in the process trying to get to them.
I return home from running errands and see a hole in the dry wall and window frame large enough for a toddler to walk through.
Sounds like this dog needed better socialization right?
Well she has been socialized out the wazoo, is a perfect angel with new people she meets as long as I am there.
Sounds like she needs more exercise right?
I don't know how much more she can get, she already is on the dog sled team with the rest of the dogs here and runs a solid 3k a day right now with this weather at an average of 9km/h non stop, in the winter it is easily 8 k a day if not more, goes on bush walks daily in our back field and runs with the other dogs for 3+hours a day and goes for 2 daily road walks.
That is more than the average dog gets in a day
So is that where my nightmare ends? No, not by far, I also have another 3 year old female and a 3 year old male Tsang khyi type. Also american lines but also can not be left unattended. So far he has chewed down a 7 inch diameter live maple tree, dug holes deep enough to bury himself in and he is 140lbs and the size of a young adult black bear, he too has the same desire to escape and is starting to display the same traits as Karma.
This year alone they have been responsible for over 30 of my chickens being killed after they had destroyed the coop, over 10 of our ducks and some of our turkeys. If given half a chance they would try to take out the horses too I know it.
So as long as I am around they are wonderful as you put it cuddly bears, but if I'm not they start to free think and make their own rules.
Lets not forget to mention they are nocturnal barkers, every night, no matter what is around, not overly willing to work with humans, can not even be trusted alone with my hubby who has been a part of their lives since they were puppies. If he goes near Karma she lunges at him, if he drives the lawn tractor near her she lunges at him, if she is loose in the living room with us she lays there staring at him, I won't even leave to go to the bathroom with out taking her with me.
If you don't mind living your life with no one ever coming to your house, never leaving your house with out getting custom made welded crates or pens, cement floored runs with iron fencing and roofing and can handle extreme free thinking independant breeds who could easily out power you and have no qualms about doing so when they see fit, then sure a perfect breed for you.
you can read all the information on the breed you want, much of which seems extreme when reading it but rest assured it is sugar coated, but until you spend any real time in the presence of one both with owner around and with owner not around its very hard to explain what life with a TM can be like.