There is a HUGE conflict between work and sport dogs in MANY breeds, not just one .
I'm going to make a reference to something that I am more familiar with. Schutzhund dogs are great on the field, are known to be flashy and typically are worked mainly in prey drive (at least these days). Great for repitition as the routine is the same every time. Now just because a dog has a Sch title does not mean they will protect you in real life. A protection dog has to have the courage and temperament to actually fight a real threat and most schutzhund dogs will back down at the first sign of stress, but then some DO posess the proper drives to do both. It all comes down to genetics. Some dogs CAN do both (work and sport) whereas some can only do one or the other.
I'm going to make a reference to something that I am more familiar with. Schutzhund dogs are great on the field, are known to be flashy and typically are worked mainly in prey drive (at least these days). Great for repitition as the routine is the same every time. Now just because a dog has a Sch title does not mean they will protect you in real life. A protection dog has to have the courage and temperament to actually fight a real threat and most schutzhund dogs will back down at the first sign of stress, but then some DO posess the proper drives to do both. It all comes down to genetics. Some dogs CAN do both (work and sport) whereas some can only do one or the other.