this is about game dogs and to me it is more a figure of speech and not reality because the game bred dogs are about gone...I am sure there are illegal breeders that test there dogs out there but I don't know them...and the crack heads that go around stealing dogs to fight don't know the first thing about breeding consistency...
Same with some working dogs that haven't been bred for their specialty since many generations past...some will have the desired characteristics but quite a few won't...same as the so called game bred pits...
another thing that I see is that people put a lot of emphasis on a certain line of dogs from many years past like 50 years ago or longer...well the reason why that line of dogs was legendary at that time had more to do with the original breeder himself that started the line of dogs because he knew what a good dog was and did not compromise his standards of breeding the very best for performance and even for looks to match...so many generations pass and many amateurs have bred that famous line but in reality the dogs now might have less than 5 percent of what the original breeder had in his yard if any...but the so called line is still called xxx...
but when I hear talk about game bred dogs of today I visualize 38 to 48 pound dogs that have a high prey drive that are leggy and sleek...not big ole bully heads with 18 inch wide chests and dogs that can't take the heat or even breath...
I like a leggy agile bull dog of about 60 pounds in working weight for a catch dog...and just as important a dog that gets along fairly well with other dogs and is laid back and quiet until it is time to go to work and not before...and I love a purty dog...cost the same to feed a good looking great dog as it does a sorry looking great dog...
I sure am not an expert on bull dogs but have had a few good ones in the past...and my favorite was a 48 pound dark red rednose that was game bred and he was a good one...did not have any quit and did not know fear...
