Ab vs pitbull

This is my first post on this board....

I've been member a while (though ive tried to register but couldnt make it work) after following for years.

Both good breeds. Loosely interpreted

Both got great dogs for catching hogs and both got crappers (fer catching hogs) as Justin said.

I love the ab. Had many and for quite a while.

Great temperment and handle and the good ones way more trainable and steady then the pitbull IMO

What I found lacking in comparison was wind, teeth, nimbleness and a certain degree of fire. The last is debatable as in this line work only enough fire to hold a good hog is needed and anymore is a detriment as in being too 'hot'.

As hog hunting is all I do with bulldogs I wanted best of both worlds. Not to say you can't have it all in a dog of either breed by itself either.

But I'm just working with dogs I have, and my own personal experience.

I decided to cross the two.

I have the best hog catching ab I've owned. After many many abs, and being in the breed for a while. And working different venues. She the only one I got left because I became a sold hog hunter from first time out.

I decided to cross the ab with a pitbull.

Mind you I've hunted along side plenty of them as well over the years and didn't care for some in the others were total package on their own.

Now like I said I started with a good line of ab that is known for a great handle and hog hunting propensity, but I felt I still had room for improvement.

Now working with what I had available and have seen in action over a couple of generations of the line of putbull I chose to cross with. I can say they are big strong catchweight dogs that breed consistent with a hate for a hog. I have seen some that were hard as nails but not worth damn on a hog and I have seen some that all around may have been better but for one reason or another were not available. But the dog I bred too, I have seen the sire and multiple siblings come out great straight catchdogs naturally. But these are (to tread lightly here, as recent posts go, which I enjoyed reading and respect alot, were 'game bred' dogs. And needed a moderate amout of policing when not actually employed on the intended task. That can be a pain in the ass.
Something you don't get as much with a cd bred ab.

I figured, after breeding trials, and internal debate squash a little of the nonsense from the pit but add what I saw was needed in the ab. (This is on a purely catchdog level)
By crossing two well thought out and prooven tru breeding families for catching hogs of both breeds.

...again, not to say you couldn't get it from either breed by itself.
I just wanted more consistency on the outcome and what I deemed each breed lacked for that as a norm.

Anyway. Pups aren't quite a year yet , snd jury is still in deliberation, but they seem to be a great balance and I got what I was looking for as tools, handle and drive go for hogdogs.

Just relating my experience and there are bunch of folks on here that know me and I defer to them got any more experienced input

That just my two cents..,