Difference between a bulldog and a catch dog...

[Goose87]

How many of you feel there's a difference between a good sure enough catch dog that very rarely has any misses and just some bulldog picked up at the pound? Of course they'll both catch but my opinion on the subject is its like a guy who gets in fights all the time on the school yard or the guy who goes to the gym and learns the skills and discipline to make himself a good well rounded fighter. Curious to see what others have to say about this .

[Slim9797]

I might catch some flack for this but here's our bulldog Chongo, 1/2 pit 1/2 am bulldog. We bought him from a guy who raises fighting dogs. Not kidding I knew the guy for a year or 2 and just happened to be the guy I ended up meeting to buy a dog from and I realized who it was. This dog honestly has done great for us and he just turned a year old. He catches solid. Does not regrip and he's got what I think to be the perfect balance between leg and size. He's straight ear unless they are both already taken by one of the cob rough bay dogs we run. Then he will find cheek. He's an anchor and has had his metal tested once or twice now and again, he's done awesome for being so young. He's about 85-90 lbs I'd say. Hoping he fills out a tad more and rounds out around 100

[Bo Pugh]

ive had some good ones that were pound dogs or just showed up at co workers houses and ive bought some with papers that was scared of everything. i had a choclate bulldog one time that was the strangest bulldog ive ever been around he woudlnt wag his tail or lick you or any of that he had a glaze look in his eyes like he had been strung out for awhile lol . he wouldnt bark or any non sense, he was a good catch dog he was fast always on the ear and didnt pull and jerk after you got him off we caught alot of big hogs with him by himself and he serverd his purpose as good as any would have. i had another one that came from some dog fighters way up north of me my buddys give me after i lost my other one so id have a replacement, he didnt have any papers and was about like the other one i spoke of  except he was a little more friendly and he never showed and signs of dog agression i would put him in the box with all my other dogs he was a good catch dog, the day he died he got gutted and had a string of guts dragging behind him stepping on them when i got there and caught the hog, i hand cuffed the hog and got him off but he never let go even walking on his own guts in a brair patch i dont think stuff like that comes from papers or any of that i think its just in some of them and some of them dont have the heart others do. its a difference in all bulldogs i think whethere they be from the pound or the rich man kennels but i think it depends on each individual dog.

[Reuben]

usually great dogs are bred by great breeders that line breed and inbreed the best of the best or just breed the best to the best...that is my opinion on any working breed that consistently produces good dogs...

I will pick a pup or 2 from a known line of dogs that I like how they look and work any day rather than pick a 1/2 dozen pups from the pound...but if I see one I like in the pound I would gladly take it and try it out...I like a good looking dog that can get it done...

Bo Pugh...it is my opinion that some of the great dogs are very laid back and calm...like their pulse rate is non existent yet you drop the tailgate and they come alive and out hunt every dog all night long and any day of the week...I don't see any reason why a bull dog with those traits won't be the same when it is time to do his job...

[hillbilly]

A good one definitely ain't a dime a dozen like some people think.

[Judge peel]

It's a fine line between the two but you know when you got one that's special. A good or great cd don't have to be a bulldog all tho most are. A good bulldog should go against any thoughts of self preservation of its self. That's how they where bred anything less is undesirable. They where also bred to be handled human aggressive behavior is a undesirable trait. So kinda bred exactly for what we need but some are clearly better


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[TheRednose]

There is a saying I used to always here my bulldog buddies say and that is "a good dog is where you will find them". Though I can find some truth in that I think getting your dog from a long line of dogs that have done what you want yours to do can definitely increase your odds of getting what you want, and then give you a much higher percentage chance of being able to breed that dog and reproduce himself or close to it. Just my two cents.

[Reuben]

There is a saying I used to always here my bulldog buddies say and that is "a good dog is where you will find them". Though I can find some truth in that I think getting your dog from a long line of dogs that have done what you want yours to do can definitely increase your odds of getting what you want, and then give you a much higher percentage chance of being able to breed that dog and reproduce himself or close to it. Just my two cents.

that is my philosophy as well...when breeding and keeping hunting dogs our goal should not only be to have all the dogs hunt and look as we like...but to also set your breeding program so that all keepers can contribute as breeders in the program and the long term goal...to produce a well rounded dog that is born from dogs that have been selected for natural ability...and to take to its line of work like a duck takes to water...

if everyone bred their dogs that way we wouldn't have many culls around...