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Thanks to some great members of the board, I made the switch from pits to AB's and so far I am a very, happy convert.  Caught a 200 lb boar 2 weeks ago with one AB and have added another 2 to the pack since then.  Today we put all 3 out on a 125-150 lb boar and they had him shut down and locked down.  The hog was so immobilized he couldn't even move or shake his head.   ;D
I also got off my lazy backside and built an upper deck dog carrier so I can seperate 3 dogs from the rest.  Should have built it years ago, but as they say, "hindsight is 20/20"

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Nice red dog! any special breeding ?

Is the brindle bulldog from Mr Scott Pugh? That's a heck of a bulldog there.

The red dog is one of my Kemmers.  That's all I run for bay/strike dogs.

Yes, that's Scott's dog Blade. 

How fast are they compared to pits?



Sonny

From my limited experience with ABs, I'd say they are faster and more agile.  My pits, and again, I'm no expert on pits or ABs, I just kept what I needed for catchdogs and can't tell you one bloodline from another, where strong and had decent speed.
But from my limited experience with these ABs, they run much more gracefully and with an ease that the pits didn't have.  We let out dogs out every afternoon to have play time and the pits would race around and we'd joke that they must have thought they were grayhounds when in fact that were not.  Their top speed movements were awkward and not too gracefull.  Watching the ABs is totally different.  Very smooth gait and also seems effortless.
But someone with years of pit experience may correct me and  say 'that's not so.'  I'm just speaking of the dogs I've had.

Nice dogs. I'd say that my Am Bull definitely has his own special attributes when compared to the APBT's. I wouldn't say one is better than the other though. A good dog is a good dog. That brindle sucker is FINE.

The AB is such an awesome breed. I am so happy with mine from INAB.

That's a good AB. Blade hits like a hammer. You did good there buddy.

I knew I recognized that dog! Is the white bulldog off dallas? Good deal btw DS.

Scott would have to tell you about their breeding. 
Scott is helping me out while I transition to the ABs and if not for him I'd be in dire straights.  His dogs are fitting right in and are already earning their feed.  Big thanks to Scott and his family.  Can't thank him enough.

Good lookin abs sure do like that bridle dog

When u get ready to cull that ugly brindle dog I would b glad to take him off your hands  ;)

Got any pictures of the pits your comparing the abs to?

I can post some pics of my pits when I get home.  And again, I'm not claiming to be an all knowing pit man.  I've had a few that caught hogs for me.  I don't breed them, couldn't come up with a popular bloodlines name if my life depended on it.  I have catchdogs to catch hogs, just so happens I had pits up until recently.  What bloodlines, who were their parents, what was their history, I couldn't tell you.  They caught pigs, so I fed them in return.  Did I need them to be fast and agile, no.  I needed them to run 30 yards and catch a pig.  If for whatever reason they didn't catch, I put them back on the atv and carried them to the next bay.  Could they catch a big hog?  Yes, and they did it extremely well for me over the years.  I felt very safe walking into a caught hog, knowing those two pits were locked on.  They were very well behaved and I've never, ever carried a break stick.  Every pit I've ever owned came off the hog by verbal commands.
Someone asked if I thought the ABs were faster than pits and I gave my opinion based on the dogs I've owned. 
My male pit was as tall and leggy as an AB, but he couldn't out run my daughters overweight weenie dog.   ;D :D  In his mind, he probably thought he was a grayhound, but we'd laugh so hard watching him try to run with the other dogs in the backyard.  It was comical and always a good laugh.
I didn't intend this post as a bashing of pits, quite the contary.  I loved my pits, but for me, I felt it was time to go in a different direction.

Scott filled me. I know the dogs behind the white bulldog.

I just gained an ab/pit cross and the American bulldog shows on him very well.  All the ones I've hunted with usually aren't as fast to the bay as my pits but it's not cuz they aren't as fast, they just seem to assess the situation before bulling their way in which I like alot.

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