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Well Ole Jezz came in so I’m giving it a whirl. She’s the last of my old line of catch dogs that I raised for 20+ years. She’s also a direct daughter of my old Vegas male. She’s about 8 years old if I remember correctly. The old girl is a legitimate 80 pound female and has the right characteristics I like in a catch dog. She’s still pretty fast and athletic for staying in a kennel and her age. She caught a few hogs and did it well but was put up. Hopefully she wasn’t wasted. By that I mean let get too old. Time will tell I guess.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210501/4ca48101f4e93c1a938c28f020fb5237.jpg)


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Good luck Thomas, hope it takes.

That’s a good looking gyp for sure. It’s hard to find the bulldogs that are true 75lb+ bulldogs that are athletic and smart.

Nice looking female, what bulldog blood did you start with? Good luck to ya

The biggest influence was “Bettes Big Head”. He at one time held the world record in pulling. He was a registered pit bull but it was HIGHLY suspected he was half American. I believe that myself. His pull weight was 85- 88 pounds and he was an athletic build. If I remember right Mr. Bettes told me he caught well too. He was a white dog with some brindle on his head. He looked very similar to my American male but had a better head shape and muzzle than my dog. I’ll see if I can find a picture of him and post it.


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Good looking bulldogs T dog. Best of luck with them.

Hope they turn out for you

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If you Google Bettes Bighead, itwill pull up a pic from peds online.

I have heard about him. I like the AB X APBT crosses myself. Hope u get some nice pups

Thank you


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nice dogs and hope this works out for you.and im sure you allready have the next step planned in this program.

Thanks Gary. I have a couple of options IF she takes and IF they work right, lol. I fall a deeper in love with this male dog every time I hunt him. The gyps daddy is hands down the best catch dog I’ve owned. I’ve hunted with lots of people with really nice catch dogs but never saw one that I would have traded for him. Not saying he was the world’s greatest but he sure fit the bill for me. The gyps momma was really nice. On about her third or fourth hunt, I had taken one bay dog and her to the woods by myself. I bayed a hog that I can only guess the weight of. Thirty years of doing this and seeing others that I know for sure what they weighed, this hog was 400+ and a Barr. She got two K-9’s knocked completely out and the other two broke off at the gum line and she still caught him completely solo. It took myself, my dad, and 2 big stout nephews to load him a trailer and untie him. If you’re wondering I called them to come help after I tied him because I couldn’t budge him alone. It was a shame that she lost her teeth because she had the potential to be super good, but she produced well and I learned a lot about her make up that day. If these pups get the same brains and want to as both parents I’ll be ok. It just has to be that right nitch as you know.


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Well, as luck would have it, I wanted females and got all males. She had trouble having them so a couple shots were needed. Of the 6 males 2 were still born. I guess they were in the birth canal too long. 3 of the 4 that survived are quality pups and the runt is a little dude for sure but not ever going to be the same caliber dog as the other 3. There was one brindle ring neck and 2 fawn ring necks with black masks and the runt was fawn red nose with a redder mask. They are all bulldog for sure. Their confidence is through the roof and they are smart and real people dogs. The one I kept is made like my old family but is his daddy’s son 100% in nature and personality. I already have him playing ball, lol. They’ll be 11 weeks old Friday.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210914/0abc3cc4686dafbd40b58c78830625a2.jpg)
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nice dogs

Good lookin sucker Thomas!

  Good looking pup. His parents are some sure enough good looking dogs.

Good looking puppy hope he turns out for you

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Thanks guys


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Very nice looking bulldog's T-dog that Bitch is a dang sure fine looking animal.Hopefully they get y'all back to where you want to be.Pup sure looks nice too.

Thanks Cracker. He’s built more like his momma and acts just like his daddy which is fine with me


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Looking forward to hearing about the pup in the future.
He is a handsomely built lil guy.

Love the dam! She looks pert near perfect for what I like.

You know I’m a cheering fan of the AB as well. Love most of their temperament (of the good ones) and willingness to please and trainability because of that.

In the same vein I think some improvement in health and athletic factors do well for outcrossing

I think the original weight cross line from big head and that you bred further prove that out.

Wishing the best for this pup so that you may continue with him in the line of good, big,  thinking Bulldogs with the actual attributes to do the job and, like I said, looking forward to watching the progress.

Also does wow still have that male off of the stuff? Damn sure wish you’d been fortunate enough to get a female to take back to him...

Semmes, no I lost Gus to a liver issue 1 1/2 years ago.

Sorry to hear that. I think I remember he was a good working dog.

I only ever saw one picture posted of him silhouetted on a hill top that I can remember and he was a dang handsome dog!

Thanks Semmes. I agree with you as well. Ole Gus was a heck a of a dog. He got several hogs under his belt for the time he was here every year. He was a pleasure to be around at home and the woods. He was a half brother to the mother of this pup.


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Fine looking little sucker man..  I can tell from the pics he thinks hes ruling the roost ,, got sense written in his eyes too.. 

Thank ya bud


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tdog your luck sounds about like mine.the very last ab breeding i did was some years ago and i really needed it to give me good dogs to rebuild.i kept the 2 females and ended up cullin them as they were just way too small for what i needed as my dogs werent typically big for abs anyway. i kept al4 males and one was the one, ya know. and i lost every male pup to parvo. good luck with the pups. bummer you didnt get what you wanted.

Thanks Gary, I was sure hoping for females but this little dude is really nice. I’m satisfied with him so far.


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Neat lookin pup...i like the mask, hope he turns out for you.

Thank ya


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