Message #172972

[jhy]

Watchdog/ suregrip bred dog has been my best AB catchdog in the last 11 years. Not as agile as I would like him to be. Johnson x OSW had the most heart but couldn't breath obviously. Had some old Sand Valley stuff that really turned me off of pure ABs all together. Hog crazy, but one cut and quit. Didn't ever go again. Had a lot of luck with hybrids, but most couldn't handle heat as well as my pits obviously, but my AB now is handling heat well for big dog and gets it done. Call John Bloodworth over in your area. According to him all other ABs are trash except his, but none of his dogs have beaten my hybrids in show, pp work, irondog, or catch comps in the last 10 years. There are some fellas on here that have nice ABs but I haven't hunted with them and they live in in south Texas. Scott Pugh is one of them