back in the 1980's it was easy to find a catch dog...today it is not so easy...
The last 2 APBT's I bought I bought for proper body build and size...I culled the first one and I went and bought a game bred red red nosed pup...he was as pretty as a picture and was all I would ever want except he was culled for not being a solid catch dog...
strike dogs are hard to find but once you find the right hunting line you can have a yard full of good to great strike dogs...just breed a litter and keep 5 or 6 pups...
If I lost my whole pack tonight, I could find two new Bulldogs by tommorow. But i bet it would take me 6 months to find another strike dog worth feeding. And probably cost me around 2000-2500$ I'm not sure what caliber dogs yall are feeding but if their in the same class as a bulldog that tells the story. Your right judge a watered down bull dog can do his job on average but he don't have to do anything that requires brains or any kind or thinking a Bulldogs job is not that difficult he don't have to run through a briar thicket 5 hours or have to trail anything ,swim rivers and he's usually going to have some help when he catches too so he don't have to do all that by him self. what does it take to make a great catch dog in yalls opinions. I like them about 55lbs red and ear dogs and not hiper and when I get them off a hog tie them to a tree and they sit there and wait on me to get them and take them back to the four-wheeler
