if your going to get a dogo go through cali catchers. I have seen numerous dogos that either bay wont catch and the ones that do try to catch rebite instead of lock. they're soft. If you beat a bulldog they will be right back in 2 minutes you beat a dogo they'll be back in 2 days when they trust again. there is something in the breed that makes them not handle a good butt kicking. dogos are expensive to get shipped here. the culls that should have been culled are breeding due to the expense. 2 out of 10 dogos in the states do what theyre advertised to do. with that it costs $2500 to get a dogo here most people will not spend $25000 to get two good dogos so the culls get bred. Why do you think theyre getting crossed with bulldog? Now if you can get a true dogo that is the real deal you have the best RCD there is but are you willing to pay $10,000 to $20,000 to get a good one? shoot with that amount I can get 200 pits and everyone of them will do the job.
You're pretty spot on here. It's a bit ridiculous here in the states with what the Dogo has become. A dog that once started out as the epitome of hog hunting overseas has been reduced to a pampered, pretty, sensitive washed out breed. But with that said, there are people who still breed and use working class Dogo. If you know the right people you can find them. I think I'm a little more concerned with the older lines of the Dogo. I've been in contact with some breeders overseas that have very stringent breeding programs, and they are being reasonable. When I do decide to bring back in a little Dogo to our crosses it will be from an outside source.
I will have to defend our crosses a little bit though 44mag, I have more than a handful of these Amerigo that I've hunted behind, and they ain't no punks! My PJ girl isn't phased by much... So to say our dogs are half a dog cause they have roots that originate from half Dogo and half AB is pretty much wrong. We have gotten all he way down to the 6gen on that bloodline, and everything seems to be going as planned.
Sorry someone or some dog burnt you out on the breed... I can't comment on owning a full Dogo because none of my white dogs are full Dogo. But I do like our Amerigo very much. Good luck, and happy hunting.
