Goose, one of the reasons I feel that is behind the rednose catchdogs is size. There were a lot of the bigger dogs in the breed come down from those rednose dogs. A lot of the rednose breeders went to the UKC also and that tuned them down some.
I agree, just an example is the macho buck and mayday bred dogs, them dogs have some size to them, while I’m not an advocate for him but I respect his market campaign for his dogs but the dogs Chico Lopez is breeding and selling are prime examples of just a bigger size....
I agree WOW, some of the main foundation dogs of the OFRN strain were big dogs like Fergusons Centipede. I've had a few over the years and one of the smartest dogs I ever owned was a Red Devil/Corvino bitch who was fine around other dogs as long as they behaved. She was around 56 lb lean.
I think you are right Goose of all of the traditional APBT strains the OFRN seem to do really well as catchdogs, the other one that I have noticed produced some nice catch dogs was GR CH Virgil. Seems like he produced some really smart dogs as he was himself, but he also threw some real man eaters as he could be himself with people he didn't know. Prob why some have done real well with protection work as well.
On a side note Goose, I had a yard full of Mayday, Buck, and Mayday/Buck crosses and let me tell you of all of the gamedog lines I've been around I would recommend them the LEAST for catchdog work, well at least the ones I had. They were big and athletic and very smart but they were fastlane dogs that were 100% on by 3-5 months old lol and there was no turning their switch off. Ours were known for how hot they were and were absolute screamers. I will say I really like the mix Cracker has where it is bred down some, I think that will be a nice mix.
