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We have accepted unabashedly the fact that the Pit Bull as a breed is the most adept “game dog” ever to have been produced. We also know of the Pit Bull’s utilization as a “catch dog.”

Guard work and personal protection work are other areas in which the Pit Bull breed often excels. The Pit Bull generally makes a useful home guardian and personal protection dog, primarily because it is such a devoted and determined breed. It is not a dog that automatically protects whatever space it happens to be occupying or whatever person happens to be holding its leash. Instead, it is a breed that will often defend due to a sense of devotion to its family and its family’s property.

CATCH DOGS

The work of the catch dog is to run down, seize and hold free-range animals, such as free-range hogs, on large farms and ranches. The dog should be agile, powerful, fearless and determined enough to hold the free-range animal until the farmer or rancher can tie it. This kind of work often requires greater physical size than many Pit Bulls possess, but Pit Bulls on the upper end of the size scale, in the 65-pound and over range, serve very well as catch dogs.