TheScott Typeamerican bulldog (not johnson) is a great catch dog.They havea lot of size over the pits and they hold a tight grip, not always as tight as a pit, but most time they do, but they have the size to take down some big heavy rank boars that a sometimes the pits are a little too small to hit effectively. Some of the muzzles get a little short and so you have to worry about them getting winded sometimes. But again, they are catch dogs and not bay dogs. the True Grit web board has a section for Performance AB's (Scott Type) and they are heavy ino hog hunting. The big dogs hit HARD