What are the differences between the Scott and Johnson type American Bulldogs? What is the standard type?
The American Bulldog started out as a southern farm dog, used to herd cattle and hunt boar. The dog had a square head and muscular, athletic body. Twenty-five years ago or so, John D. Johnson and Alan Scott decided that this wonderful working breed should be recognized as a breed and that ABs should be registerable as pure-breed dogs. Mr. Scott and Mr. Johnson set about getting the job done! They were successfully able to petition the Animal Research Foundation (ARF) to recognize these dogs. The biggest problem was making sure that the genetic pool was wide enough that these dogs would not be inbred. To expand the genetic pool of the AB, a certain amount of outcrossing was done. Alan Scott mainly crossed with Pit-Bulls and John D. Johnson crossed with English Bulldogs and Mastiffs. Over the years, these two line developed into very distinct types, with Scott-type dogs of today, still showing similar traits to the Pit-Bull. Scott type dogs are compact and muscular, very athletic with a
