The Bully Kutta is a large Punjabi and Sindhi mastiff-type dog, historically kept for guarding and, in a use that is now illegal and continues, for fighting.
Dog fighting is prohibited under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and is reported periodically in rural Punjab and more widely in Pakistani Punjab, where the breed is more common.
The Gaddi, the Himalayan shepherd dog of the hills above Punjab, is a distinct working breed used with sheep and goats.
Village dogs, the pariah type, are the ordinary case and are the animal most Punjabis actually live with.
Punjab's stray dog population is large and the state's dog bite and rabies figures are significant. Sterilisation programmes exist and are patchy.
The Bully Kutta is one of very few animal breeds specific to this region and there is no breed registry, no conservation effort and no reliable description of it in any Indian institutional source.
It is a large mastiff type bred in the Punjab, historically for guarding and for hunting, and it is bred on both sides of the border.
It is also bred for fighting, which is illegal and which continues at village events in parts of the Malwa and in Pakistani Punjab.
There is no breed registry, no written standard and no veterinary literature. What exists is a trade run entirely on reputation and word of mouth.