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HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PITBULL TERRIER:
In 1835 the British Parliament outlawed bull baiting, a sadistic gambling game in which bulldogs were used to attack and harass bulls brought to market with the dubious intention of tenderizing the meat. The dog would assault the bull, avoid the stomping hooves and slashing horns, grab a tender nose or ear, and hang on until the bull collapsed. Commoners and royalty alike sought diversion from the violence and diseases of their day by attending these bloody spectacles until a public outcry forced Parliament to take a stand.
Once bull baiting was banned, dog breeders who appreciated the fierceness, courage, and tenacity of the bull dogs turned their attentions to breeding dogs for dog fighting. They began with the bull dog, mixed in some terrier blood, and produced the Bull and Terrier, a dog that met all of their expectations. The Bull and Terrier was bred for aggression to other dogs, unrelenting bravery, a high pain threshold, a willingness to fight to the end, and an affection for people.
Bull and Terrier dogs came to the US in the early 1800s as all-around farm dogs and frontier guardians. Samuel Clemons featured a pup of this breed in his short book The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
The United Kennel Club recognized the Bull and Terrier Dog as the American Pit Bull Terrier in 1898. Buster Brown shoes put its mascot in every shoe with the image of Tige, an American Pit Bull Terrier, to enhance its image as a sturdy, dependable shoe. RCA used Nipper, a pit bull of unknown ancestry, to illustrate the clarity of sound emanating from its phonograph -- after all, it could fool the loyal pit bull into thinking he heard "his master's voice" in person. The breed was used to illustrate American neutrality without fear in 1914, the toughness of Levi jeans, and as a"defender of Old Glory."
The AKC eschewed breeds called "pit bulls" until 1936, when it recognized the American Pit Bull Terrier under the alias Staffordshire Terrier, named after the miners of Staffordshire, England, who had a hand in developing the breed for the fighting pit. The name was changed in 1972 to the American Staffordshire Terrier to distinguish the breed from the Staffordshire Bull Terrier of England, the ancestor of the American dogs, which was recognized by AKC in 1974. The British version of the dog is 14-16 inches tall and weighs up to 45 pounds. The American cousin is 18-19 inches tall and weighs up to 80 pounds. UKC's American Pit Bull Terrier is preferred to range from 30-60 pounds with females generally, but not necessarily, smaller than males.
Staffs, AmStaffs, and APBTs produced by responsible breeders are bred for temperament. Many dogs of these breeds are therapy dogs; some do quite well in obedience, and one -- Bandog Dread HIC, VB, SchH 1, CD -- even has a herding title. Another, Solomon J. Grundy, is a service dog for quadriplegic owner Arvid Kuhnle of Saskatoon, Canada, and Bullitt, was shown on the 1985 Easter Seals poster with his owner, Gordy Ranberg of Genesee, Michigan.
THE AMERICAN BULLY HISTORY
THE AMERICAN BULLY BREED WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE MID 1990 'S WITH THE PURPOSE OF CREATING THE ULTIMATE FAMILY COMPANION. THE AMERICAN BULLY WAS CREATED THROUGH YEARS OF SELECTIVE BREEDING BY COMBINING THE DESIRED TRAITS OF THE UKC AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER AND THE AKC AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER. THE AMERICAN BULLY'S ORIGIN'S CAN BE SEEN BOTH ON THE EAST AND WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, PRIMARILY IN VIRGINIA, AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. TODAY THE AMERICAN BULLY CAN ALSO BE SEEN, IN EUROPE AND ASIA.
HISTORY OF THE RAZORS EDGE:
RAZORS EDGE WAS STARTED IN MD AND DC BY DAVE WILSON AND CARLOS BARKSDALE. THEY STARTED OUT WITH GAME DOGS. THEY RESEARCHED EVERYTHING THEY COULD FIND AND READ EVERY BOOK PUBLICIZED AT THE TIME. THEY ALSO SUBSCRIBED TO MANY DOG MAGAZINES LIKE THE ADBA GAZETTE, EVEN SOME UNDER GROUND ONES. THEY CALLED EVERY BREEDER THAT THEY COULD FIND AND QUESTION THEM, IF IT SAID PIT, THEY WERE ON IT. THEY ALREADY OWNED SOME UNPAPERED PITS. THEY EVEN HAD THERE OWN PIT CLUB AND WENT HIKING, AND OTHER THINGS BACK IN THE WOODS. EVENTUALLY THEY GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GET SOME REAL PAPERED, GOOD BLOODLINE, GAME DOGS. THEY PURCHASED SOME OF THE BEST AROUND AT THE TIME. EVEN PAID $3500 WAY BACK THEN FOR A GRANDSON OF THE GREAT "PLUMBER'S ALLIGATOR", MAINLY MAYFIELD LINES. DAVE AND CARLOS WERE VERY HEAVY INTO THE GAME LINES AND HAD DOGS FROM HEMPHILL TO WILDER BLOOD. THESE WERE BIG GAME DOGS. LATER ON THEY HOOKED UP WITH GEORGE WILLIAMS IN DC AND PURCHASED A DOG THEY NAME "DIABLO", FROM WILDSIDE KENNELS, DIABLO'S DAD WAS A BIGGER CATCH DOG, "HOLLINSWORTH BULL", HIS MOM WAS A GAME GIRL NAME "WILDSIDE MS.LEAKY". THIS THE TURN AROUND TIME WHEN RAZORS EDGE STARTED TO ADD MORE SIZE. THE FIRST EVER REGISTERED "ADBA" RAZORS EDGE BREEDING WAS FROM HIS MAYFIELD BOY ZEUS TO A MAYFIELD GIRL NAME JINX. JINX WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO A FRIEND BACK THEN NAME CURT PLATER, NOW CLP KENNELS. HE OWNED THE FIRST EVER RAZORS EDGE DOG. SO BY TAKING COMBONATIONS OF DOGS AND BLOODLINES DAVE EVENTUALLY GOT TO THE STYLE OF PITBULL HE WANTED, NOW CALLED "BULLY STYLE" OF PITBULLS, MEANING LARGE IN SIZE, SUCH AS LARGE HEAD, WIDE CHEST, SHORT BLOCKY MUSSLES, LARGE, BUT NOT OVER DONE BONE AND A SHORTER BACK BUT AT THE SAME TIME CORRECT AS THE UNITED KENNEL CLUB AND THE AMERICAN KENNEL JUDGE BY.
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HISTORY OF THE GOTTILINE:
GOTTILINE WAS FOUND BY RICHARD BARAJAS OF WEST SIDE KENNELS. HE IS THE OWNER OF GOTTILINE'S FOUNDATION SIRE, "THE NOTORIOUS JUAN GOTTY", IN 1997, HE PURCHASE GOTTY FROM A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF TONY MOORE. (TONY MOORE IS THE OWNER OF GREY LINE KENNELS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. THE FOUNDATION BITCH OF GREYLINE WAS THE LATE SHOWTIME. SHOWTIME IS THE PRODUCER OF JUAN GOTTY'S FATHER, ("PR" GREYLINE'S RAIDER 2). HE PURCHASED GOTTY FOR THE AMOUNT OF $1,300. WHEN GOTTY WAS APPROXIMATELY 7 WEEKS OLD HIS SIRE, "RAIDER" PASSED AWAY. WHEN GOTTY WAS 7 MONTHS HE SIRED HIS FIRST LITTER. HE WENT ON TO PRODUCE MANY FOUNDATION MALES AND FEMALES INCLUDING COULDENS BLUE RHINO AND FELON (THE SIRE AND DAM OF 21 BLACKJACK), NEW TROIJAN'S DILLINGER, PATE'S BLUE BEAST, GOTTILINE'S MONSTER, DO GOOD BIG BOY AND WESTSIDE'S CAPONE JUST TO NAME A FEW. GOTTY IS THE SIRE OF NEARLY 650 U.K.C REGISTERED AMERICAN PITBULL TERRIERS. SINCE 1997, GOTTY HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE USA, CANADA, CHINA, PHILLIPINES AND JAPAN. JUAN GOTTY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE GREATEST DOGS IN THE BULLY STYLE MOVEMENT.
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Pit vs Bully - Once and for All
Story // Dave Wilson Photographers // Eric Motanez, Eric "Ptah" Herbert
American Bully AKA "Bully"?
The quick answer is: An American Bully is a spin off the American Pit Bull Terrier. The same lineage and blood, but bred for generations for a different purpose and look. To understand this, you must first know some history behind the foundation breed and its directions.
The "Pit Bull" was a dog that came to form in the late 1800's. The purpose of this breed was to be the ultimate competitor. The breed was created for the sport of dog fighting, which for hundreds of years was a legal sport, celebrated by even the elite in society These dogs were bred to never waver in the heat of battle, hence the term "gameness." This term means to have the will to go on no matter what obstacles have to be overcome, even fatigue, and to never mentally quit or give up.
This "gameness" was the main trait bred into the breed. Another main trait was the breeds stability with people. The breed was so human tolerant that it would never bite the hand of a person, even in the heat of a match. This trait was bred into the breed to protect handlers and referees from getting bit while in a match. The breed was created to be the ultimate gladiator, but never to harm a human, thus the breed was never meant to have any human aggression.
The breed increased in size when it came to the US, and later adopted the final name of " The American Pit Bull Terrier". They used American in the name, because America is where the first registry created for the breed was formed. They used "Pit" in the name, because this was the name of the arena used in the sport they were created for. They used the word "Bull" in the name, because a "Bulldog" type was used in the creation of the breed. They used the word "Terrier" in the name, because a "Terrier" type breed was also used in the creation of the breed. A "Bulldog" type was used for power, build, and stability. A "Terrier" type was used for its tenacity and agility.
The first American Pit Bull Terriers were introduced for breed registration and acknowledgement to the only registry at that time, The American Kennel Club or "AKC." The AKC denied the breeds acceptance in its registry because the breed had no written breed standard; physical criteria that a breed should possess, written standards and descriptions of such. At this time the only trait heavily desired was "gameness." Since the AKC denied the breed to its registry, a new registry was formed, The United Kennel Club or "UKC." The UKC was created solely for this breed, and as years went on, a standard was written for the breed and adopted by the UKC.
There were still breeders who wanted the breed recognized by the AKC, so they decided to take lines from the breed and breed them in their own direction. They bred them for the purpose of companionship, and for the sport of conformation competition. Conformation competition is a show where the dogs are judged on their physical traits, movement, and handling, according to the written breed standard. These breeders wrote a new standard based on the one used by the UKC, and they continued to breed these dogs for 70 more years. Because of this the breed had changed in appearance and temperament. This spin off the original "Pit Bull" was no longer used for competition fighting, so their personalities, temperaments, and builds changed. This new breed was given the name "The American Staffordshire Terrier" or "Am. Staff". The AKC accepted the breed and now considers this a new breed of its own, and separate from the "Pit Bull". The UKC; however, accepts these Staffs as Pit Bulls and will allow them to be single registered with their registry as "Pits".
Dog fighting became outlawed in the 19th century in the US, and the UKC changed its purpose and standards for the breed. A group of the breeders of the game lines left this registry and created another registry called "The American Dog Breeders Association", or "ADBA". For generations these three registries all recognized the breed for different purposes and different standards, so the breed changed and spawned into different directions. Nowadays, the breed has been used for different types of conformation shows, weight pulling, companionship, and some even still breed the original game dogs. Due to these many directions, the breed has changed and spawned into many different forms and personalities, which brings us to where we began with Pit vs. Bully…
About seventeen years ago I started breeding to create the Razors Edge line… I started with a foundation of the AKC registered "Staffs", they carried the heavier builds, larger heads, and more mellow demeanors. We crossed in lines from UKC registered "Pits" to add more muscularity, more drive, and a harder look. After about seven years of blending and selective breeding, we came out with the look and personality that we were striving for. These dogs carried large blocky heads, short and square muzzles, full body muscularity, heavier bone structure, and just all around physically powerful builds. The personality was still to be stable and docile towards humans, but we also washed out a lot of the dog aggression that the original blood carried. In our minds we had created the ultimate companion dog.
These dogs had to be registered with the UKC, because it was the only registry that acknowledged all the spawns as the same breed. So we began competing in the UKC conformation shows. The dogs did very well and in time were given a slang name called "Bullies". This name was given basically to describe their build and the thicker look of the style. In time, "Bully" bloodlines spawned all over the US.
Razors Edge was just one of many of the "bully" lines. Other "bully" lines that are popular are: Greyline, Gottiline, Gaff, Watchdog, Camelot, DeLaCruz, Butthead, Royal, Kaos, Gangus Kahn, and many more. Even the Razors Edge bloodline spawned into other Bully lines like Remyline and Shortyline. A new look and style had formed, and its popularity spread worldwide The "Bullies" had began to make their own name and place within the breed. The love for the "Bullies" spread way beyond the UKC conformation show world. In time, the show world pushed for a direction that did not favor the "Bully" style. This left a large group of extremely diverse people, who were left with nowhere to compete and show off their dogs.
In 2003, a concept for a new registry was created for the purpose of the promotion, registration, and competition of this style of the breed, the "Bullies". Fanciers of the "Bullies" were already gathering in large numbers at BBQ style events. People from all over, and of all races would get together and host BBQ style events for the "Bullies". This provided a more relaxed atmosphere, usually with DJ's playing music, people barbequing , vendors selling "Bully" paraphernalia and gear; and breeders, owners, and fanciers of the dogs in the hundreds. These gatherings drew in large amounts of people, and especially Bullies.
A new registry was formed to accommodate these people and their dogs, so they had a way to compete with their style of dog. The registry decided to use the slang name already given to this style, "Bullies"; but, they also decided to add the name "American" to the title. This was to properly represent the nation of the breed's origin. The breed now was given the formal name, "The American Bully". The kennel club registry used the name, "The American Bully Kennel Club", or "ABKC". Now the breed had a name, a registry, and a way to compete! The biggest part of the "American Bully" goes beyond the dogs, and is the life style surrounding the breed and events. The "Bullies" now have a following worldwide, and Expo style events for these dogs bring in spectators by the thousands. The "Pit Bull" has been part of the urban world for decades now, but the American Bully is making its name as a new face in this world. You can see them featured on CD covers, music videos, and even magazine such as this one, which was created for the breed and the lifestyle.
The main differences between the "Pit" and the "Bully" are hard to state as facts, because there are many different style to the "Pit". So, we will us a general comparison using the generic form of the "Pit". Basically, an every day back yard "Pit Bull"
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