Dog Fighting

Dog Fighting is a large part of the American pit bull's history and ancestry. If you are interested in caring for an APBT or if you currently care for one, it may be best to fully understand the history behind the great breed.

Knowing the breed's history and background can help you fully understand your dog and why he does the things he does.

Look at the Australian Shepherd. Sometimes they're found nipping the feet of small children and running around them as to herd them. Why? Because it's what their ancestors did... Well, not children but sheep and other wildlife.

I'm one of the biggest American pit bull advocates. I would not by any means condone the acts of dog fighting traditional or not. I do not condone breeding for game. I do not condone the mistreatment of dogs. And, I do not condone egos in combination with dogs.

American Pit Bull Breeders/Rescues in Georgia

In light of Online Puppy Scams, I have decided to compose a safe list of American Pit Bull Breeders in Georgia that you can trust.

The APBT can be registered in two dog registries- the ADBA and the UKC. You can, also, find APBT registered under the CKC (Continental Kennel Club), but you should watch out for this particular registry, as just about anyone can have their dog registered with their registry.


Atlanta King Pit Bulls
Specializing in performance bred working blue pit bulls and XL pit bulls that are true athletes.
They breed according to UKC and ADBA standards.

Blue Horizon Pit Bulls
A small kennel who are professional breeders of blue American Pitbull Terriers. More than half of their dogs are Purple Ribbon Bred. They breed various bloodlines such as azors Edge, Gotti, Knowlwood, Dela Cruz, and Grapevine.

Bryant's Red Devils
Specializing in red APBTs, these pups are dual registered with Purple Ribbon, Champion and Grand Champion bloodlines in their backgrounds. The kennel is a hobby breeder, breeding bloodlines like Peterson, Camelot, Sarona, Hemphill, Wilder, and McKenna.

Gully Pitbull Kennel
Breeding Gotti, Razor's Edge, and Butthead bloodlines, this breeder focuses on the blue, fawn, and tri-colored pit bulls with thick bones, wide chest, a big head, and a great temperament.

Haynes Pit Bulls
Breeding UKC, ABDA, and Continental Kennel Club pedigrees. They breed seal, black, red, fawn, black and white, and chocolate pit bulls.

Southern Pride Pitbulls
This breeder is working with ABKC grand champion bloodlines and dogs. They tend to work most with the Razor's Edge and Gotti lines.

True Kennels
Showing their APBTs, the parents of these pups are Grand Champion show dogs. Puppies are socialized and temperament tested.

Ultimate Blues Pit Bulls
Breeding high quality Pit Bulls and striving for good health and temperament.


Rescue:

Atlanta Bully Rescue
This is a non-profit shelter that focuses on bully breeds. The dogs are generally strays from East and South Atlanta. They are professionally evaluated, spayed/neutered, rehabilitated, and rehomed.


Remember when rescuing ANY dog, you save two lives. The pup you bring into your home, and the pup allowed to take his place behind the kennel doors.

When chooing an APBT, take time talking to the breeders. Ask for references if you're not 100% comfortable with the proceedings. Trust your gut.

American Pit Bull Terriers Suffering BSL

If we don't stand up for our dogs, our so called vicious beasts, no one will. The government will punish our well bred American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, Bull Terriers, and Staffordshire bull terriers.



Then they'll move towards taking the German shepherds, chow chows, akitas, huskies, malamutes, rottweilers, and dobermans, too.

After that, they'll resort to labs, retrievers, terriers, poodles, dalmatians, chihuahuas, shih tzus, great danes, schnauzers, and virtually every other breed left.

If we don't fight for our breed. Our AMERICAN pit bull terriers, and other bully breed dogs, we'll loose our American RIGHT to care and raise any dog, not approved by someone else.

Is that right? Is it fair?

I don't think so, which is why I'll be there fighting for my dogs.

Will you be there fighting for yours?

Demons (APBTs that is)

A Demon Sleeps In My Bed, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

APBT's have great personalities and even better temperaments. I just wish that the ignorant people that have never spent more than two seconds looking at an APBT and walking away would see that. You can't judge a dog by its history. You can't judge a dog by the actions of another dog in the same breed.

You wouldn't jude a human that way, and we're animals just like them. We just have a higher sense of intelligence and awareness.

Is Your Dog Safe From BSL?

I was a little surprised by my last post of famous American Pit Bull Terriers. I guess I didn't realize how many people on here have a problem with the breed. Did you know that even when fighting was more prevalent than today, the dogs were bred to be dog aggressive and NOT human aggressive? That any sign of human aggression in a dog was so frowned upon that the dog was banned from the fighting pit, not was that dog allowed to breed; human aggressive pit dogs were put down. These dogs were family pets with jobs and missions behind them. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours kind of feel. Human aggression comes from poor breeding and socialization, not the breed.

BSL and APBTs

Banning American Pit Bull Terriers and other bully breed dogs may not affect you, but what happens when all those dogs become extinct? The fighting ring will come after YOUR dogs. What will you do then? ... Will you fight the Breed Specific Legislations like current bully breed owners are? Probably. I'm sure you'll want to keep your lab or retriever in your home just like I'll fight to keep my APBTs.

One last tidbit.. Statistically, APBT's are the least likely dog breed to attack a human... How about that? Did you know that most of the dog attacks that you hear aren't even "pit bull" attacks? The media catches whim of a dog attack and throws "pit bull" out there. They never retract their statements.

Dog Fighting

Dog Fighting is a large portion of how APBT became the loving, strong, and loyal breed that they are today. What is not understood about pit fighting, is that dog agression and human aggression is completely different. Human agression was strongly frowned upon. Even right before a fight, owners would switch dogs and was the opponent; if any signs of human aggression was seen, the dogs were not allowed to fight. In many cases the dogs did not make it home. Human aggression in pit bulls has never been bred into the dogs. That should be known in today's society. Just becuase a dog fighting past is in their breed, in no way does that mean they are prone to human agression.

More Dog Training Thoughts

As training in any dog is important, training an American pit bull terrier, is even more. You should train the dog with Reinforcement Training.

Basic obedience is a must!

But what about the other problems that your dog has that you haven't quite gotten a grip on? Try using Problem Solving tools and techniques. You may, also, want to try Untraining Your Dog's Behaviors. Untraining is the opposite of training, as with training you are hoping to enforce that a behavior will occur again, with untraining you are hoping to enforce that a behavior will not occur again.

But, at the same time, not all American pit bull terriers are the strong and illusive type dog. Some, like any other dog and any other breed, will succumb Fears and Phobias. How do you overcome those fears? You don't want a dominant dog, but you do want a confident dog.