was the breed in better shape pre 1976?

give opinions

Not nessesarily(is that how you spell it) but in rough terms the old timers did the dirty work with the dogs to get us today's apbt

The dogs back then only was bred if the dog earned it an not because it looked good

are you trying to trap me into saying something an why pick my post apart

there is not a tru way legally

not even close talk to your boy dunlap he knows everything

theres dogs that are bred the old way still

this breed will be here forever

hopefully the same i hate to see a change but its going on now with the whole bullie thing

Sure there will always be bullies, but do you not think there are enough people who breed the 'old style' dogs to keep them here?

yes alot of peole have oldschool dogs but the way things are now they just stay on the down low an only mess with a few folks

Didn't the old dogman in the past do the same thing?

here pocket ill move this post to bloodlines ok

I was thinking about that.....just hadn't got around to it....

I gotta agree..this breed may not be here in 20-30 yrs. There is such a diversity in the breed and unfortunately people DO still use these dogs for fighting which will continue only to give the APBT a bad name for lack of understanding and knowing it's history and it's true image as a great family comapanion.

As for legal PROOF of a dogs worth to breed, I firmly believe that conformation SHOULD be a great way...it's SUPPOSED to look at the dog as a whole to see if it's conformation or parts of the body move and are positioned right for what they were originally bred to do...however I think that so many have gotten away from this and get blinded by what a single person/judge prefers which is how we got to the point of having such a huge diversity in the first place. I also think that dog sports i.e. weight pull/hog hunting great ways to prove a dogs worth because it shows the true potential of the dogs drive and work ability it would have shown in the fighting ring.

JMHO