Unless youneed a working dog that was bred to excel at a particular function, you are better off adopting a temperament tested pit bull from a rescue or shelter. If you are considering bringing a pit bull into your family and you are wondering about bloodlines, here's my advice. In my view, these programs are a detriment to the breed and are responsiblefor the pain and suffering of millions pit bulls-many of them now homeless because such breeders will rarely take back a dog that turns out to be physically sick or mentally unstable. On the other hand, many of the bloodlines that have emerged during the late part of the twentieth century seem to focus more on achieving a certainappearance than on soundness of temperament or physical health.
Indeed some of these breeders are actively working to re-channel the breed's legendary gameness into legitimate activites like search and rescue and drug and bomb detection. But, rather they are carrying on the heritage of a working dog that was bred for itsphysical strength, courage, determination and affection for humans. Most breeders who are carrying forward these bloodlines today state prominently on their websites that they are not involved in the illegal activity of dogfighting. Some names that come to mind in this vein are Colby, Sorrells, Heinzl and Boudreaux. On the one hand, the most establishedand meticulously selective breeding programs seem to have their roots in the blood sport of dogfighting. Types of Pit Bulls by BloodlinesFirst, I want to acknowledge that my view of breeders and breeding programs is a bit jaded. But, I would speculate that around the time blue pit bulls becameall the rage, some enterprising breeders decided to piggyback on the red nose mystique by promoting the blue nose pit bull.Īn unfortunate aspect of all this is that when a breeder limits himself to a small gene pool to insure the production of pupsof a certain color, he may be sacrificing health and sound temperament in the process. But, what of blue nose pit bulls? That's a little harder to figure. The red nose color was a side-effect, not the goal of the breedingprogram.īlue nose pitbull puppy Nevertheless, because the OFRN gained quite a reputation in dogfighting circles, it seems a certain fascination developed around pit bulls with red noses. These were fighting dogs bred for gameness. There was a strain of red nose pit bulls brought over from Ireland in the mid 1800's that became referred to asthe Old Family Red Nose. The truth is the only thing that is different or special about the red nose or blue nose pits that people talk abouttoday is the color of the dog'snose leather. Follow this link to read more about these three types of pit bulls.Įven if your interest in pit bulls is relatively recent, you've no doubt heard people speak of red nose pit bulls and blue nose pit bulls.And, from the way people carry on about them, you might think they are different or somehow superior to other types of pit bulls. Still others will say that after 75 years of divergent breeding programs, they should now be considered separatebreeds. Some people take the position that theAmerican Staffordshire Terrier is the show dog version while the American Pit Bull Terrier is the working dog version of essentially the same dog breed. So, I think you can see why many people feel these three breeds are really the same. Ultimately,they categorized the smaller dogs as a breed of their own-the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Initially, the AKC divided the breed into weight classes. The dog the AKC chose to represent the standard for the American Staffordshire Terrier was a wellknown American Pit Bull Terrier, Colby's Primo.Īmong breeders of that era, it seems that some had a preference for smaller, stockier types of pit bulls while other breedersfavored the larger, slightly leggier appearance of dogs like Primo. So they changed it first to Staffordshire Terrier and laterto American Staffordshire Terrier.
But, they didn't like the name 'pit bull' because of its association with dogfighting. After flatly refusing for a number of years to reigster the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Kennel Club finallyrelented in the mid 1930's. And, you might well ask why since the two latter ones donot have "pit bull" in their names. Now it's common usage has been broadened to include theAmerican Staffordshire Terrier and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. The termpit bull at one time referred exclusively to the American Pit Bull Terrier. Types of Pit Bulls Types of Pit Bulls by Breed How many types of pit bulls are there? What do people mean when they talk about different breeds, different bloodlines, red nose pit bulls, blue nose pit bulls or blue pitbulls?
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