Dave Wilson in depth interview.
Showing posts with label ABKC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABKC. Show all posts
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Jones' Mei Xiang von NoVACAIN
This girl is one of the best Classic American Bullies that I have seen in a long time.
We aren't just talking looks but we are talking about working ability as well.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Monday, October 13, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
The Shorty Bull
Jamie Sweet and the Shorty Bull:
Shorty Bull’s a breed in progress…
“Creating a breed is not a random idea that is immediately acted upon. It is a collection of ideas at first and it becomes a vision. That vision progresses into a reality when you act upon it and pursue the active quest of building the dog you have imagined. Building a new breed is a living breathing form of creative expression.
When I began the quest to build a healthy alternative form of a bulldog, my experience in dogs played a major role. I knew what I wanted, I knew what I did not want and I knew what components I wanted to start with. Using English Bulldog as my base, I knew I wanted a dog no taller than 15". I wanted 14" inches to be exact, but wanted to give myself some room, so I set the height at 15". I knew I wanted to keep bully traits, so the French Bulldog was added to keep bully traits and to ensure we would not exceed the height standard. Being active with dogs and having a background of working dogs, I knew I wanted things that the typical English Bulldog and French Bulldog lacked...I wanted drive, athleticism, longevity, natural births and overall better health. To get the durability and temperament, I used a Staffordshire Bull Terrier to bring those traits, again, not exceeding my height standard. I knew about throwbacks and was picking my battles. Height was a battle I did not want to fight later on in the program. So I began crossing dogs. I quickly found out which traits were strong based on breed AND based on the individual dog of that particular breed. Because a dog of a certain breed certainly does not mean it exudes all of the qualities ideal for the breed. The evolution of the Shorty Bull at Blue River took on the very principles of breeding established breeds... Crossing was all about the individual specimen of that certain breed.
At first, the dogs that were created had glaring faults. I knew a stud dog could not 'fix' the entire combination and so I relied heavily on strong females, breeding them to males that possessed, in potent form, the traits I wanted to keep alive. I evaluated each breeding and the resulting pups. It took time because new breeds do not develop at the same rate or exactly like the breeds used in the creation. One must watch several dogs grow into maturity, keeping in mind what crosses were done and how the individual dogs fell into that exact make up. I quickly learned there was an order to crossing dogs and that many traits are sex linked. It was trial and error and very time consuming. Rushing maturity is the same as guessing... You will have the final result when the dog is grown, not before. It quickly became obvious to me that as much as I wanted to set traits, I had to eliminate other traits and so began the grading process. It was then that I put a value on faults and eliminated the worst faults first. I determined which physical faults had to be dealt with before moving on. It makes no sense to fix a head when the rear chassis is weak and conformationally unsound. Even with established breeds, it is only sensible to build dogs from the back to the front and from the ground up with the head being the finishing touch. Generations came and went and I kept pups back out of almost every single breeding...some were a total wash. Honesty with yourself is so important in the beginning stages... If you are not honest then, the future can never be strong. I eliminated dogs from the program at 8 months, some older than that. I made plenty of mistakes along the way trying to "guess" how they would mature. After a few breeding’s, it was fortunate that a litter was born and it showed major difference from the previous litters...I saw some consistency in the litter and it spurred me to continue
The breed standard was written according to my vision.... It was a blue print for what I wanted to build. It was the guideline of perfection...a dream dog. Evolution of a breed is very different from an old breed where consistency has been set in for years. A new breed requires guidelines at first... A skeleton of a plan, the basics... To me the basics are height and type. A breed must have type...you must be able to recognize a breed by type... You must be able to recognize a breed first by look. The height requirement needed to be strict and weight will naturally cap itself according to height. Muscle and bone do carry weight, so with the development of heavier bone and muscle, weight will increase, but height should never change. So, a standard for a new breed should be basic at first and revised with the progression of a breed. Basically, revision of a standard comes with the fine-tuning of a breed and I look for the standard for Shorty Bull’s to be revised with evolution. Keep in mind, the basics will not change but the standard will become tighter over time.
Many, many years ago, dogs were developed and bred for purpose and then a collection of dogs that could carry out that specific purpose became a breed. This is how breeds developed...a collection of traits related to look, purpose or function. In recent times, dogs have become more humanized than ever and we do not have the same needs as people did 60 or 70 years ago. Although many dogs still perform their original work or purpose, now more than ever, dogs have become members of a family with no purpose necessary but filling a need to be a companion. Everyone should have a dog in their life! Now, more than ever, we see dogs with no specific purpose but look or companionship. They still fill a want for us, although form following function is not nearly as important for our breeds now as it was a hundred years ago. The purpose of my breed is completely companionship. They are fun little novel creatures to enjoy. Although the Shorty Bulls can and do some work, in reality, it is for fun and enjoyment purposes only. I did not wish to disrespect nor mock a real working breed. When naming this new breed, it was important to give it a new name that would be different from the breeds used in the creation. A new name of its own was the entitlement needed to distinguish it amongst the hundreds of other breeds. The name should give a visual description of the product... A short bulldog, and so this new breed was named The Shorty Bull.
To build a breed, one must have resources... A breed cannot be built from four or five dogs in a small yard. The keeping of puppies is crucial in order to watch development and get a grasp on the stages of growth. Keeping many dogs requires space; a patient spouse and family and the tenacity and heart of a bulldog... There are many shortcomings and many struggles. When it is a family project it is one thing, a hobby, a dream.... When a breed goes public, it is a nightmare and I do not use that word lightly. You can only control what is in your own yard, regardless of handshakes, contracts or promises. You quickly learn that creating a breed is a very, very different ideal than merely breeding dogs. People have different motivations, different ideas, different goals and it becomes a very frustrating task when you want to see the breed grow into an established breed that will survive long after a creator is gone. For a creator, it is a lifelong labor, of love, of perseverance and of determination. You must pick your battles wisely. No breed has evolved without trails and tribulation.... Because again: ideas, goals and motivation are very different from the standpoint of creator to the standpoint of dog breeder. In the same token, the dog breeders are necessary to develop a breed. I believe there is no magic number of years or generations as to when a breed can be deemed a "real" breed"...A new breed is a work in progress until the creator can see generations of his/her work handed out to others and without the same skills as the creator, the novice dog breeder can produce dogs that fit the standard for the breed. Never will the dog game be fair.... Some will always have a better eye, more resources, and a better feel for breeding than others...Percentages play a huge part in success of a program. More good dogs lead to more good breeding’s and a higher percentage of good or better dogs being produced. The factors will never be the same across the board, hence my statement, the dog game will NEVER be fair.
Building a breed is as costly as it is rewarding. One must have the want to create before the want to make money. Building a breed has brought learning experiences as unique as the individual dogs themselves. Hands on trial and error continue to be the tried and true method of choice for me and more reliable than any amount of reading. Lessons learned through one's own mistakes are never easily forgotten and there is no perfect dog, no matter how much experience or how great the plan, in dogs, nothing is guaranteed success. Perseverance pays off when you realize going in that there are risks involved and one must agree to take the good with the bad and the happy with the sad as you will experience all of that in dogs whether a creator, a breeder or a fancier. The utmost respect received as creator of a breed is to see others remain loyal to the creator's vision through success and enjoyment of the new breed in their own program”.
Written by DW
Shorty Bull’s a breed in progress…
“Creating a breed is not a random idea that is immediately acted upon. It is a collection of ideas at first and it becomes a vision. That vision progresses into a reality when you act upon it and pursue the active quest of building the dog you have imagined. Building a new breed is a living breathing form of creative expression.
When I began the quest to build a healthy alternative form of a bulldog, my experience in dogs played a major role. I knew what I wanted, I knew what I did not want and I knew what components I wanted to start with. Using English Bulldog as my base, I knew I wanted a dog no taller than 15". I wanted 14" inches to be exact, but wanted to give myself some room, so I set the height at 15". I knew I wanted to keep bully traits, so the French Bulldog was added to keep bully traits and to ensure we would not exceed the height standard. Being active with dogs and having a background of working dogs, I knew I wanted things that the typical English Bulldog and French Bulldog lacked...I wanted drive, athleticism, longevity, natural births and overall better health. To get the durability and temperament, I used a Staffordshire Bull Terrier to bring those traits, again, not exceeding my height standard. I knew about throwbacks and was picking my battles. Height was a battle I did not want to fight later on in the program. So I began crossing dogs. I quickly found out which traits were strong based on breed AND based on the individual dog of that particular breed. Because a dog of a certain breed certainly does not mean it exudes all of the qualities ideal for the breed. The evolution of the Shorty Bull at Blue River took on the very principles of breeding established breeds... Crossing was all about the individual specimen of that certain breed.
At first, the dogs that were created had glaring faults. I knew a stud dog could not 'fix' the entire combination and so I relied heavily on strong females, breeding them to males that possessed, in potent form, the traits I wanted to keep alive. I evaluated each breeding and the resulting pups. It took time because new breeds do not develop at the same rate or exactly like the breeds used in the creation. One must watch several dogs grow into maturity, keeping in mind what crosses were done and how the individual dogs fell into that exact make up. I quickly learned there was an order to crossing dogs and that many traits are sex linked. It was trial and error and very time consuming. Rushing maturity is the same as guessing... You will have the final result when the dog is grown, not before. It quickly became obvious to me that as much as I wanted to set traits, I had to eliminate other traits and so began the grading process. It was then that I put a value on faults and eliminated the worst faults first. I determined which physical faults had to be dealt with before moving on. It makes no sense to fix a head when the rear chassis is weak and conformationally unsound. Even with established breeds, it is only sensible to build dogs from the back to the front and from the ground up with the head being the finishing touch. Generations came and went and I kept pups back out of almost every single breeding...some were a total wash. Honesty with yourself is so important in the beginning stages... If you are not honest then, the future can never be strong. I eliminated dogs from the program at 8 months, some older than that. I made plenty of mistakes along the way trying to "guess" how they would mature. After a few breeding’s, it was fortunate that a litter was born and it showed major difference from the previous litters...I saw some consistency in the litter and it spurred me to continue
The breed standard was written according to my vision.... It was a blue print for what I wanted to build. It was the guideline of perfection...a dream dog. Evolution of a breed is very different from an old breed where consistency has been set in for years. A new breed requires guidelines at first... A skeleton of a plan, the basics... To me the basics are height and type. A breed must have type...you must be able to recognize a breed by type... You must be able to recognize a breed first by look. The height requirement needed to be strict and weight will naturally cap itself according to height. Muscle and bone do carry weight, so with the development of heavier bone and muscle, weight will increase, but height should never change. So, a standard for a new breed should be basic at first and revised with the progression of a breed. Basically, revision of a standard comes with the fine-tuning of a breed and I look for the standard for Shorty Bull’s to be revised with evolution. Keep in mind, the basics will not change but the standard will become tighter over time.
Many, many years ago, dogs were developed and bred for purpose and then a collection of dogs that could carry out that specific purpose became a breed. This is how breeds developed...a collection of traits related to look, purpose or function. In recent times, dogs have become more humanized than ever and we do not have the same needs as people did 60 or 70 years ago. Although many dogs still perform their original work or purpose, now more than ever, dogs have become members of a family with no purpose necessary but filling a need to be a companion. Everyone should have a dog in their life! Now, more than ever, we see dogs with no specific purpose but look or companionship. They still fill a want for us, although form following function is not nearly as important for our breeds now as it was a hundred years ago. The purpose of my breed is completely companionship. They are fun little novel creatures to enjoy. Although the Shorty Bulls can and do some work, in reality, it is for fun and enjoyment purposes only. I did not wish to disrespect nor mock a real working breed. When naming this new breed, it was important to give it a new name that would be different from the breeds used in the creation. A new name of its own was the entitlement needed to distinguish it amongst the hundreds of other breeds. The name should give a visual description of the product... A short bulldog, and so this new breed was named The Shorty Bull.
To build a breed, one must have resources... A breed cannot be built from four or five dogs in a small yard. The keeping of puppies is crucial in order to watch development and get a grasp on the stages of growth. Keeping many dogs requires space; a patient spouse and family and the tenacity and heart of a bulldog... There are many shortcomings and many struggles. When it is a family project it is one thing, a hobby, a dream.... When a breed goes public, it is a nightmare and I do not use that word lightly. You can only control what is in your own yard, regardless of handshakes, contracts or promises. You quickly learn that creating a breed is a very, very different ideal than merely breeding dogs. People have different motivations, different ideas, different goals and it becomes a very frustrating task when you want to see the breed grow into an established breed that will survive long after a creator is gone. For a creator, it is a lifelong labor, of love, of perseverance and of determination. You must pick your battles wisely. No breed has evolved without trails and tribulation.... Because again: ideas, goals and motivation are very different from the standpoint of creator to the standpoint of dog breeder. In the same token, the dog breeders are necessary to develop a breed. I believe there is no magic number of years or generations as to when a breed can be deemed a "real" breed"...A new breed is a work in progress until the creator can see generations of his/her work handed out to others and without the same skills as the creator, the novice dog breeder can produce dogs that fit the standard for the breed. Never will the dog game be fair.... Some will always have a better eye, more resources, and a better feel for breeding than others...Percentages play a huge part in success of a program. More good dogs lead to more good breeding’s and a higher percentage of good or better dogs being produced. The factors will never be the same across the board, hence my statement, the dog game will NEVER be fair.
Building a breed is as costly as it is rewarding. One must have the want to create before the want to make money. Building a breed has brought learning experiences as unique as the individual dogs themselves. Hands on trial and error continue to be the tried and true method of choice for me and more reliable than any amount of reading. Lessons learned through one's own mistakes are never easily forgotten and there is no perfect dog, no matter how much experience or how great the plan, in dogs, nothing is guaranteed success. Perseverance pays off when you realize going in that there are risks involved and one must agree to take the good with the bad and the happy with the sad as you will experience all of that in dogs whether a creator, a breeder or a fancier. The utmost respect received as creator of a breed is to see others remain loyal to the creator's vision through success and enjoyment of the new breed in their own program”.
Written by DW
The American Bully
Dave Wilson
• Creating a breed versus destroying a breed:
Before I get into the other breeds, let me speak on the breed I was personally involved in, the American Bully.
The American Bully was created different than many others breeds; I think the closest breed as far as how it was created is the American Staffordshire Terrier. Both the American Bully and the Am.Staff were created more from bloodlines and isolated traits from the American Pit Bull Terrier. In the case of my personal line, Razors Edge, it took me over 7 years to finally get my line the way I was striving for and to where it reproduced consistently in every breeding. It took a total of 14 years before we even felt it could be considered its own breed, and with the idea of that being a breed in development.
The American Bully is a breed that was not considered a breed until the ABKC was created. Let me explain, there was no American Bully until we created that name. There was only the American Pit Bull Terrier. It was me that went on the Elite Edge message board and said I’m calling my line and dogs (Razors Edge) the American Bully. (Not that I’m looking for credit for that, I could care less) There were very few then that supported the name, the Elite Edge was one of the main ones in support along with a few others. There was even a huge debate on this, but eventually we agreed that my line and other similar lines had gone far enough from the UKC breed standard (Actually the UKC standard changed to exclude our dogs) that this style was unique and different and its own thing. Anyway this has been said many times so I wont go more into that. (And I’m not saying I was the first to breed or have Bully dogs, I’m not saying I was the first to have shows, I’m not saying I did this on my own; and for real I don’t want any credit at all! Credit should go to all the breeders and supporters of the breed and the ABKC for certifying and validating the breed). So we chose the name American Bully and then created a registry to document the breed and give it validity. It started with just Razors Edge dogs in 2004, then I personally reached out to Richard Barajas of Gottiline in 2005 and went over the breed standard and criterion, he decided to bring his line into the ABKC and go by the same breed name. What happened at this point was the ABKC created a breed standard and criterion, which is the requirements needed for a dog to be eligible to be entered into the breed’s studbooks. Back then it was basically that the dogs had to be Razors Edge or Gotti or a mix of the two. Later on other bloodlines were added as well as some ancestry lines behind these lines, but on a case-by-case basis. As time went on the criterion got stricter and pictures were required to make sure dogs possessed breed type characteristics. In recent years it has gotten even stricter and more limited to even include DNA profiling. Many dogs we see today are carrying heavy traits from other breeds, primarily Bulldog breeds. For the American Bully breed to be pure, these dogs carrying these traits outside the breed need to not be allowed to enter the studbooks. Regardless of speculations a line has to be drawn and criterion has to be strict to preserve traits and lock in type to ensure the future purity of a breed. So as time goes on the criterion will continue to get stricter to keep good, pure, healthy brood stock until the studbooks finally close and the breed is complete. The ABKC created the criterion, possesses the true and only studbooks for the breed, and will continue to work to preserve the future of this breed. (Regardless of rumors or questions of breed purity, once dogs meet the criteria for the breed, they are entered into the breed’s studbooks, and they become brood stock for the American Bully breed. These dogs carrying the breed name are to be bred to dogs of the same breed in order for the breed to progress in purity).
I know in recent years so many mix bred dogs and pop up registries have formed and give a free for all for anything. This not only destroys credibility, but it ruins the healthy progress of the breed. If the breed is ever to become complete and pure, these breeding practices and the registries that support them have to end; or at the least use a different breed name. It is a lie to call a dog an American Bully if it has not been entered into the ABKC studbooks and certified by the ABKC as an American Bully. It is a lie to mix a Bulldog breed with and American Bully and call it an American Bully. This statement, contrary to what some people in hope of competition falsely state, is not for control, it is for the purpose of protecting the validity and preserving the future of the breed. We cannot allow people and registries to give false information and allow them to break down the integrity of the breed and prohibit its progression to purity and breed stability. Its not control in anyway, its protection and preservation of the breed.
If you think the ABKC is for the purpose of money, you’re dead wrong. It was created out of necessity for the breed, and not with the purpose of monetary gains. ABKC makes No money on shows, No money on judges and reps, No money on entries; the only revenue comes from pedigree registrations. And these registrations are taken very serious to help protect and preserve the different breeds. If anything and everything were registered as whatever, then it would be for the purpose of money and not the integrity of pure breeds. (On a side note, ABKC donates to 3 rescues and/or BSL organizations every month)
This random mix breeding and the papering of it is happening all over, and its only purpose is for money! This is not honest or credible breeding/registering; this is a disgrace! All of this is for money; these people and these registries do NOT really care about the breed or even the dogs. It is all based on money. Yes they may smile in your face and bash me or whatever to make you believe their cause, but its all based on making them money!
Here is why I say this… A true breeder will work to create their dogs; they will not jump ship over and over again to fit a fad. How many of these breeders of these mixed dogs do you see sticking with their dogs or even have any breeding history at all? They don’t, and they don’t care, their feeling is “if it sells I’m making money and don’t care”. Registries say we will give them what they want because we will make money too. This type of thinking and these practices will destroy credibility and destroy any chance of a breed’s purity and respect. I see it over and over again, people saying “I’ll mix what I want and sell it as an American Bully. People did it in the past why cant we now”? For one that isn’t all true, and for two the breed is established now and for it to become pure, no new breeds can be added.
Look before some people get upset (probably too late) and go on another Dave bashing spree… If your purpose is pure and you really care, then do as respectable breeders have done and put the money aside and take your time to set a plan and create something unique. There is a way to do this; but, it takes a vision, a plan, a purpose, patience, time, and it will cost money and not initially make money. If a registry is a real registry then they will not just paper anything as whatever, they will either wait until it is an established breed, or work to help true breeders with a plan to develop a breed. Either way this isn’t throwing a breed to another breed and selling the offspring as something they are not.
The ABKC recognizes breeds other than just the American Bully, and some of these breeds are still in development or at a point where they are “a breed in progress”.
But don’t just take it from me, I’d rather you hear it from some respectable and reputable breeders who have created or are developing their own unique breeds.
Written by DW
• Creating a breed versus destroying a breed:
Before I get into the other breeds, let me speak on the breed I was personally involved in, the American Bully.
The American Bully was created different than many others breeds; I think the closest breed as far as how it was created is the American Staffordshire Terrier. Both the American Bully and the Am.Staff were created more from bloodlines and isolated traits from the American Pit Bull Terrier. In the case of my personal line, Razors Edge, it took me over 7 years to finally get my line the way I was striving for and to where it reproduced consistently in every breeding. It took a total of 14 years before we even felt it could be considered its own breed, and with the idea of that being a breed in development.
The American Bully is a breed that was not considered a breed until the ABKC was created. Let me explain, there was no American Bully until we created that name. There was only the American Pit Bull Terrier. It was me that went on the Elite Edge message board and said I’m calling my line and dogs (Razors Edge) the American Bully. (Not that I’m looking for credit for that, I could care less) There were very few then that supported the name, the Elite Edge was one of the main ones in support along with a few others. There was even a huge debate on this, but eventually we agreed that my line and other similar lines had gone far enough from the UKC breed standard (Actually the UKC standard changed to exclude our dogs) that this style was unique and different and its own thing. Anyway this has been said many times so I wont go more into that. (And I’m not saying I was the first to breed or have Bully dogs, I’m not saying I was the first to have shows, I’m not saying I did this on my own; and for real I don’t want any credit at all! Credit should go to all the breeders and supporters of the breed and the ABKC for certifying and validating the breed). So we chose the name American Bully and then created a registry to document the breed and give it validity. It started with just Razors Edge dogs in 2004, then I personally reached out to Richard Barajas of Gottiline in 2005 and went over the breed standard and criterion, he decided to bring his line into the ABKC and go by the same breed name. What happened at this point was the ABKC created a breed standard and criterion, which is the requirements needed for a dog to be eligible to be entered into the breed’s studbooks. Back then it was basically that the dogs had to be Razors Edge or Gotti or a mix of the two. Later on other bloodlines were added as well as some ancestry lines behind these lines, but on a case-by-case basis. As time went on the criterion got stricter and pictures were required to make sure dogs possessed breed type characteristics. In recent years it has gotten even stricter and more limited to even include DNA profiling. Many dogs we see today are carrying heavy traits from other breeds, primarily Bulldog breeds. For the American Bully breed to be pure, these dogs carrying these traits outside the breed need to not be allowed to enter the studbooks. Regardless of speculations a line has to be drawn and criterion has to be strict to preserve traits and lock in type to ensure the future purity of a breed. So as time goes on the criterion will continue to get stricter to keep good, pure, healthy brood stock until the studbooks finally close and the breed is complete. The ABKC created the criterion, possesses the true and only studbooks for the breed, and will continue to work to preserve the future of this breed. (Regardless of rumors or questions of breed purity, once dogs meet the criteria for the breed, they are entered into the breed’s studbooks, and they become brood stock for the American Bully breed. These dogs carrying the breed name are to be bred to dogs of the same breed in order for the breed to progress in purity).
I know in recent years so many mix bred dogs and pop up registries have formed and give a free for all for anything. This not only destroys credibility, but it ruins the healthy progress of the breed. If the breed is ever to become complete and pure, these breeding practices and the registries that support them have to end; or at the least use a different breed name. It is a lie to call a dog an American Bully if it has not been entered into the ABKC studbooks and certified by the ABKC as an American Bully. It is a lie to mix a Bulldog breed with and American Bully and call it an American Bully. This statement, contrary to what some people in hope of competition falsely state, is not for control, it is for the purpose of protecting the validity and preserving the future of the breed. We cannot allow people and registries to give false information and allow them to break down the integrity of the breed and prohibit its progression to purity and breed stability. Its not control in anyway, its protection and preservation of the breed.
If you think the ABKC is for the purpose of money, you’re dead wrong. It was created out of necessity for the breed, and not with the purpose of monetary gains. ABKC makes No money on shows, No money on judges and reps, No money on entries; the only revenue comes from pedigree registrations. And these registrations are taken very serious to help protect and preserve the different breeds. If anything and everything were registered as whatever, then it would be for the purpose of money and not the integrity of pure breeds. (On a side note, ABKC donates to 3 rescues and/or BSL organizations every month)
This random mix breeding and the papering of it is happening all over, and its only purpose is for money! This is not honest or credible breeding/registering; this is a disgrace! All of this is for money; these people and these registries do NOT really care about the breed or even the dogs. It is all based on money. Yes they may smile in your face and bash me or whatever to make you believe their cause, but its all based on making them money!
Here is why I say this… A true breeder will work to create their dogs; they will not jump ship over and over again to fit a fad. How many of these breeders of these mixed dogs do you see sticking with their dogs or even have any breeding history at all? They don’t, and they don’t care, their feeling is “if it sells I’m making money and don’t care”. Registries say we will give them what they want because we will make money too. This type of thinking and these practices will destroy credibility and destroy any chance of a breed’s purity and respect. I see it over and over again, people saying “I’ll mix what I want and sell it as an American Bully. People did it in the past why cant we now”? For one that isn’t all true, and for two the breed is established now and for it to become pure, no new breeds can be added.
Look before some people get upset (probably too late) and go on another Dave bashing spree… If your purpose is pure and you really care, then do as respectable breeders have done and put the money aside and take your time to set a plan and create something unique. There is a way to do this; but, it takes a vision, a plan, a purpose, patience, time, and it will cost money and not initially make money. If a registry is a real registry then they will not just paper anything as whatever, they will either wait until it is an established breed, or work to help true breeders with a plan to develop a breed. Either way this isn’t throwing a breed to another breed and selling the offspring as something they are not.
The ABKC recognizes breeds other than just the American Bully, and some of these breeds are still in development or at a point where they are “a breed in progress”.
But don’t just take it from me, I’d rather you hear it from some respectable and reputable breeders who have created or are developing their own unique breeds.
Written by DW
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What is an American Bully?
What is an American Bully?
The American Bully Kennel Club, or A.B.K.C. for short, is the official registry worldwide for the American Bully. The American Bully breed was created in 1990 and gained recognition and establishment in 2004, per the inception of the A.B.K.C. The American Bully breed has been selectively bred to give America’s breed a new direction and outlet. Like with the American Sta...ffordshire Terrier, all the positive characteristics of the breed’s ancestry were kept like loyalty, stability with humans and other physical attributes; but traits of dog aggression and gameness were bred out of the breed because the breed had no future and purpose for those traits. What differentiates this breed from the American Staffordshire Terrier is the physical appearance. This breed is built with heavier bone structure and a “Bullier” build. A reinvented breed was formed with the purpose of being the ultimate companion breed, and this breed is the “American Bully.”
The American Bully Kennel Club, or A.B.K.C. for short, is the official registry worldwide for the American Bully. The American Bully breed was created in 1990 and gained recognition and establishment in 2004, per the inception of the A.B.K.C. The American Bully breed has been selectively bred to give America’s breed a new direction and outlet. Like with the American Sta...ffordshire Terrier, all the positive characteristics of the breed’s ancestry were kept like loyalty, stability with humans and other physical attributes; but traits of dog aggression and gameness were bred out of the breed because the breed had no future and purpose for those traits. What differentiates this breed from the American Staffordshire Terrier is the physical appearance. This breed is built with heavier bone structure and a “Bullier” build. A reinvented breed was formed with the purpose of being the ultimate companion breed, and this breed is the “American Bully.”
So here we go......
So here we go:
Long ago I wrote a term paper on individuals who would open a business in a neighborhood that they wouldn't live in. How they would sell goods to individuals they looked down upon. Sell products that would poison or pollute a group of individuals for profit. The fact that their money was good, but they weren't good enough to marry their sons and daughters. The pillaging and exploiting of communities by individuals that didn't care about a community. I was reminded of this paper yesterday as I reviewed the UKC decision to register the American Bully.
The same as the UKC doesn't believe or support the breed, so much so that they kicked out the AmStaff as well. Now they reopen the AmStaffs books and will acknowledge a breed it has referred to as mutts and a group of individuals that it has shunned for years. Why? $50 registration says it all, for a breed that it will not currently allow to show. A breed that in turn it will destroy ...by allowing all non APBTs to be registered as AmBullies.
Listen...by allowing anything that resembles an American Bully to be an American Bully what is really going to happen? No papers required, no owners during the time of breeding, hand written peds and pictures is all you need.
It is a win because now a breed it discredited it is legitimizing, however the people made the breed legit. Not the UKC, the owners of the breed legitimized it. We did the impossible, they noticed and now want to cash in. This is about possibly saving the APBT, but in no ways is it about protecting or establishing the American Bully in a reputable way.
It's a win of sorts for the AmBully, but even as they pat the breed on their strong backs that will bring the UKC money, they smack the face of the same breed by not acknowledging the ABKC as a registry. You will accept the breed but won't consider it's home legit?
We are not the bastard children of the APBT or the UKC we are the sons and daughters of the American dream the American bully!
--Bully the Kid
See you tonight in the Booth 10pm EST
Long ago I wrote a term paper on individuals who would open a business in a neighborhood that they wouldn't live in. How they would sell goods to individuals they looked down upon. Sell products that would poison or pollute a group of individuals for profit. The fact that their money was good, but they weren't good enough to marry their sons and daughters. The pillaging and exploiting of communities by individuals that didn't care about a community. I was reminded of this paper yesterday as I reviewed the UKC decision to register the American Bully.
The same as the UKC doesn't believe or support the breed, so much so that they kicked out the AmStaff as well. Now they reopen the AmStaffs books and will acknowledge a breed it has referred to as mutts and a group of individuals that it has shunned for years. Why? $50 registration says it all, for a breed that it will not currently allow to show. A breed that in turn it will destroy ...by allowing all non APBTs to be registered as AmBullies.
Listen...by allowing anything that resembles an American Bully to be an American Bully what is really going to happen? No papers required, no owners during the time of breeding, hand written peds and pictures is all you need.
It is a win because now a breed it discredited it is legitimizing, however the people made the breed legit. Not the UKC, the owners of the breed legitimized it. We did the impossible, they noticed and now want to cash in. This is about possibly saving the APBT, but in no ways is it about protecting or establishing the American Bully in a reputable way.
It's a win of sorts for the AmBully, but even as they pat the breed on their strong backs that will bring the UKC money, they smack the face of the same breed by not acknowledging the ABKC as a registry. You will accept the breed but won't consider it's home legit?
We are not the bastard children of the APBT or the UKC we are the sons and daughters of the American dream the American bully!
--Bully the Kid
See you tonight in the Booth 10pm EST
My thoughts on the UKC accepting the American Bully
People keep asking me how I feel about the UKC’s decision to accept the American Bully and out of respect to the community I will answer this…
How do I feel? Initially I feel flattered, confused, victorious, and insulted all in the same breath.
Before I get into that, let me first take the time to thank this community for all of the years of support and unity. We stood up for our breed and ourselves, and we stood and fought together for many years to gain acceptance for all of this. Together we succeeded in this by paving our own way and direction, and we created our own identity, which together we overcame adversity and eventually prevailed. So I thank you all for the years of commitment and support, together we made the American Bully and we gained acceptance together, so I want to thank you all.
In some sort of way this could be viewed as a victory, but if it is a victory then it’s bittersweet and not genuine.
Before I continue to give my thoughts on this let me go through some facts of history. I have read some comments about people saying ABKC took from them so why shouldn’t they take back, things about money, things about lying about the breed being Pit Bulls, things of this nature and I think some real facts need to be told as a reminder of what the true history is and why.
This part is facts and not my personal opinions. In the early 90s I competed heavy in the UKC with my Razors Edge dogs. I did very well and along with the help of other people whether it be partners or friends with my dogs, we all did good with the dogs and achieved many titles. We brought in a new crowd and young fresh crowd to this scene, as well as a diverse crowd, which grew very fast. Within a few years they decided to change the breed standard, the new standard was a drastic change from the previous standard and isolated traits that were outside what was originally written and what my personal dogs possessed. I was confused as to how a standard would change after all these years of existence? They changed the head and the importance of it; they changed movement, and completely flipped to wanting a different style of dog. When I contacted the office to get an explanation for this change, I could not believe the answer they gave me? Apparently they did not control the breed standard, it was outsourced to a group called the American Pit Bull Terrier Association? When I looked into this group I found it was a panel of breeders, but even worse a group of friends. These were the same people we were competing against and had expressed their unhappiness towards our crowd and our achievements. I could not believe a registry did NOT govern their own breed and standards? (Which now is very confusing and contradictory that they now want to govern our breed). Anyway the standard went onto to change a few more times over the years along with the dictating panel that did the changing. I eventually felt this changed the breed too far from what I got into it for and deviated from the original standard too many times, to eventually excluding our style of dogs and making it impossible to compete in their events. I along with many people stopped showing and competing, we felt it was pointless to spend money and support something that turned its back on you.
I put my time and energy into a new direction for our dogs, we formed a group called the Elite Edge and the goal was to promote our style of dogs. We started a social network group called the Elite Edge message board, which became a huge driving force for this style of breed. Other groups and supporters began getting involved and even other bloodlines with similar styles got into it. In a short time it became a large community and we began to host BBQ style events and “meet and greet” events to show off our dogs and come together. We no longer had a home or place where we could compete, so we had to create our own. We also began calling our style of dogs a slang name “Bullies”. Even though our dogs were no longer accepted in the UKC show ring, we still continued to support the registry and register our dogs with them. I was invited to come to a UKC show in California and when I got there I was overwhelmed at the large group of people that came out to meet me and support me. There were many Razors Edge owners and Gotti owners and all so proud of their dogs. They had tents set up in the park away from the show ring, but within a short time the host came and asked that they all leave. Since the dogs were not competing in the event they could not be there? I’ve been to many events and seen both competing and non-competing dogs; this was never a problem before, especially since the dogs were not near the ring and not disrupting the show. These were all people with UKC registered dogs, where were they to go? Why would you want to turn away people trying to do something positive with their UKC registered dogs away from a UKC event? It wasn’t until I went to another event that I realized the root of the problem. This time people came out but went to a completely different end of the park, but the host still responded by saying they all had to leave. I went to speak to the host and the exact response they gave me was, look at them they are gangsters and thugs and we don’t want them here. I looked back and saw people with kids, people cooking food on grills, people smiling and just trying to get out and do something fun with their dogs? I understand if something is disruptive to the show, but this was not the case. This was discrimination, I realized first they discriminated against our style of dog, and now they are discriminating against people. To make it even worse, the host called the police and had everyone removed from the park, people trying to do something positive with their dogs were treated as if they were criminals. To me this had gone too far, how could anyone treat people like this and people with this breed? They only wanted to do something positive, you don’t close doors in their faces; for the good of the breed and people you reach out and try and help. When I came back I felt something needed to be done, these dogs and the people who supported them needed a home and a way to do something positive with the breed.
One day there was a debate on the Elite Edge board about calling our dogs by a different name, the name being thrown around was Patriot something? I thought long and hard about this and realized the UKC show dogs I had were very different from the original game bred and true American Pit Bull Terriers. These dogs were made up of a lot of American Staffordshire Terrier blood and bred for similar traits and temperaments. The Am.Staff had broken away from the Pit Bull long ago to make itself its own breed. It was different from its ancestors and possessed new and unique traits. The style of Pit Bull we had basically stemmed from the Am. Staff breed, and now the style the UKC standard reflected was again another change and direction. I began to realize that there were different versions of the breed, and in essence we had created our own look and direction and it was the beginning of a new breed. I jumped into the name changing debate and said I am going to call my dogs and the Razors Edge line the American Bully. There was a huge division on this concept, but I had my mind set on this for my line. I felt we had made enough changes from the original breed that we should have a new name and identity. With the backing of the Elite Edge group we began to push the breed as this and others began to do the same. We still had an issue of validity as well as no home for these dogs nor a way to compete with them. At this point I felt we needed to form a registry for these dogs so they had a home and could be validated, so we created the ABKC. I reached out to Richard Barajas of Gottliline and together we both agreed to register and take our dogs this direction. The ABKC was created and then a criterion was created to establish what the criteria would be for dogs to be entered into the studbooks as the brood stock of this breed. This criterion was initially based on bloodline percentages, the dogs had to be over 50% Razors Edge or Gotti blood. (The criterion has changed and has had more added to it over the years and now requires pictures and more) Then a breed standard was written for the breed, which was unique to the ABKC.
Over time the following grew and people came together in unity to support the breed and each other; however we were still looked down on from outside our community. I pretty much became public enemy number 1 to the show world I had come from. We were attacked and ridiculed by them, but we never stopped fighting for our acceptance.
The concept of the ABKC was to give validity to the American Bully and to give its supporters a way to compete and display the breed in environments free from discrimination. We again received resistance from outside our community, but this didn’t stop us, we kept pushing and fighting for what was right and for our breed. Over time we finally began to gain respect and we did something even bigger, through our events and our unity we started to change public perception in the masses. Not just for the breed, but also for people and stereotypes, we began to make people see that this breed and its supporters were positive and not the negative perception they previously had. These events grew by the thousands and negative perceptions were being broken by the same. We together fought for acceptance and respect, and we did this by coming together and standing up as ourselves! We had backs turned on us, we had been ousted from our homes, we were discriminated against, we were left with no home, no name, no identity, and no respect; but together we built a new home, a new name, a new identity, and we built the American Bully! We made our own direction and breed and we made people realize we should be accepted and Respected! We did this and we made this, and without the validation, acceptance, help, and support of the UKC.
The ABKC was created out of necessity, not because it was a business concept or for the purpose of finances. Unlike any other registry, a community created the ABKC so that we and our dogs all had a home. This is why to this day no owner has received a dime from this company; this was not created for the purpose of making money. Maybe I am not a good businessman, but to this day I give my time and life for this breed and community. The ABKC is the people’s registry and this is why over time varieties of the breed were added and changes have been per the requests of the community. The ABKC is and will always be a registry that works for and listens to its supporters.
The American Bully was created by this community and will always belong to this community. Nothing was taken from any other registry; this breed and its supporters were turned away and had to unite together to build a home. We built a breed, we built a home, we built a community, and we made our way to respect for the breed, and against all the resistance we prevailed!
The UKC filed a lawsuit against the ABKC, claiming the ABKC copied terms on their pedigrees, let me also state the facts on this. The UKC got a copy write on the term performance pedigree in 2009, the ABKC had stopped using that term in 2007. Pedigrees had not reflected that term by 2008, as well as it is a term used on other animal pedigrees outside the UKC. The ABKC decided in 2007 that this term did not fit the breed and changed not just that part but also the entire look of the pedigree. This suit in my opinion was meant to drain the funds of the ABKC in hopes that it would go out of business. In the end this did NOT happen.
In 2012 the UKC started revoking dogs that had Bully characteristics, and in 2013 they went on a huge attack of these dogs taking their papers and revoking their pedigrees. The statements they gave clearly stated that these dogs did not fit the standards and they we being revoked, NOT that they are American Bully’s and can be switched to that breed name; they were flat out taking the papers. What happened is that eventually people realized this was wrong, this was being done to UKC registered dogs and by taking the papers this also took away proof of ownership, as well as people who spent money on dogs carrying this pedigree. The UKC had once again tried to remove the dogs and people and made this very clear they were not wanted there. People began exposing this and threatening suits against them, then out of nowhere they came up with we accept the American Bully. You mean after years of pushing the dogs away, discrediting the dogs, turning backs on the dogs, and making a huge stand to get rid of them all, all of the sudden they are accepted? I am sorry but I cannot see this as a true victory and a genuine acceptance, I see this as a controlled way to protect a company.
I went and read more into it and see how controlled it is and read between the lines, they pretty much gave themselves an out to do whatever and how ever they want.
They want to have full control and give NO credit back to how the breed was created, and all the work put into it and the people who did it? They want to charge $50 and then decide whether to accept you’re dog or not and either way keep $15? I tried to look at this and feel a sense of victory, but this is not victory, it is once again disrespect. Now they want to dictate what the breed is, and a breed that they had no participation in?
I am sorry but there is no way I would turn over control of a breed we created to a registry that never has wanted us or the dogs. I read some of the comments and think man do we not have self-respect? Do we not realize that we made this without them? Why would we need or want validation from them? We did this without them and with them against us. We put in the work, we built the breed, and we fought for our acceptance and we won! So now we turn it over to the people who were NOT in support of this? We give them the support in dictating and determinating what an American Bully is? Give them the power and control to govern our breed? I cannot support nor rejoice on this; I stand for the community that fought for where we are today and I stand very proud and satisfied, and the only validation I ever need is the one we built together!
The ABKC and our community created and validated this breed. The ABKC holds the studbooks for the American Bully breed and has the only valid criterion for the certification of this breed, which was done with the support and input from the community.
I am extremely proud to have stood with all of you for all of these years and extremely proud of the accomplishments we have made for this breed and each other. This is the only validation I ever need! Nothing has made me more proud than to see what we all have done together for this breed. To me we are the American Bully and we built this breed. I cannot see it being controlled and governed by an outside source who never had a want or respect for it, until it came to down money.
For those who asked for my thoughts, there you have it. I will support our community and continue to do what I have always done and promote and protect this breed and you. Thank you for taking the time to read this, all Respect to you all. Again thank you for all you’ve done to get the breed and us where we are today. We know its not been perfect and there will always be things to improve on, but we have come a very long way and created an incredible breed and community.
I am not trying to persuade anyone this is a Country of freedom, I just choose to stay the on the path we created, I’ve been down those dead end roads before. I Respect the road we built and will continue to stay there always looking to improve on it, but always respecting the hard work put into it. Thank you all
By: Dave Wilson
How do I feel? Initially I feel flattered, confused, victorious, and insulted all in the same breath.
Before I get into that, let me first take the time to thank this community for all of the years of support and unity. We stood up for our breed and ourselves, and we stood and fought together for many years to gain acceptance for all of this. Together we succeeded in this by paving our own way and direction, and we created our own identity, which together we overcame adversity and eventually prevailed. So I thank you all for the years of commitment and support, together we made the American Bully and we gained acceptance together, so I want to thank you all.
In some sort of way this could be viewed as a victory, but if it is a victory then it’s bittersweet and not genuine.
Before I continue to give my thoughts on this let me go through some facts of history. I have read some comments about people saying ABKC took from them so why shouldn’t they take back, things about money, things about lying about the breed being Pit Bulls, things of this nature and I think some real facts need to be told as a reminder of what the true history is and why.
This part is facts and not my personal opinions. In the early 90s I competed heavy in the UKC with my Razors Edge dogs. I did very well and along with the help of other people whether it be partners or friends with my dogs, we all did good with the dogs and achieved many titles. We brought in a new crowd and young fresh crowd to this scene, as well as a diverse crowd, which grew very fast. Within a few years they decided to change the breed standard, the new standard was a drastic change from the previous standard and isolated traits that were outside what was originally written and what my personal dogs possessed. I was confused as to how a standard would change after all these years of existence? They changed the head and the importance of it; they changed movement, and completely flipped to wanting a different style of dog. When I contacted the office to get an explanation for this change, I could not believe the answer they gave me? Apparently they did not control the breed standard, it was outsourced to a group called the American Pit Bull Terrier Association? When I looked into this group I found it was a panel of breeders, but even worse a group of friends. These were the same people we were competing against and had expressed their unhappiness towards our crowd and our achievements. I could not believe a registry did NOT govern their own breed and standards? (Which now is very confusing and contradictory that they now want to govern our breed). Anyway the standard went onto to change a few more times over the years along with the dictating panel that did the changing. I eventually felt this changed the breed too far from what I got into it for and deviated from the original standard too many times, to eventually excluding our style of dogs and making it impossible to compete in their events. I along with many people stopped showing and competing, we felt it was pointless to spend money and support something that turned its back on you.
I put my time and energy into a new direction for our dogs, we formed a group called the Elite Edge and the goal was to promote our style of dogs. We started a social network group called the Elite Edge message board, which became a huge driving force for this style of breed. Other groups and supporters began getting involved and even other bloodlines with similar styles got into it. In a short time it became a large community and we began to host BBQ style events and “meet and greet” events to show off our dogs and come together. We no longer had a home or place where we could compete, so we had to create our own. We also began calling our style of dogs a slang name “Bullies”. Even though our dogs were no longer accepted in the UKC show ring, we still continued to support the registry and register our dogs with them. I was invited to come to a UKC show in California and when I got there I was overwhelmed at the large group of people that came out to meet me and support me. There were many Razors Edge owners and Gotti owners and all so proud of their dogs. They had tents set up in the park away from the show ring, but within a short time the host came and asked that they all leave. Since the dogs were not competing in the event they could not be there? I’ve been to many events and seen both competing and non-competing dogs; this was never a problem before, especially since the dogs were not near the ring and not disrupting the show. These were all people with UKC registered dogs, where were they to go? Why would you want to turn away people trying to do something positive with their UKC registered dogs away from a UKC event? It wasn’t until I went to another event that I realized the root of the problem. This time people came out but went to a completely different end of the park, but the host still responded by saying they all had to leave. I went to speak to the host and the exact response they gave me was, look at them they are gangsters and thugs and we don’t want them here. I looked back and saw people with kids, people cooking food on grills, people smiling and just trying to get out and do something fun with their dogs? I understand if something is disruptive to the show, but this was not the case. This was discrimination, I realized first they discriminated against our style of dog, and now they are discriminating against people. To make it even worse, the host called the police and had everyone removed from the park, people trying to do something positive with their dogs were treated as if they were criminals. To me this had gone too far, how could anyone treat people like this and people with this breed? They only wanted to do something positive, you don’t close doors in their faces; for the good of the breed and people you reach out and try and help. When I came back I felt something needed to be done, these dogs and the people who supported them needed a home and a way to do something positive with the breed.
One day there was a debate on the Elite Edge board about calling our dogs by a different name, the name being thrown around was Patriot something? I thought long and hard about this and realized the UKC show dogs I had were very different from the original game bred and true American Pit Bull Terriers. These dogs were made up of a lot of American Staffordshire Terrier blood and bred for similar traits and temperaments. The Am.Staff had broken away from the Pit Bull long ago to make itself its own breed. It was different from its ancestors and possessed new and unique traits. The style of Pit Bull we had basically stemmed from the Am. Staff breed, and now the style the UKC standard reflected was again another change and direction. I began to realize that there were different versions of the breed, and in essence we had created our own look and direction and it was the beginning of a new breed. I jumped into the name changing debate and said I am going to call my dogs and the Razors Edge line the American Bully. There was a huge division on this concept, but I had my mind set on this for my line. I felt we had made enough changes from the original breed that we should have a new name and identity. With the backing of the Elite Edge group we began to push the breed as this and others began to do the same. We still had an issue of validity as well as no home for these dogs nor a way to compete with them. At this point I felt we needed to form a registry for these dogs so they had a home and could be validated, so we created the ABKC. I reached out to Richard Barajas of Gottliline and together we both agreed to register and take our dogs this direction. The ABKC was created and then a criterion was created to establish what the criteria would be for dogs to be entered into the studbooks as the brood stock of this breed. This criterion was initially based on bloodline percentages, the dogs had to be over 50% Razors Edge or Gotti blood. (The criterion has changed and has had more added to it over the years and now requires pictures and more) Then a breed standard was written for the breed, which was unique to the ABKC.
Over time the following grew and people came together in unity to support the breed and each other; however we were still looked down on from outside our community. I pretty much became public enemy number 1 to the show world I had come from. We were attacked and ridiculed by them, but we never stopped fighting for our acceptance.
The concept of the ABKC was to give validity to the American Bully and to give its supporters a way to compete and display the breed in environments free from discrimination. We again received resistance from outside our community, but this didn’t stop us, we kept pushing and fighting for what was right and for our breed. Over time we finally began to gain respect and we did something even bigger, through our events and our unity we started to change public perception in the masses. Not just for the breed, but also for people and stereotypes, we began to make people see that this breed and its supporters were positive and not the negative perception they previously had. These events grew by the thousands and negative perceptions were being broken by the same. We together fought for acceptance and respect, and we did this by coming together and standing up as ourselves! We had backs turned on us, we had been ousted from our homes, we were discriminated against, we were left with no home, no name, no identity, and no respect; but together we built a new home, a new name, a new identity, and we built the American Bully! We made our own direction and breed and we made people realize we should be accepted and Respected! We did this and we made this, and without the validation, acceptance, help, and support of the UKC.
The ABKC was created out of necessity, not because it was a business concept or for the purpose of finances. Unlike any other registry, a community created the ABKC so that we and our dogs all had a home. This is why to this day no owner has received a dime from this company; this was not created for the purpose of making money. Maybe I am not a good businessman, but to this day I give my time and life for this breed and community. The ABKC is the people’s registry and this is why over time varieties of the breed were added and changes have been per the requests of the community. The ABKC is and will always be a registry that works for and listens to its supporters.
The American Bully was created by this community and will always belong to this community. Nothing was taken from any other registry; this breed and its supporters were turned away and had to unite together to build a home. We built a breed, we built a home, we built a community, and we made our way to respect for the breed, and against all the resistance we prevailed!
The UKC filed a lawsuit against the ABKC, claiming the ABKC copied terms on their pedigrees, let me also state the facts on this. The UKC got a copy write on the term performance pedigree in 2009, the ABKC had stopped using that term in 2007. Pedigrees had not reflected that term by 2008, as well as it is a term used on other animal pedigrees outside the UKC. The ABKC decided in 2007 that this term did not fit the breed and changed not just that part but also the entire look of the pedigree. This suit in my opinion was meant to drain the funds of the ABKC in hopes that it would go out of business. In the end this did NOT happen.
In 2012 the UKC started revoking dogs that had Bully characteristics, and in 2013 they went on a huge attack of these dogs taking their papers and revoking their pedigrees. The statements they gave clearly stated that these dogs did not fit the standards and they we being revoked, NOT that they are American Bully’s and can be switched to that breed name; they were flat out taking the papers. What happened is that eventually people realized this was wrong, this was being done to UKC registered dogs and by taking the papers this also took away proof of ownership, as well as people who spent money on dogs carrying this pedigree. The UKC had once again tried to remove the dogs and people and made this very clear they were not wanted there. People began exposing this and threatening suits against them, then out of nowhere they came up with we accept the American Bully. You mean after years of pushing the dogs away, discrediting the dogs, turning backs on the dogs, and making a huge stand to get rid of them all, all of the sudden they are accepted? I am sorry but I cannot see this as a true victory and a genuine acceptance, I see this as a controlled way to protect a company.
I went and read more into it and see how controlled it is and read between the lines, they pretty much gave themselves an out to do whatever and how ever they want.
They want to have full control and give NO credit back to how the breed was created, and all the work put into it and the people who did it? They want to charge $50 and then decide whether to accept you’re dog or not and either way keep $15? I tried to look at this and feel a sense of victory, but this is not victory, it is once again disrespect. Now they want to dictate what the breed is, and a breed that they had no participation in?
I am sorry but there is no way I would turn over control of a breed we created to a registry that never has wanted us or the dogs. I read some of the comments and think man do we not have self-respect? Do we not realize that we made this without them? Why would we need or want validation from them? We did this without them and with them against us. We put in the work, we built the breed, and we fought for our acceptance and we won! So now we turn it over to the people who were NOT in support of this? We give them the support in dictating and determinating what an American Bully is? Give them the power and control to govern our breed? I cannot support nor rejoice on this; I stand for the community that fought for where we are today and I stand very proud and satisfied, and the only validation I ever need is the one we built together!
The ABKC and our community created and validated this breed. The ABKC holds the studbooks for the American Bully breed and has the only valid criterion for the certification of this breed, which was done with the support and input from the community.
I am extremely proud to have stood with all of you for all of these years and extremely proud of the accomplishments we have made for this breed and each other. This is the only validation I ever need! Nothing has made me more proud than to see what we all have done together for this breed. To me we are the American Bully and we built this breed. I cannot see it being controlled and governed by an outside source who never had a want or respect for it, until it came to down money.
For those who asked for my thoughts, there you have it. I will support our community and continue to do what I have always done and promote and protect this breed and you. Thank you for taking the time to read this, all Respect to you all. Again thank you for all you’ve done to get the breed and us where we are today. We know its not been perfect and there will always be things to improve on, but we have come a very long way and created an incredible breed and community.
I am not trying to persuade anyone this is a Country of freedom, I just choose to stay the on the path we created, I’ve been down those dead end roads before. I Respect the road we built and will continue to stay there always looking to improve on it, but always respecting the hard work put into it. Thank you all
By: Dave Wilson
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