Is an american bulldog a pit bull?

fuzupf and fuzzy logic

fuzupf's panties are in a bunch because someone in missouri called an american bulldog a pit bull. according to fuzupf "if they can say an ambull is a pit bull than a: malinois is a GSD, a husky is a malamute, a bull mastiff is a poodle..."

the answer to fuzzy's question: it depends. it depends on your definition of "pit bull". according to my definition, yes the american bulldog is a pit bull. i believe pit bull has two definitions. the first is slang or an abbreviation for the american pit bull terrier. the second refers to a type of dog. and by type, i mean function – herding, retrieving, pulling, pointing, racing, guarding, tracking etc. in the case of "pit bulls", that function is GRIPPING. gripping dogs were bred for fighting and baiting. gripping dogs were bred to perform dangerous, violent jobs and refused to quit; APBT, american staffordshire terrier, staffordshire bull terrier, the original boston bulldog, bull terrier, dogo, presa, and yes american bulldogs and alapaha bulldogs. at one time boxers and great danes would have been included in this category but they are now only bred as companions and lack the physical prowess for their original function.

of course any pit nutter, dog fighter or pit bulldog fancier who includes Helen Keller's Sir Thomas, Teddy Roosevelt's Pete, General Patton's Bull Terrier, Bogie's boxers and Sgt Stubby on their "famous pit bull" list also tacitly consents to the dual definition of "pit bull".

back to fuzupf, his logic is not even close. a better analogy would be a husky is a sled dog, a lab is a retriever, a gsd is a herding dog, a beagle is a scent hound. let's see if fuzzy can find two neurons to rub together and connect the dots.

brief history of the american bulldog

1700's original british bull baiter comes to america and morphs into the bulldog.

1835 blood sports are criminalized in the UK and the bull baiter is phased out and the fighting nanny dog is phased in.

1960's american bulldog is on the brink of extinction. a handful of bulldoggers get together and resurrect the ambull. there is not enough genetic material available so they use pit bulls.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's bulldog Jack circa 1880

Colby's Pincher circa 1900

MAC the MASHER, ALAN SCOTT'S foundation dog for his performance line of american bulldogs circa 1960.

JEDI, purebred american bulldog

fifty years later, ambull breeders continue to infuse APBT blood into bulldogs. don't believe me? check out the pedigree of LICHTHARDT'S JEDI. Jedi's dam was an american pit bull terrier bred by FLOYD BOUDREAUX. JEDI'S grandfather was BOUDREAUX'S MAVERICK ROM.

DIXIE BLACK JACK, purebred american bulldog

check out the pedigree of SCOTT'S DIXIE BLACK JACK. surprisingly LITTLE information about daddy's side of the family. i wonder why?

here are a few more pedigrees of purebred american bulldogs with boudreaux blood:

KONFEDERATE KENNEL'S CROW OF BLACK CHAMPS

KONFEDERATE KENNEL'S CRISPY

KONFEDERATE KENNEL'S RUSTY

here is an american bulldog forum talking about american bulldogs with KERSHNER/MAYFIELD blood and a pit bull forum discussing ROD KERSHNER'S pit bull dogs. hmmm....

maybe we should abandon the terms "pit bull" and fighting dog and replace them with a more basic yet accurate definition - GRIPPING DOGS. i can't take credit for this. the credit belongs to APBT diva, DIANE JESSUP.

some of my favorite quotes from JESSUP'S website: "I can produce health tested, sound, people friendly, utterly tough, athletic gripping dogs with the drives necessary to make them of legal use to today's society - as they have been of use for centuries past."

American pit bulls which display behavior "typical" of their heritage are gripping dogs; they come from a long, long genetic history which dictates they get a hold and HANG ON!

Hunting with dogs is controversial, of course, as some people consider it cruel to both the game animal and the dogs. However, like it or not, gripping large game is the working heritage of this breed.

apparently JESSUP gets a little excited when dem hogs gets to squealin too. she directs her fans to a couple of hog doggin videos - here and here. so people can see what a good pit bull and a cur pit bull can do.

the alapaha bulldog is another example of a gripping dog. this bulldog also sports a fair amount of APBT in their blood. one alapaha breeder WILLIAM CHESTER is described as an "Ol Pit-Bull Man" who bred alapahas that were often man aggressive. CHESTER'S old family silver dollar recipe: catahoula x apbt x mountain bull. WARREN LANE was another breeder who infused apbt into his strain of alapahas, although there is no mention of man biters. LANE'S motto "a Bulldog should look at you and through you". i have been on the other side of that reptilian stare.

a few good links:

american bulldogs @ molosserdogs.com

alapaha bulldogs

list of banned alapaha breeders (note the violations)

discussion of black ambulls at manstoppers.com

oh and don't forget to vote in the fuzupf poll at the top right corner of the page.

GRIPPING DOGS: THE SEQUEL

a glimpse inside the mind of a nutter

once again fuzupf leaves me wondering if he is morally corrupt or intellectually bankrupt as his puny brain tries to equate two recent dog fatal maulings.

this nutter's panties are in a twist because two recent fatal dog attacks have not garnered equal media coverage. he is especially disturbed that dogsbite.org has not covered the canadian fatality.

the first death takes place in canada and is of a lone unsupervised 3 year old toddler who wandered onto the property of another where two unrestrained huskies killed her. the second death takes place in australia and is of a 4 year old who was killed by a neighbor's mutant INSIDE her home while watching TV. in addition to the death of the 4 yr old girl, a 5 year old was attacked and suffered injuries to her scalp and a 30 yr old woman was mauled trying to fight the mutant off.

the differences between these two attacks should be obvious to even those of less than modest intelligence.

in the canadian fatality, the parents were negligent and the responsibility of their child's death lies with them. the deadly aggressive act could be viewed as territorial. in the australian fatality, the deadly aggressive act is pure predatory behavior. one small child trespassing and being attacked by 2 dogs versus one pit bull trespassing and attacking 3 people.

CON ARTIST or KNUCKLE HEAD?

fuzupf is not the first person try to and equate dissimilar dog attacks. NCRC's evil genius, KAREN DELISE, put the righteous indignation spin on the attack of Sue Gorman. Gorman was attacked by her neighbors' 2 pit bulls IN her bed. DELISE is upset that Gorman's attack was reported in over 230 newspapers and tv news networks world wide while other non pit bull attacks during the same month received a mere single mention.

Best weekly comment - thanks FUzupf!

and the winner is.....OMERGARED!

@FUzupf Here's no exaggeration - The victim is dead. And you want to quibble about whether the arm stumps in the box are 1.5 feet long or 2 feet long. You are disgusting. Pit bulls tore this woman apart. She died in a barbaric heinous act of senseless violence. Why don't you send the family a memorial plaque saying - "You can be thankful she died with her elbows intact"

this might be the best comment, EVER.

thanks for the inspiration FUzupf!

FUzupf

FUzupf: on breed misidentification

i spent an hour looking through FUzupf's videos. and the pain of listening to him try to read, really paid off. i found him in lock step with chako the media whore twisting facts. i intended to slam her for it but i got distracted on other scandals, then forgot about it. then her blog disappeared. evidence that her blog existed at one time is here and in FUzupf's video. i am glad that it went nowhere at the time because now it is even better with TWO certifiable pit nutters caught red handed trying to manipulate the gullible masses.

on november 6, 2009, two loose pit bulls attacked two people in sacramento, california (the media whore's home town). the police and the media descended on the neighborhood and while filming, a random loose black german shepherd mix happened to get in the way and onto film. just seconds before we see the gsd mix, we hear gunshots in the distance.you can see police cruisers stopping to avoid hitting the gsd mix and then drive AWAY from the black gsd mix. the gunshots must have been the shooting of the white and tan pit bull because we never see that dog. News10 cuts away from the gsd mix in the road and next we see ac and police running and driving to intercept the other dog. the police tracked the brown pit bull down on the playground of Whitney Elementary. the brown pit bull is seen running frantically and at one point she jumps up on the driver door of a police cruiser. the reporter states they spent about 30 minutes trying to catch her before finally shooting her. the video ends with them closing in on her but we never hear the shots or see the body bag.

here we see fuzupf picking up DAWN CAPP'S campaign of misinformation. notice that CAPP included only the irrelevant part of the news video. at the point where the police are on foot chase to catch the pit bulls, she stops the video. leaving us with a screen shot of the black gsd mix.

here are the pit nutter version of events:

here is the TRUE version of events:

watch this video and listen to one of the victims describe the attack. Michael Peart mentions a smaller female and a larger white and tan pit bull, not a black and brown dog or a german shepherd/doberman or german shepherd/lab.

so the question...

is FUzupf morally corrupt or intellectually bankrupt?

i'd like to know what you think.