out of the labyrinth

i can't remember when i started researching this topic. i started writing it late last december. i really hate going into the dog fighting world. every time i go there looking for answers, i get lost in it. before i know it, it's 4 am and i have forgotten what it was that i was looking for.

after at least a half a dozen missed, self imposed deadlines, the man-biters were culled myth has finally been busted.

thank you for being patient.

fairy tales from the pit

okay, little game doggies. i promised, if you were good little grippers, i would tell you the story of your great great great great great great great great great great great great grandmaw spook, so gather round.

once upon a time, in a swampy backwards hillbilly state west of the red clay, there lived a mean man by the name of FLOYD. he had lots of dogs and chickens. now he liked his dogs (and chickens) mean and skinny and inbred and living on heavy chains. for fun, he liked to throw 'em in a box and make 'em fight. the bloodier the better. FLOYD thought this was a good time but most everybody in town just thought it was sick. and it was. but he learned it from his daddy and his daddy learned it from his daddy.... anyway, cuz he always needed a fresh supply of meaner and tougher dogs, he was always breeding 'em. the meanest and the toughest to the meanest and toughest. FLOYD had a favorite dog that he liked to breed maybe a little too much named blind billy. blind billy was five of spook's great grandpaws. and little spook would grow up to become famous for producing one of the best pit fighters and man biters cherished far beyond floyd's yard. but first, spook had to survive the whelping box and survive she did. spook was born into a super mean, super tough litter that pretty much killed each other. just spook and a brother survived, beene's rebel. rebel didn't amount to much but spook made up for it. spook often wished she would have died instead of her siblings cuz she was tied up and bred to her father, her son and her half brother. but such is the life of pit dog. we're all related, some more than others. you get used to it. anyway back to spook. she produced a few puppies but one of them really stood out. his name was BULLYSON, and he was a crazy son-of-a-gun, he liked to sink his teeth into humans now and again too. can't say that i blame him. but the psychopaths would tolerate his aggression, like so many other pit fighters because we connect with them on a deep level. why, i remember this one time BULLYSON was acting up in the car and poor old RAYMOND HOLT had to fondle his testicles to control him! yep, BULLYSON was a legend. BULLYSON produced a few pups. some great fighters and some man biters. one of his daughters would become famous in her own right. her name was HONEYBUNCH. she was also a fighter and a man biter and she was my great great great great great great grandmaw. HONEYBUNCH was bred to an unrelated dog by the name of finley's bo. and they produced a talented pup by the name of JEEP. GR CH GAMBLER'S VIRGIL was produced three generations down from JEEP. VIRGIL was to become one of the all time great fighters and man biters. VIRGIL was also quite the ladies man, with 336 registered puppies! meanwhile BULLYSON was having some fun in his retirement too. that was the only real payoff for male pit fighters. BULLYSON was the great great great grandpaw of TORNADO, she was a man biter and the only double grand champion with 10 wins in 10 fights, 3 of them she killed, she even tried to attack one of those dead bitches! BULLYSON produced a daughter (x2W) and that 2xW in turn produced a daughter who gave birth to maybe the greatest pit fighter of all time, CHINAMAN! and he sired FRISCO. FRISCO didn't have the fighting reputation of his father or his relatives BULLYSON and VIRGIL, but mixed with another famous fighting man biter INDIAN BOLIO, FRISCO would hold the title of producing more great fighting pitdogs than any other in the history of pit fighting. FRISCO made a lot of money for TOM GARNER. a few more generations of inbreeding and voila! my "extremely human aggressive" parents (my mother was also my half sister) were born and eventually they produced me, another human aggressive pit but them yankee spinsters say that ain't fashionable no more, so we need to keep that to ourselves. then i was hooked up with your daddy and what do you know, his great....great grandmaw was spook too!

here's me and your daddy on our first and only date.



so there you have it little grippers, your proud pit bull family tree. if y'all were anymore inbred, you'd be sandwiches. now try to not kill one another before you're weaned and get a chance to prove yourselves. we have a fighting/man-biting, uh-er, i mean a man biters were culled legacy to preserve!



the DNA of lil bit's sire includes bullyson and bolio. i traced the pedigree of lil bit's dam (who was also the daughter of lil bit's daddy) back to bullyson, bolio and yellow john.
the dog that was bred to lil bit is webb's cannon and i found the same 3 man-biters in his pedigree: yellow john, bolio and bullyson.

* note that even though lil bit was bred and produced a litter of puppies, her offspring are not listed on her pedigree.


canine-chat has a fascinating 12 page public flogging of game-dog marty for breeding his unstable, tricky, unpredictable, human aggressive gripping dog lil bit.


THE MAN BITERS WERE CULLED MYTH HAS BEEN DEBUNKED ON THE TRUTH BLOG

kids and pit bulls

another child was killed by pit bulls. i don't usually follow fatal attacks closely so i haven't see the comment sections of this story but i am sure there is plenty of parental blame on this one, and that blame appears to justified based on the reports that the 4 yr old was killed after wandering a half mile away from his home. the neighbors claimed this wasn't the first time the victim wandered away from his home. but if you scratch beneath the surface of the nutters' haughty attitude, pseudo dog behavior expert credentials and holier than thou comments, you find a group of people who preach a "do as i say and not as i do" message.

take for example the story of FLAPJACK. aside from the fact that i believe the back story of FLAPJACK to be a complete fabrication on the part of his rescuers, i was appalled to see the following photos on dogforum.net.



now, i am no authority on dog behavior but a tail that is tightly curled underneath the belly is not behavior you want to see in a dog, especially a pit bull and especially in such close quarters with a small child. having recently been accused of claiming to be an "authority on animal behavior", i decided to come armed for this fight, so i did a quick google. and i found plenty of experts to back up my non-expert opinion. here's just one:
As most people know, a tail tightly curled under a dog’s belly is a very fearful dog and can even lead to a bite.

the fairy tale rags to riches happy ending tub photo was posted on august 17, 2011 by DENISE PARRY. on august 30th, Denise provided this happy update:


photo caption: He has shown no aggression towards his food, people, or other dogs.
they never do, until they do!

how many maulings have been attributed to the child getting too close to the dog's food?

and on november 29, 2011, the dog nutters received this happy update:



i have lost count how many times the nutters have scolded us for leaving children alone with dogs.


from our canadian nutter neighbors who are every bit as rabid on the subject of pit bulls as their american counterparts, we have TAMMY WILLIAMS of the ADVOCATES OF THE UNDERDOG in ontario. after a mere TWO months as a pit bull owner, ontario decided to ban grippers. what did TAMMY do? "I immediately hit the computer and started learning everything I could about BSL. I talked to anyone and everyone that knew anything about it. I spent months and months in front of my computer just learning." of course with "months and months" of on line education (on BSL, NOT pit bulls!), she still has not a lick of sense but she is SOMEHOW transformed into an expert. here are a few photos from the ontario nutter gallery:





wtf is wrong with these people?


TERRA FLEMING'S nanny dog bit a 3 yr old girl in the face when she went to hug nanny. this was not nanny's first offense. six months prior, nanny PEANUT bit FLEMING'S son. the ACO described PEANUT as "not highly aggressive" but added that "children should not be left alone with dogs". FLEMING was ticketed for misdemeanor child neglect.
here's another link.


photo caption: peanut my pit sleeping

and here's something that i find interesting in a creepy sort of way. the nanny dog's fur mommy tried to unload her wiggle butt on facebook, 4 hours before she bit the toddler.




on february 17, 2012, grampajim58 reported the following:
My son is very much on the bandwagon about pitbull dogs are no different then another breed of dogs-(when it comes to dogs that bite)-He even made posters, and rallied the dog lovers to come out and protest against a bill that would ban breed pacific dogs. Well I'm here to say I got the phone call last night that no granpa wants to get, it was my son calling me from his cell phone a little after 10pm. I only knew it was my son because of caller I.D.he was screaming and crying at the same time,and I could hear the sound of loud exhaust screaming out a high RPM sound,that's when I knew something bad has just happened.What I Could make out was my granddaughter was crying at the door because she wanted to go by-by with her Dad (my son) he had to go to the store.That's when it happened, the crying must have made the dog nervous, because it attacked her without warning-The Police, and First Responders, Ambulance, and Animal control showed up.They loader my 2yr old granddaughter on the stretcher, and then to the hospital, and into surgery she went, the Doctors, the Nurses, and the plastic Surgeon-to try to put that little girls face back together again.They shaved part of her head, and where able to save the one eyelid and ran the staples in the hairline.After only 6hrs she was in recovery=Where we are now-------
-------------I am more than sick over this-----------------------

of course, i had to look for this nutter and as luck would have it, i found him. my fingers were crossed for another badrap connection but i saw no specific orgs that he was associated with.

JIMMY SHAW'S pit bulls were NOT chained, were NOT neglected, were NOT abused. they lived inside the home as cherished and well dressed wiggle butts. there are plenty of photos of these much loved family members on myspace and facebook, although the photos with clever nutter captions have been removed, i saved them.





me thinks BUDDY is now a dog rug, but not to worry - his manbiter genes live on...



i also found this link on his facebook page, i suspect one of these raving nutters is our champion for the underdog.



ALL TOGETHER NOW....



flapjack's story

advocate's toddler attacked by family pit bull

advocates for the underdog


disclaimer - i have never claimed to be any kind of authority on dog behavior. i am just a smart ass who likes to read and smash nutter bullshit. i am not making this up!



*the AC reports are out and things don't look good for america's gripping nanny dog.

Man Eaters by Gary J. Hammonds

GARY HAMMONDS and RUFUS ROM

Man Eaters

by Gary J. Hammonds (Pit Bull Gazette, May 1982)

Trough the years, the ,,Man Biters,, have been of special interest to me since, in theory, most are not supossed to be game. Simple observation tells me there are as many game man biters(percentage wise) as there are game dogs in the Pit Bull family. Most of the old-timers felt the man biters should be destroyed and most definitely never used in a breeding program. I believe a deeper look into these dogs to be a worthwhile project. Through my research and observation, I have concluded that there are several types of man biters, each of which deserves recognition and comment. The most acceptable of the man biters are those that are both protective and territorial. Most bulldogs have this trait to varying degrees and the beauty of it is that it can be encouraged or discouraged depending on the needs of the owner. These dogs are usually the more intelligent bulldogs and while they are generally gentle with people, will become a terror to the suspicious intruder and literally inhale a direct threat to its master or his property. The second most acceptable man biter is the territorial junk yard dog. This dog gladly accepts its owners but all others are not welcome in its domain. Off his own property, he is not nearly so aggressive except when challenged directly. These dogs are not for the novice but can be kept and are definitely a deterrent to dog thieves and various riffraff. The last acceptable type is the junk yard dog that will bite anyone anytime, just for the fun of it. Many of these dogs actually have to have their feed chucked to them even by their owners. These dogs are for the professional only, and most are probably good candidates for execution. There is also the excitable dog that will bite you to get loose and get another dog, cat, horse or whatever. These dogs are definitely not for the amateur and should be kept from these types of situations as much as possible. Bullyson, Andersons CH Spade and Mesquite Sam were dogs of this type. To me the most dangerous is the latent man biter that just goes bad without provocation. These dogs should always be destroyed as their unpredictability makes them an extremely lethal commodity. This recessive tendency surfaces in other breeds so why should the Pit Bull be any different? The percentage of malicious man biters in the Pit Bull family is extremely low. I believe that through the use of proper breeding methods we can even lower this. Most of the attacks that are given so much news media,, coverage are generally made by dogs of no breeding. Check the records---in most cases where a bulldog mauls or kills someone, they are dogs that were bred by the amateur breeder and usually backed by several generations of scatter-bred individuals, most of which are equally bred badly. So in many cases the breeder is at fault and in all but a few instances, human error enters into the mishap. There is much to be said about the man biters but for the sake of good judgment, everyone who owns one, just like all Pit Bull owners, should be very conscientious. Just one case of carelessness could mean a law against the breed in your area and turn public support from our dogs. That is exactly what we do not need at this point in time. Man biters--keep one if you must, but take care if you do.