Reuben, I'm glad you brought up the Dobermans. Reuben is referring to a famous Doberman from the 1950's named "Borong The Warlock". This was a show Doberman that was raised by a man named Henry Frampton and his wife. They were heavily involved in the showing of Dobermans in the 40's and 50's. Warlock became a show champion, and quite famous as a sire of show quality conformation Dobermans. Warlock was a STANDARD SIZED Doberman that was very friendly with people and other dogs. Then somewhere in the 1970's the legend of the Warlock Doberman resurfaced and the name "Warlock" was forever to be associated with a GIANT DOBERMAN, vicious to the core, the reincarnation of Satan himself. These new "Warlock" Dobermans were said to breath fire, and have red glowing eyes. 100 lbs, 150 lbs, 200 lbs, . . . and the urban legend grows. This myth of the Warlock Doberman is said to have been created by a woman dog peddler in the Pasadena, TX area (but that is not confirmed). Whatever the case may be, there is no arguing that the urban legend myth of the "Warlock" Doberman is alive and well in 2015. Just do a google search, or pick up any newspaper or thrifty nickel and you will see some booger eating moron with . . . . "Warlock Dobermans For Sale". Hell, there are two ads for Warlock Dobermans in my local paper right now. Call up any of these fools and ask them what is a Warlock Doberman and then just get ready to laugh your ass off. 99% of them will have never even heard of "Borong the Warlock" which was the mild mannered, standard sized family Doberman from 60 years ago that has no true connection to the garbage they are peddling. However, you are guaranteed to hear them explain how the Warlock is the most vicious of all the Dobermans, often weighing 200 lbs, with teeth the size of railroad spikes, and fire spewing from their nostrils, a stomp down man killer of the highest order, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, and kill an African lion and then eat it, etc. etc. etc.
Now the reason I tell the story of Warlock is because a lot of the myths and legends that surrounded this dog can be directly related to Pitbulls in SO MANY WAYS. First, let me say that I have been a hog hunter and have had some pretty good hog dogs, but I will be the first to admit that there are tons of good dog men on this forum that know far more about hog hunting than I do. And I will be the first one to acknowledge their greater experience. However, when it comes to gamedogs, it will be hard to find anyone on this board that knows more than I do. There are 1/2 dozen knowledgeable gamedog men on this board, and I know who they are.
When it comes to pitbulls . . . here are the most common and most misunderstood myths/urban legends. Any of you new hunters out there who are looking for catch dogs, raising catch dogs, buying a catch dog . . . here is the truth. Maybe this will help you.
1) A pitbull does not "LOCK". There is no such thing as lockjaw.
2) Red Nose is NOT a bloodline. Its the color of the dogs nose and it means absolutely NOTHING other than the pigmentation, that's it. It does not signify quality or lack thereof.
3) Blue Nose is NOT a bloodline. See myth #2. Blue pits are nothing more than a diluted pigmentation of what a dog's natural hair color would be. It's a genetic abnormality that must be selected for to keep the color blue, as nature will always revert back to what is natural law. Blue is not a true correct color for an American Pitbull Terrier. A blue pitbull will NEVER be a gamebred bulldog. Reason: no gamedog breeder would ever put the blue color into his line, and no true gamedog breeder would ever breed for an exotic color in the first place. But blue dogs often make some of the best catchdogs.
4) Gator Pit is NOT a bloodline. This falls under the "Warlock Doberman" rule. Somewhere along the way, the term Gator Pit became the "Warlock Doberman" of Pitbulls. Now I have been around pitbulls my whole life, having owned so many 100's of them that couldn't count them. And I have yet to find any serious bulldog man who understands what a "gator pit" is. Now there was Crenshaw's Ch Gator, there was Lloyd's Ch Gator, there was Plumber's Alligator, but it seems that the guys who always have the Gator Pits for sale have never heard of these dogs. Read Warlock Story above.
5) Gator Mouth Pit (see myth #4). This is the mysterious Gator Pit with the word "mouth" inserted. This moronic term is meant to imply that the pitbull has a bite so strong that it is like the bite of an alligator. Just DUMB.
6) Just saying the combination of the words . . "Boudreaux / Chinaman" . . in the same sentence does not signify quality.
7) Real gamedogs do not have cropped ears. Now this is not to say that there is not the rare exception, but for the most part, when you go to look at a man's bulldogs and they all have cropped ears, this usually would indicate that they are probably not gamebred. Why is this? Gamedog men would never spend the money or the trouble to crop a dogs ears that may just get culled later. Cropped ears on bulldogs look kinda cool to some people, but that's about all their is to it. The urban legend of the cropped eared pitbull says that the cropped ears prevents the other dog from holding on to them in a contest. This is total garbage logic. Its a myth
Gamedog breeders do not feed gunpowder to make the dogs mean. Nor do they feed them baby kittens, or hook jumper cables to their testicals, or any other similar "National Enquirer" type sensationalized media hype that gets put out there.
9) Pitbulls do not develop a taste for blood. This is equal to believing in vampires.
10) When a man tells you how his bulldogs are bred, ask him to explain how. In other words, if he says he's got Boudreaux/Chinaman bred pups for sale, ask him to prove it. Tell him to show you the papers. They don't have to be registration papers, but any serious gamedog man will at least have handwritten records of his breedings. Also, when he says he has Boudreaux pups, ask him which specific Boudreaux dogs or which specific Chinaman dogs, etc. If he can't tell you the name of the individual dogs and who bred them, what they've done, what they've produced, etc. . . then their is a good chance the dogs are probably not even bred that way.
All pitbulls have the potential to make outstanding hog catch dogs. Its usually the non-gamebred ones that turn out to be the best catch dogs in the highest percentages. I am just trying to clarify some myths associated with "gamedogs" for those folks out there who might find all this stuff to be confusing.
