Thanks Nate....
I am not downing the blue dogs but some of these cariactures of dogs that some are producing is pure dis-function. Many here have posted some decent looking blue dogs that work and thats fine by me,I always say "feed what you like and like what you feed" BUT...don't discount the history of the true APBT,whan the blue dogs first started being seen they were the AM staff/UKC dogs and they were still functionally built,for the blue lovers researsh the old york and gaff and watchdog dogs bloodlines...this is were the functional blue dogs started (still not game bred) but not short,fat blue hippos either.
Beejay mentioned a book or two,any of the old Stratton books are good for some basic info,the Jessup book "the working pit bull" is good as it shows them in a positive light as well as many pics of the early blue dogs befoe the went south,the Farron book (the complete game dog) is good. One thing I noticed too is some time young folks asking how to build a chain set up,dog houses etc. most of the above mentioned books go into great detail about these things,may help some. BTW...I have a few doubble coppies of some of these books I may make a deal on
And maybe it was the other thread but dogs w/ game bred peds can be found w/o the high prices,even if it is dogs down from game dogs,probabally will be more stable overall than a hippo also as they are more of a ban dog than a bulldog anyhow.
Any way...sorry to go on but I just think we as dog hunters/owners and especially owners of bull breeds should learn and educate our selves better as one day "they" won't let us have any of them.
