The "Art" of Paper Hanging......

Some people who call themselves breeders, even the most famous, some of which I know very well have perfected the art of illusion, smoke & mirrors and deciet. lol. No really... this breed is all messed up when it comes to the questions of parentage and paternity. I remember a few years back when the DNA profile system came to be at the good old UKC. I figured this was a great thing especially since it was well known around 2002/03 that something fishy was going on in the dogs. Now it seems that years later many people in the bully breed still avoid the DNA-P certification like the plague. Now don't get me wrong there are exceptions, but for the most part this is a very common issue among bully breeders.

I would like to see all of the top studs in the country DNA-P'd so we as bully fanciers could actually keep track of whats happening genetically with these dogs. I know for a fact that many, many, many people who think certain famous stud dogs are the sires of the pup/prospect they bought are sadly mistaken. Even more people are unaware that other breeds were crossed into certain strains within the most popular bully bloodlines.

Now some people would say, "so what, if you really love these dogs you'll accept whatever had to happen to make them what they are today". I used to agree. But as I've grown older and wiser and spoken to many a fellow dog man a very valid point kept coming up and quite often. As my buddy Jay at RockCityBullies put it, "Why not ask questions? How else are we going to know whats really back there when it comes to our PEDIGREE dogs?". Well Jay is right and unfortunately the reality is that thousands upon thousands of pups papers have been and will continue to be hung in the name of $.

Some people might ask, "Well how do you HANG papers?". Every breeder from the byb to the commercial mill to the professional breeder will learn about this issue if they deal with PEDIGREE dogs. It is really quite simple.... and it happens everyday! I've seen the worst in the bully breed because of the type of person generally attracted to this breed. I can recall when my good friend Roger at WestCoastGottiline had a problem with some gangbanger/breeders jumping a fence and stealing a dog and when his girlfriend tried to stop them, they threw the dog over a fence and then they took her phone so she couldn't call the police. I know for a fact that this shook him up pretty good as it would have done anyone, especially since he wasn't even home at the time.

My point is because of the popularity and demand for the bully style of dog by many different ethnic types and social classes we have no clear standard when it comes to the American Bully breed. Because there is no specific standard the blood and heritage of an animal should be of the utmost importance shouldn't it? Well again due to the AmBullys popularity many corners are cut and many short cuts are taken to make as much money as possible. If that means throwing a pup or two from a less popular litter into the mix, so be it. This is the thought process of many of the most well known breeders.

How do they get away with it? The same way they got away with crossing other breeds into the pitbull in the first place. It's all one giant rediculous loop-hole. I personally believe that the UKC should have required DNP-P for all AmStaff and PitBulls registered with their registry years ago. I suppose that would mess up their money so they really have no reason to enforce or instate such a rule. Especially since certin people within the bully community continue to promote the AmBully as just a styleized version of the traditional American Pit Bull Terrier and not it's own seperate breed, which I personally believe it is a "type" well on its way to solidifying itself as a seperate breed.

The addition of other breeds almost certainly would make these dogs no longer a member of the American Pit Bull breed and would only qualify many American Bullies to be of the Pitbull type.
Still I love these dogs and even though I know whats going on behind the scenes I will love and defend them. I would like to see the DNA-P certification become mandatory though. Maybe before 2000 or something would not be required.. but after 2000 most certainly should be. I don't blame anyone who purchased a dog who may have questionable heiritage but I do blame the person responsible. That's the burden placed upon the shoulders of pedigree breeders. To prove paternity and stand by their kennels productions. If you buy you pup in the hood, don't be surprised when some funny type situation pops up concerning you pup or it's pedigree. This isn't universal as there are dirty bastards in all wrungs of the AmBully ladder from the bottom of the food chain to the top. My advice to you is to study the habits and reputation of the breeder you are dealing with above and beyond your infatuation with a certin dog or bloodline. It has been my experience that good breeders usually produce good dogs consistantly and have good reputations in the bully community but above those traits, they will and do gladly DNA-P their dogs because they are not fly by night band wagon breeders and are in it for the long haul.

Do yourself a favor and DNA-P your stock if you are a breeder... to me this certification is MORE important than the registration papers because it PROVES that the paperwork you paid anywhere to $1,000 - $20,000 and even higher for is authentic! Otherwise you could have a dog you think is off of "Insert Popular Stud Name Here" but is really off of one of his sons or daughters or even further back in relation if there's any at all, yet you paid $3,000. Get it?

Learn the hustle and "Hang" the hustler... Or get hustled and hang with hustlers.. its up to you.