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I want to thank those that are open-minded and are able to consider some of the posts from www.game-dog.com. I also would like to apologize for the posts by members that may have offended others.
Properly bred American Pit Bull Terriers, such as Mr. Boudreax's, are not people aggressive in any sense. It has been bred out of them. Mr. Boudreax's dogs are the foundation for a alot, if not most, pit bulls in existence. That is why pit bulls are not human aggressive. Look up American Pit Bull Terrier on www.atts.org and compare the numbers to the beloved Border Collie, Cocker Spaniel and many other breeds. The numbers speak for themselves.
The problem lies within improper raising and breeding. The sad truth is that the pit bull has become a status symbol to many and the breed has been bred for color and size in the heightening of that status symbol. In this process, the admirable qualities of this breed, such as temperment, have been ignored and unimportant qualities, such as size, have been sought out.
When you have people that have no true knowledge of the breed outside of color and how the dog may portray themselves, you begin having a real problem. The dogs lacking in the admirable qualities are sold in mass quantities to immature and irresponsible people that may use the dog improperly and encourage human aggression. www.game-dog. is absolutely against this in any form. We are for the preservation of our breed in it's true form. This way the breed's many admirable qualities may be maintained. This does not mean dogfighting. There are many other ways to have our dogs "prove" themselves. This includes, but not limited to, weight pull and conformation.
The actions or comments by a select few members of www.game-dog.com should not represent the majority, who has a true love and admiration of what we feel to be the smartest, most loyal, tempermentally sound, and loving dog in the world.


118 posted on 04/02/2005 11:11:07 AM PST by Buck7
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To: Buck7
Thanks for your reply.

I happen to believe that aggression is aggression, drive is drive. Training may target or direct drive or aggression, but there is no emotional difference between human or animal aggression. It's all just instinctive reaction to threat, dominance, and prey. There may be a difference between dogs that are controlled or uncontrolled, but that is a different thing.

When you say this "We are for the preservation of our breed in it's true form. This way the breed's many admirable qualities may be maintained. This does not mean dogfighting. There are many other ways to have our dogs "prove" themselves. This includes, but not limited to, weight pull and conformation. "

OK so the dog is not limited to dog fighting, but is dogfighting a legitimate sport to people on your board? Be honest now... because I think in all the threads that speak of dog's 'win' records, if the sport were pulling, it would say that. The sport they 'win' at isn't mentioned.
119 posted on 04/02/2005 11:24:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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