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Originally Posted by
dave g
So all you people replying to this post, have any of you owned a pibull, i would say about 99% have not, so really you cannot comment that pits should be banned, when i was younger my father add 4 game pits, he ruled them with a iron fist not one of them dogs stepped out of line or fought among them selfs, what i am saying is, a pitbull in the right hands is a great dog, pitbulls in the wrong hands, well thats why we have a ban. someone just said if they lift the ban on pitbulls there will an increase in dogfighting, when the ban was put on pitbulls there wasnt a decrease in dog fighting....
I think a few have underestimated a few folks on the thread when said 99% of folks have never owned a pit, never seen a pit...blah, blah, blah..
I once owned a dog that had PB crossed into it's line (will now reveal all, as the dog is now deceased), I found out after extensive research of my dogs lines, one dog, I myself could find no traceable history on so I had a few people ''in the know'' that have been with the dogs from the beginning, go over my dogs paperwork, only one person would admit the truth, after the others just said ''something isn't quite right there''......it wasn't going generations back either it was within the first 5 generations, yet to look at the dog I owned you wouldn't have even thought anything was remotely illegal with it. Had I known then, what I know now, I would have simply and quite happily and truthfully, walked away......
I wouldn't have knowingly flouted the law and knew when I found out the risk involved with keeping the dog - but, just by looking at the dog you wouldn't have known, or, even guessed that there was anything remotely illegal within there
But of course that doesn't make it right!!
Which for me is a problem, as how many other dogs are out there that have similar lines ? Quite a few!!
How many of those dogs are bred ? A few!!
How many people who are aware of their dogs ''history'' would actually admit it ? None!!
What kind of people are they sold to and for what purpose? Are they aware of the truth concerning their dogs ''pedigree history''?...Who knows....which is exactly my problem.
So for folks who thought I actually hated PB's they couldn't have been further from the truth
after I unknowingly all those years ago purchased a dog who had 100% confirmed as PB being crossed into it's lines.
What I have a problem with is the lengths some folk will go to, to COVER things like that up - as had I been aware at the time of everything I would have had a choice, I could have and would have, walked away from
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But you know what.... Every single person that purchases one of those dogs isn't fully aware of some of their ''pedigree history'' (if they are, they don't have the deceny to admit it) or what they could potentially be taking on, which again bothers me - those really interested in the dogs would have to go through the same process as I myself had to, which was hard if you're moving within a circle where not one person will tell you the truth [some of you know seen it so many times with the NI's], I was lucky, I consider it a privilege to know the person I did who made me aware of absolutely everything and told me the truth, not everyone is quite so lucky as others will happily sweep things under the carpet - which IS why the dogs in question will never ever get any KC recognition, ever, as much as they push for it as too many illegal activities have gone on within that circle and not one person promoting the dogs will admit it, which is why I would NEVER EVER purchase another again
Will mention the PB on on my dogs paperwork (And I did keep that paperwork!!) was actually here before the 1991 banning of them, not that it makes an awful lot of difference I suppose, obviously those dubious of the dogs would have had an idea, but never had it confirmed either way.
Hopefully, people will DO more research and those breeding those dogs WILL review what actually has been used in their lines and make some changes!!!