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chic4pits · 11-14-2008, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MADBood

There wasn't ever a gameline of watchdog. Some of the foundation goes into gamelines but there was some AST in there too. The purpose was to produce the needed size for hog catching...without losing the prey drive. Like stated already the owner of watchdog kennels went another direction, people today have incorporated the blood into bully lines, hoping to give them a little more drive or at least add to the hype of the line to get a few extra bucks, IMO. A few people here have pulling and working dogs that go back into watchdog stuff. It really depends on which direction breeders took it just as Rock Creek stated. It is safe to say that either way the line went, they all came from AST stock mixed with a few gamier lines. No one knows for sure where the line really came from as there is missing dogs on some of the foundation dogs's peds.

ah, i c...thnk you!

cane76 $Infractions Award$ · 11-14-2008, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rock Creek Kennels

I never said that it was special, but it is the foundation of some bloodlines today. I have no idea why he ditched apbt's, his heart must have been more with the AB's. I'm no huge fan, just know that the Watchdogs were large dogs in the 80's.

I'm not saying you said they were special either,sorry for the misunderstanding.
The price of a "AB" in the early 90's was at least twice that of any apbt,If he was interested in the business end or capitalist end of breeding for $,ditching the apbt line would be a good choice financially at least.

chic4pits · 11-14-2008, 10:00 PM

so the guy just made a 'few' of these dogs? then quit? or did he breed for like years then quit?

cane76 $Infractions Award$ · 11-14-2008, 10:09 PM

He bred them for years,even before he was involved in the "AB" but when the "AB" came along,it was advertised in such a way[much like the american bully of today]that there was great hype behind it and tremendous price tag as well,supposedly the guy was burned by some rather prominent names in the "AB" community and was ready to abandon the type due to inconsistency when he came across a dog"AB' named "white fang",apparently some type of super dog[performance ab]from his own accounts,dog was eventually shot by his next door neighbor,but the individual still had some pup's off of the white fang dog and the rest is history,he started a registry,a publication and left the apbt breed entirely.

chic4pits · 11-14-2008, 10:25 PM

um..instering..thanks cane! so is the AB that new of a breed? (only asking cuz i thought they were an older breed)

sorry i know i ask alot of ?'s ...just tryin to learn stuff..thanks guys and gals for the patience and the answers!

cane76 $Infractions Award$ · 11-15-2008, 11:07 PM

It came too be around the early 70's and was known as the "american pitbull dog" up until the mid 80's,[little known fact].It was advertised in "stock magazine's" and was very much underground.One breeder went from farm to farm and just selected any dog that looked bully and bred them together[J.D Johnson].