Ok so what are you judging this dog to?
Ambully?
Classic?
Pocket Pit?
Extreme BUlly?
Shorty Bull?
Xl Bully?
Biggest Chest?
Extreme Bully?
Those are listed classes at upcomeing AmBully event posted here on GP.com.
What the hell is your standard? You've regurgitated most of the AKC American Staffordshire Terrier standard in your response to the dog posted, but come on. Really WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR A BULLY? Is it like a Poodle where there are multiple classes? Standard, Medium, Miniature and toy? I'm not trying to be a **** I'm just uneducated to the standard or multiple standards of a Bully. Educate me! By the way I think MachO's dog rocks for a Bully! Show's what the hell I know about a Bully!
Almost all ABKC events have ABKC sanctioned classes which include Standard, Pocket, XL, Extreme, and Classic. Those are the only sanctioned varieties. One of the most confusing things to outsiders is that alot of ABKC events, the show hosts offer "fun show" catergories which speciality classes by whoever the show host chooses to judge the class. Alot of times these show classes are for people who are interested in participating with their dogs that are not show quality animals therefore they offer insignificant superficial classes like "Biggest Head" and "Widest Chest" and "Most Freaky". Personally as an advocate for the ABKC, I believe these types of events are counter productive to the progression of the American Bully breed and give unknowledged owners a false sense of worth for subpar breeding quality dogs. This feeling is even more intensified when show hosts put cash prizes on these classes, because then breeders see a monetary gain by producing poorly bred animals rather than encouraging ethical responsible breeding practices.
Thus far, I have been reviewing every dog to the Classic class variety standard. I have yet to see a dog posted that I believe truly exhibits the Standard Class breed type, structure or conformation.
See I learned something new tonight! Thanks Lauren! I didn't know there wasn't an XXL class of Bullies. I'm with Tara I see them advertized all over the internet and I've seen people on this forum referring to their pups coming from XXL lineage. I'd be curious to see how Kennels are looked upon in the Bully world that advertising their dog's as XXL when in actuality they're not breeding to any set standard. We'll save that for another thread.
The XXL thing is nothing more than a sales ploy by kennels. Originally when the ABKC got established breeders were promoting their dogs as XL bullies, but in typical puppy mill fashion breeders couldn't just be satisifed having nice XL Bullies. They began promoting them as a step further as XXL bullies, and I have even seen breeders say XXXL bullies. The dogs are still ideally the same thing, breeders have just tried to make the dog's title sound more impressive to drive up puppy sales.