Hi Lindsay,
I don't think that the amstaffs are so wonderful that they are going to "add" something to the UKC showdogs, I just think dual registration is not hurting the pitbulls as much as the people breeding muttbulls. The damage is already done. UKC is a show registry, the dogs showing there are not gamebred anyway, so I don't feel that the amstaffs are "hurting" anything. Regarding healthtesting...If you check the OFA database on a monthly basis there are way more amstaffs testing than apbts, and there are way more apbt breeders. I check this monthly so, I know.
To Old dog,
I am glad you have many years into the breed and show ADBA, I do too, but with all the other events I compete in I can enter an event a week and stay in my home state, Even with a perfect ADBA specimen, I would have to show a dog for 5 years to finish it, without leaving my state, and that if it won first place each time. I have traveled to pull dogs with ADBA at one time, and it was not a lot of fun, I would not travel just to finish a conformation dog.
I have some very wellbred gamedogs, and that is what I started out with. I still have them, but because of personal beliefs I raely breed them or sell them to the public. I do plan on titling one of them, this summer/fall. My family has been into them for way more than 30 years.
Just so you may know who my family is, my uncle bred Garner's CH Dolly, just to name one of them. I have got to see some wonderful gamedogs, and have my hands on them, such as GRCH Roadblocks Joey, GRCH Solution, ect. My family if from the Carolinas(the heart of bulldog country)
A lot of people know who I am, my name is Howard Burgess from MI, and I hate to argue with someone who won't use their real name. So, who are you again?
I KNOW WHAT A REAL PIT BULL IS, AND IS DOES NOT TAKE SOMEONE WITH SUPPOSED 30 YEARS INTO THE BREED, WHO WON'T USE THEIR OWN NAME, TO TELL ME.
p.s. About the amstaffs in the ADBA showring: Actually the Falin dogs are cleaning up in the showring ADBA and on the WP track. Those dogs are a little bit of pitbull with a lot of amstaff. They have ruined many a gamedog's weekend at the ADBA shows. By the way....Traditional amstaffs, are about 17-19 inches, and under 65 pounds hogfat.