Αυτά που γράφετε μπορούν να χαρακτηριστούν ανετότατα ως ανακριβή και προσβλητικά για την ιστορία μιας φυλής την οποία ΠΡΟΦΑΝΩΣ και αγνοείτε!
Επιτέλους...Δε θα σας πάρει παραπάνω από 2 λεπτά και ένα απλό google search για να διαπιστώσετε για παράδειγμα πως η ιστορία των πιτμπουλ δεν ξεκίνησε από κυνομαχίες,αυτά είναι επικίνδυνες κλισεδιές που αναπαράγουν άνθρωποι σαν και εσάς,με τι σκοπό δε ξέρω,με αποτέλεσμα όμως εμφανές...
Oι κυνομαχίες αποτέλεσαν κομμάτι της ιστορίας των APBT.
Το αν αυτή η δραστηριότητα ήταν ο σκοπός πρόσμιξης terrier στο bulldog για να δημιουργηθούν τα APBT, μόνο γνώστες της ιστορίας της φυλής μπορούν να το πουν με σιγουριά και να μας διαφωτίσουν.
Εχω την εντύπωση όμως πως πολλές φορές ωραιοποιούνται πτυχές της ιστορίας.
Αν αυτή η "εργασία" ακούγεται σήμερα κάπως, δεν είναι λόγος να αρνούμαστε πως κάποτε υπήρξε και να βρούμε άλλες αρετές για να δείξουμε πως τα APBT είναι μια φυλή για όλους.
Κάθε φυλή έχει τα δικά της ιδιαίτερα χαρακτηριστικά.
Δεν κάνουν όλες οι φυλές για όλους. Και αυτό είναι πάρα πολύ σημαντικό.
http://www.realpitbull.com/notforeveryone.html
"Pit Bulls like all breeds are prone to their own breed-specific traits, idiosyncrasies of temperament, and likely to demonstrate certain behavioral tendencies.
There ARE genetics involved in the manifestation of behavior, after all, an inextricable intertwining of nature vs nurture so that two breeds of different genetic makeup raised in the same environment
will show different temperaments and behaviors. The same environment acting upon two unique beings made up of different genes. Environment is important. Unbelievably so. But without genetics, there would be no behavior to mold to begin with.
Since breeds are unique, just like people, it is a simple leap of logic to the mindset that says,
"Not all breeds are suited to all people". When people who are mentally, personality-wise, environmentally, financially, educationally unsuited to a breed but obtain said breed with false notions of what that breed is all about, the end result can be truly disastrous.
When lots of people, as in the case of the Pit Bull, own a breed but are not necessarily properly suited for it, you have lots of problems, all over the place.
Welcome to the Current Era and the Pit Bull Problem as we know it.
And here we are back to that Pollyanna Pit Bull Brigade that pushes popularity of the breed and insists Pit Bulls are just like any other dog - what breed IS 'just like any other dog???' The answer? None. This line of thinking when propagated creates for situations in which inexperienced, ill-prepared dog owners end up with Pit Bulls they cannot manage.
The answer to the problem is simple:
stop pushing Pit Bulls on the general public. Stop promoting them as "just like any other dog". Pit Bulls need to become LESS popular, not more. The breed is already too popular. That’s its problem. And until we find a way to drastically reduce numbers and shout from the rooftops what the Pit Bull IS and IS NOT, we’ll continue to see the downward spiral of one of the most magnificent creatures to ever live: that goofy silly special talented loving breed we call the America PIT BULL Terrier."
http://www.realpitbull.com/history2.html
" The breed eventually to be known as the
American Pit Bull Terrier was
selectively bred specifically with the idea of it becoming the ultimate canine gladiator.
But by virtue of the fact that so much of the breed was made up of versatile bulldog blood,
the breed also proved adept at a number of non-fighting activities, including those which the bulldog had been used for. Also, the traits (specifically gameness and a soft, gentle, amiable temperament with humans) bred for in pit dogs were surprisingly relevant in other arenas. Gameness is defined as the willingness to see a task through to its end, even under penalty of serious injury or death
. Gameness was the trait most cherished in a fighting dog for obvious reasons, however this same trait proved useful in other areas - a dog who had the tenacity to hold a wild bull or boar, braveness to keep wild and stray animals away from valuable livestock, and extreme tolerance for pain (which made for a very stable dog less likely to bite out of fear or pain) was useful in rural old England, and later on in America. So
while a core group of fanciers focused on the fighting uses of the breed, and bred with the pit in mind, others kept dogs for a variety of tasks. And indeed, some family/working dogs were used in the pit and some pit dogs were also family/working dogs. There was never a clear line drawn between ‘fighting dogs’, and ‘non-fighting dogs’ in those early years of the breed."
Στο ίδιο δε site αναφέρει κάτι αρκετά σημαντικό :
" The American Dog Breeders Association was formed in 1909 because of certain fanciers' opinions that
the UKC was not doing its job protecting and preserving the Pit Bull breed as they felt it should be preserved.
The ADBA's goal is the same now is at was then: to register, promote and preserve the original American Pit Bull Terrier fighting-type dog,
although like the other two registries, they officially frown upon the illegal act of dog fighting."
http://www.workingpitbull.com/history.htm
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MYTH: The pit bull was bred for dog fighting only.
Fact: The history of the pit bull far predates the time when bans on bull baiting caused blood sport fanciers to turn to fighting dog against dog. The very name "bull" or "bulldog" gives us the clue as to what the original purpose of this breed was.
Far back into history - too far for us to see - man had bred dogs for gripping large game like boar and bear. From these dogs developed the Butcher's Dog, or
Bulldog. The bulldog was an animal from 35 to 80 pounds, long of leg, sturdy in body, athletic, with a strong head and muzzle.
The pit bulls of today descend directly from these animals."
Από το βιβλίο του Robert Leighton "Dogs and all about them" του 1910, στο κεφάλαιο για τα Bulldogs :
"When bull-baiting was prohibited by law the sportsmen of the period turned their attention to dog-fighting, and for this pastime the Bulldogs were specially trained. The chief centres in London where these exhibitions took place were the Westminster Pit, the Bear Garden at Bankside, and the Old Conduit Fields in Bayswater. In order to obtain greater quickness of movement many of the Bulldogs were crossed with a terrier, although some fanciers relied on the pure breed. It is recorded that Lord Camelford's Bulldog Belcher fought one hundred and four battles without once suffering defeat.
The decline of bull-baiting and dog-fighting after the passing of the Bill prohibiting these sports was responsible for a lack of interest in perpetuating the breed of Bulldogs. Even in 1824 it was said to be degenerating, and gentlemen who had previously been the chief breeders gradually deserted the fancy.
At one time it was stated that Wasp, Child, and Billy, who were of the Duke of Hamilton's strain, were the only remaining Bulldogs in existence, and that upon their decease the Bulldog would become extinct - a prophecy which all Bulldog lovers happily find incorrect."
