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Who's that sniffing my butt?
Thanks, he's lots of fun! Curious about the term 'American Bully' though? He's actually a rescue dog so we don't know his entire story, I figured him an AmStaff or APBT. So what exactly do people consider the American Bully?Handsome American Bully!
"American Bully" is the name that is being given to the very large or oversized dogs that were once known as American Pit Bull Terriers. For many years, unscrupulous breeders tried to sell these as "rare giant Pit Bulls", and concealed the fact that they'd achieved this size by crossbreeding APBT's with various Mastiff breeds, especially the Cane Corso, Neopolitan Mastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux and American Bulldog. Most American Bully Dogs are either blue, blue brindle(like your boy here), blue-fawn or red-nose, since those colors are very common in most of the breeds that went into their make-up, with the exception of the American Bulldog. It's not uncommon to see merle-patterned American Bullies, too, which tend to be a bit taller and rangier, a testiment to the recent and frequent infusions of Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog genes, although the con artist breeders still often insist these are "rare merle Pit Bulls", in spite of the fact this dominant pattern has never historically occured in the American Pit Bull Terrier or any of the types of dog that went into its original make-up in the British Isle. Some American Bully Dog breeders are now at least owning up to cross-breeding, but try to claim it's a cross of APBT and AmStaff, failing to realize that the AmStaff is just basically a show-bred version of the APBT-no other breed went into the American Staffordshire Terrier; every single one is a direct descendant of UKC and/or ADBA-registered American Pit Bull Terriers. Also, the AKC AmStaff standard calls for a male dog to be ideally 18 1/2 inches at the shoulder, with the height and weight being proportional, which roughly works out to a 40-50 pound dog, if it's in condition. You aren't going to get a bunch of 85-120 pound dogs by mating two 40-pound dogs. American Bullies are basically a Mastiff-type dog, while the APBT/AmStaff is a TERRIER with some "bulldog" characteristics, the term "bulldog" here NOT referring to the well-known English Bulldog with the smashed-in face.Thanks, he's lots of fun! Curious about the term 'American Bully' though? He's actually a rescue dog so we don't know his entire story, I figured him an AmStaff or APBT. So what exactly do people consider the American Bully?
+1 on that!pitbulllady: GREAT description. Thanks.
Thanks for the info and pics everyone, I appreciate it. I think I've got a little better understanding of the American Bully now. Sorry, I don't know any info. on the puppy in the pic I posted. Likes to sniff though...