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GR CH EAST BLOC’S TINA 5XW (BIS)

GR CH EAST BLOC’S TINA December 2004 would always remain a landmark in Philippine pit bull history as it was perhaps the first (and hopefully not the last) time when the two major gaming clubs went head to head and pitted the best of their best at that time. I have no intimate knowledge as to how this historic event called Bakbakan 2004 came to be, nor was I one...

CHAMPION FRISCO SPORT BULL TERRIER OR PIT BULL TERRIER?

CHAMPION FRISCO SPORT BULL TERRIER OR PIT BULL TERRIER? FRISCO SPORT IS PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS BATTLE CROSS OF ALL TIME. BEING HALF EDGECOTE LINE BULL TERRIER – THERE IS SOME DEBATE TO THIS AS HIS ANCESTOR CH BANJO WAS BOTH A PIT AND A BENCH DOG – AND HALF COLBY BLOOD, SPORT WAS A FAMOUS DOG IN HIS DAY. HE WAS BRED AND RAISED BY A. E. BETTS AND...

S&W’S CHAMPION FOX AND GRAND CHAMPION BADGER

S&W’S CHAMPION FOX AND GRAND CHAMPION BADGER I WAS A FORTUNATE MAN INDEED TO HAVE OWNED AND CAMPAIGNED GRAND CHAMPION BADGER AND CHAMPION FOX AND OWNED 1/2 INTEREST IN THEIR ONE TIME WINNING LITTER SISTER LUMPY. SO MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FAMOUS LITTER MATES THAT I THOUGHT AS A FINAL TRIBUTE TO BADGER AND FOX, I’D RELIVE WHAT I BElIEVE TO BE THE MOST EXCITING CONTEST...

COLBY’S DIME

COLBY’S DIME WHEN COLBY’S DIME WAS FEATURED ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE JULY/AUGUST 1975 ISSUE OF THE SPORTING DOG JOURNAL, JACK KELLY NOTED THAT “YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A COLBY DOG THE LAST 20 YEARS, THAT DIDN’T HAVE DIMES NAME IN THE PEDIGREE AT-LEAST A FEW TIMES. COLBY’S DIME WAS A SMALL DOG, A 32LB PIT WEIGHT. THE SIRE OF OVER 200 DOGS, MANY OF THEM...

CAROLINA KENNELS’ GR CH CYRUS THE VIRUS

CAROLINA KENNELS’ GR CH CYRUS THE VIRUS The breeding between Champion Termite R.O.M and Robinson’s Bed Bug’s litter resulted in a litter of four females – Lena, Judy, Mable and Prissy – and one male, born with only one eye…Cyrus. Lena, Judy, and Mable became to be spectacular show dogs. Prissy became a three time winner. However, cloaked in warrior royalty, Cyrus became a legend throughout the dog game, wielding...

BLACKROCKS KENNELS CH COMINO

BLACKROCKS KENNELS CH COMINO The first time I saw Comino was in Monterrey Mexico. He was brought over by Joyero of Blackrocks Kennels. He was a big buckskin dog with a black mask and was bred by EFram in Texas. Joyero told me and Dtown that the dog was a super hard biting muzzle dog. We thought sure , everyone says their dog is great he’s probably a dud… A...

PIT ISLAND & SAMI THE ARAB’S BOOMER ROM

PIT ISLAND & SAMI THE ARAB’S BOOMER ROM Back in the late nineties my partner & good friend Sami the Arab called me and asked me if I would take his most prized possessions, Boomer, Crazy Legs & Millie up to my yard and use them in my breeding program. These dogs were litter-mates that he kept out of a breeding he did with Nagy’s Christine to Smiths Red. I...