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WHY DO SOME PEOPLE THINK THE APBT IS NOT A RECOGNIZED BREED?
The reason why some people
think that APBT is a breed less dog is due to the existence of fallacy created
by some so-called experts in the canine world who pretend so.
The creators of this fallacy damage the image of the APBT in favour of their own interests as they increase the sales of those breeds are breeding, or at least that is what they pretend.
So the more people think
the APBT is a non recognized breed, the better sales these breeders will get.
They do not care if they need to lie or play unfairly as long as they make
profit out of it.
Those in charge of the
Canine Societies in this country and in other countries are directly involved
in this fallacy against the APBT. These societies are basically private
business associations.
WHAT DOES THIS FALLACY CONSIST OF AND HOW IS IT USED SO THAT POLITICIANS BELIEVE IN IT?
People who declare that the APBT is not a recognized breed
are never asked the reason why. When someone makes that question they just
answer that it is not recognized as a breed according to the International Cynologique Federation (FCI) or to the American Kennel Club
(AKC).
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To clarify this fallacy, we have to inform that there
are almost 600 canine breeds in the world and nobody questions their non
recognition.
FCI includes 339 breeds in
their list, the same as for AKC. This breeds are the ones they can control from
an economical point of view through the pedigrees they issue and litter
procedures, expositions and different jobs done, all of them highly remunerated
of course. Almost half of the existing breeds are not included in their lists,
among them the American Pit Bull Terrier.
Both the FCI and AKC do not
include APBT in their lists because they cannot even control 25% of their
activities, as other centenary organizations such as UKC and ADBA do, with APBT
expositions, sporting and man rescue events, with its official pedigree at an
international level.
That is the reason why the
FCI and AKC are not interested in including APBT in their lists of breeds so
they can discredit the APBT’s image and dignity. These tricks enables them to favour those breeds in their
list against the APBT.
This fallacy is one of the
main reasons why APBT is suffering today such legal persecution of different
kinds in several countries. The canine advisors in the governments are placed
by the FCI and AKC or to persons related to these organizations.
When a government requires
advice related to bite incidents, it becomes an opportunity for these kinds of
people to get rid of their main competitor, and that is the APBT. There is no
doubt about this fact.
Persons required for the canine
advising twist the words by telling half-truths or even lying shamelessly if
necessary, to achieve their purpose which is no other than exterminating the
good and noble APBT wherever it is.
FCI is a private company
that developed their first pedigrees around 1930. Thus both the FCI and AKC
will only include in their lists those breeds they are able to control 100%.
The FCI and the AKC are not
the only organizations worldwide to include canine breeds in their lists. There
are plenty of other organizations, which also include dog breeds in their
lists, that do the same work or even better, although they were founded more
recently.
Neither the FCI, the
AKC, nor any other private company related to the canine breeds are competent to state the non-recognition of a canine breed. This
should be the competence of the Agriculture Minister of the different
countries. Particularly in
The fact that the FCI and
the AKC, two among many, do not include the American Pit Bull Terrier in their
lists does not mean that the American Pit Bull Terrier is not a canine breed.
As it has been said already, the FCI and the AKC are highly interested in
making confusion towards politicians and citizens so that their purpose
described before can be eventually achieved.
Thank to god, and appealing
to the sense of “Justice” and “Dignity”, nowadays this fallacy is being
uncovered. As a result of it some countries are lifting the ban on the laws
against the APBT. These laws have not lead to any decrease in bite incidents.
Furthermore, they admit the advising received in the past by people related to
the FCI and the AKC was completely unfortunate. We can find the most recent
case in
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/09/europe/EU-GEN-Netherlands-Pitbulls.php
To rectify is of wise
people.
Also we must inform, that the International APBT
Federation is against which the FCI and AKC get in their lists to the APBT,
because this would entail in not many years to a degeneration of the breed,
because the policy of the FCI and the AKC like private companies that are, is
the operation of the dogs and to make money with the breed dogs that have in
their lists, without so worrying their development to them like breeds in
themselves, no worries to them to conserve the values that not yet have lost
over the years. By this question, the different breed dogs that the FCI and the
AKC have inside of their lists today have many genetic and character defects,
to only foment to his breeders selecting in his respective breeding exemplary
of beautiful appearance, for this way win the greater possible number of
exhibitions of beauty, without worrying to them in minimum most essential in
the breeding, the good physical and psychic health.
There some people that says that the APBT is
not a breed dog, because is selected by his function and not by his standard
and that the selection by his Official standard, is what it would determine to the
APBT like breed dog.
As I said in the beginning of this section,
the absolute truth does not have nobody, but this commentary has easy answer to
understand that indeed the American Pit Bull Terrier yes is a breed dog and
besides oldest and pure than exists in nowadays, from her descend
other quite popular breed dogs nowadays, in which at present time nobody dares
to put in doubt which they are not pure breed dogs.
To the APBT is selected by his International official
standard, under the directives of the ADBA and in addition, also the APBT is selected
by his function to realise several types of work and sports, for his great
versatility are able to realise any class of work that realise the other breed
dogs and in addition is enabled to surpass and to improve it. By this same the
APBT is the Breed Dog of Work for Excellence,
surpassing by much in this sense to the other breed dogs. The Official standard
of the APBT, is more studied and verified so that the APBT that are within, are
very well equipped physical functionality to develop the work which it is, by
very hard that is the circumstances.
Those
that put in evidence their disinformation, I must indicate to them that the
APBT yes it is a pure breed dog, since having his International Official
standard, his International Official Pedigree and International Official
Organisms which they endorse to the 100% to the APBT like pure breed dog, like
for example; UNITED KENNEL CLUB (UKC) since 1898, INTERCONTINENTAL KENNEL CLUB
since 1976, the INTERNATIONAL APBT FEDERATION (FIAPBT) since 1985 and especially
the AMERICAN DOG BREEDERS ASSOCIATION (ADBA) (International Canine Mother of
the APBT) since 1909, it is what does that the American Pit Bull Terrier
although it hurts to some people, is a pure breed dog in all sense and older
and pure than the majority of the breed dogs that we know at the present time.
These
anti APBT also justify their affirmation, of which the APBT is not a breed dog,
by the mere do of which to some units of APBT not were used to work and yes for
fight with other dogs of his same breed. A thing does not have to do with the
other, so that if we took it to like a justification not to consider to the
APBT like a breed dog, we could not affirm that the APBT is not a breed dog for
the simple reason, that the immense majority of the APBT never fought and passed through the anonymity carrying out daily
works that to them their owners entrusted.
By
this same rule of three, we would not to consider breed dogs to all those breed
dogs that also made fight, like for example: to the American Staffordshire
Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Sharpei, Dogo Argentine, Presa Canary, Tosa Inu and an endless of breed
dogs that also were used for these illegal aims nowadays. The simple one is a
great barbarism to contemplate this hypothesis, the one of not recognizing like
breed dogs those breeds that were used some of their
components for the fights between dogs. In my opinion, who has boldness to
affirm that they are not breed dogs, those breeds that were used some of their
components for the fights of dogs, are not making another thing that to
dynamite the foundations of his own breeds.
Is not
of justice, that there people that wants to make believe to the Governmental
Institutions, that to all the APBT were selected only for the fights of dogs
and that only be given this “utility”, for this way if they prick the hook,
being able to damage and harming this wonderful and noble breed dog. The
governors of some countries, have prohibited to the APBT for believe very much
lies and calumnies of some "Experts" of breeds.
The fights of dogs like a “supposed hobby” for
somebody, were clearly registered in several books, daily magazines of that
time, registries, etc., etc. and works (Greater hunting, mining dogs extracting
the coal in carts on rails, dogs to exterminate plagues of rats, dogs of the
butchers, etc. etc.) logically no.
This
last one, is similar to which it happens with a sportsman and a worker of the
human species; The work of the football player alias “Pele”,
by hundreds of years that pass, will be always remembered by the notes of
history, like one of the best football players of all times. Nevertheless, the
best carpenter of the same time of “Pele”, nowadays
nobody remember him and much less pass hundreds of years by not to have been
clear their work in any registry, book, magazines, etc., etc. but that do not
mean, that carpenter had the same or better level working the wood that “Pele” playing soccer.
Returning to the selection of the APBT, is possible to
emphasize that the standard of the APBT is somewhat more flexible than the
other breed dogs, but having his limits very marked as far as weight, height,
proportions and angulations, among others physical aspects. So why this flexibility
of the standard of the APBT, be due simply and by the different selections on
the part of the breeders, since depending the type of work to which one goes
away to him to entrust the future to APBT, it would be selected to him with one
or the other appearance, but respecting the breeders the Official standard,
being ALWAYS within it.
The
fights of dogs, are part of the history of our breed
dog to consider and I do not deny it, but we understand that belongs to the
pass times and in the present times these practice already no longer have
capacity for the breed nor for his fans.
In
order to guarantee the future of the American Pit Bull Terrier, in view of the
negative present circumstances around, is good thing to understand and to be
informed of his past time. Some of these anti APBT, do not know or rather they
do not want to know, that this breed dog, the APBT, began to originate 500
years ago with the intention of later realising all type of works for benefit
of the society and up to 330 or 340 years, is when was introduced to some of
his components for fights between dogs.
Then, Why as much eagerness to
affirm that the APBT were created to fight and only for that activity? This is very easy to understand, so by this way, lying, they will have
easier to secure to the destruction and therefore the extinction of the APBT,
leaving them to them the open doors and without competition for to sell better
the breed dogs than they breed, The reason? The money.
This type of people, cannot nor wants to
accept the great qualities and virtues that our breed dog owns and that the
APBT, are those that gave origin to their respective breeds, the breeds that
they are enjoying nowadays. Thankful they would have to be to the American Pit
Bull Terrier.
For more details on this subject, you can visit
the section of work with
the American Pit Bull Terrier of the page of the Federation.
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Mariano Peinado
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