GARY HAMMONDS under the Influence of the Carver Legend in his Breeding Plan. (By Mariano Peinado. Madrid, Christmas 2025/26)

En ESPAŃOL aquí en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=848048627864014 En página Web: https://www.fiapbt.net/hammonds.html En Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTCEdE0CNcs

Original Post in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=848565247812352 In Web Site: https://www.fiapbt.net/ghammonds.html Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTD8dNAjqMe

 

Photo 1: Gary Hammonds & “RUFUS”.

Photo 2: Hammonds' “PARK SON”.

Photo 3: From left to right: Barry Scarcelo (Ponderosa Pits), Mariano Peinado, Danny Burns (Ponderosa Pits), and Gary Hammond displaying books written by Mariano Peinado. October 9, 1999. Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

 

 

Some bred fans have asked my opinion on the work Gary Hammonds has done in breeding American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT or Pit Bull), here is my humble RESPONSE:

Gary Hammonds initially had a good dog named “BRUNO”, which didn't come from a pure family line, “BRUNO” descended from several good families: Wallace, Lightner, Corvino, Tudor, Colby, and even further back in his lineage, you can find some of Henry's good, tough dogs; https://www.fiapbt.net/henry..html

 

- Hammonds' "BRUNO" FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=16436

 

Around the same time that Gary Hammonds began working with the breed, he was inspired by the breeding work of Reverend Howard Heinzl, with whom he later made contact and acquired good Heinzl dogs, first Heinzl's "TAFFY", then Heinzl's "UNCLE BUD" and later Heinzl's "DEMPSEY" with whom he made excellent breedings.

 

- Heinzl´s (Hammonds) “TAFFY” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=16437

 

- Heinzl´s (Hammonds) “UNCLE BUD” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=16437

 

- Heinzl´s (Hammonds) “DEMPSEY” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=16465

 

- Reverend Howard Heinzl Tribute VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPliNrKf7M

 

- Reverend Howard Heinzl Genetic Ramification: https://www.villaliberty.org/ingles2.html - https://www.fiapbt.net/tributemrstubbs.htm

 

I believe that although Gary Hammonds was happy with the various crosses of Reverend Howard Heinzl's excellent dogs, which he had been using for years in his breeding plan, something wasn't quite right for him, whether through negligence, lack of passion, or whatever the reason, Gary Hammonds ultimately lost these Reverend's genetics that he had been using in his breeding plan for so long and I completely understand him, as I, as a breeder, experienced something similar with my own breeding plan using the Reverend's dogs, but it wasn't just with the Reverend's genetics; it also happened me with other excellent Pit Bull genetics. This occurred precisely when I witnessed the full extent of the genetic strength and charisma of the dogs descended from Tudor's "DIBO" and subsequently crossed with the dogs of the "Silver Fox," Maurice Carver—dogs shaped by his wisdom, his hard work, and his own hands. Observing and learning about this last point, for Mar, my wife, and for me, was the great fulfillment of personal satisfaction as breeders, a source full of inspiration that increased even more when observing the results of our specimens improving every day, all of them having in common their origin from Maurice Carver and I believe that this was something similar to what happened to the good Gary Hammonds, now I explain.

 

- Tudor´s “DIBO” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=9

 

Through third parties, Gary Hammonds learned the stories of the legendary Maurice Carver and his dogs, including “SATCH”, “STOMPANATO”, and especially “IRON HEAD”, among others. Most of the information Hammonds received about Carver came from enthusiasts who provided accurate and honest information about Carver and his dogs. However, other "fans" offered him the opposite: old wives' tales and gossip spread by envious, smooth-talking charlatans who, in front of anyone, threw stones and all sorts of lies and filth at Carver with malicious intent to discredit him. These two opposing versions about Maurice Carver generated doubts and prejudices in Gary Hammonds regarding Maurice Carver, creating a contradictory uncertainty, which was the reason for almost making him discard Gary Hammonds from his breeding plan for Carver's dogs and, therefore, making him lose what he was going to enjoy in the future with the new genetics that he was going to introduce into his breeding plan, genetics mostly coming from Carver's dogs.

 

- Carver´s (Hyde) “SATCH” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=1858

 

- Carver´s “STOMPANATO” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=150

 

- Carver´s “IRON HEAD” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=25124

 

The catalyst that allowed Gary Hammonds to overcome his conflicting uncertainty and delve more confidently into Carver's dogs was thanks to his close friend named Jeff McManus. According to Hammonds himself, Jeff McManus had managed at that time what few others had: to befriend Maurice Carver and gain access to his inner circle. I believe that thanks to Jeff, Gary Hammonds was able to compare the information he had received from various sources about Carver and his dogs, discovering that the rumors and gossip against Maurice Carver were actually lies spread out of envy, ill intent, or simply ignorance. This ignorance was displayed by those fans who had heard false stories about Carver and hadn't bothered to verify them, accepting them as true and spreading the rumors to other fans in the same negative and false vein, creating a big an unfair snowball of lies. Only with the passage of time has everyone been put in their rightful place, Well by Carver and his dogs!

Thanks to Jeff, Gary Hammonds was able to contact Maurice Carver to acquire some of his dogs and receive, as invaluable gifts, his recommendations, advice, and breeding guidelines—a true treasure trove of information about the breed.

 

- About Maurice Carver and the Reproduction: https://www.fiapbt.net/Carver&Reproduction.html - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=393572503311631&set=a.155145083821042 "I'LL SELL YOU THE STEW, BUT NOT THE RECIPE": https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=630711099597769

 

I believe the reason Gary Hammonds practically lost the Reverend's genetics and other good genetics he had been using in his breeding for so long was due to the enormous inspiration he received from the magical influence of the legendary Maurice Carver. This influence stemmed from the breeding guidelines he received directly from Carver after meeting him, as well as from his extraordinary Carver dogs. But more importantly, and as happened with many other good and renowned breeders in the breed history, it was due to the immense satisfaction he derived from the magnificent results he achieved in his own breeding plan over decades breeding these Carver dogs.

 

The enormous genetic influence of the Carver dogs running through the veins of Gary Hammonds' dogs, can be seen in his most renowned or most significant dogs as a breeder, for example;

 

- Carver´s (Hammonds) "MAURICE" FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=5772 With 100% Carver dogs in its genetic.

 

- Hammonds' "SNORT” (Pig) FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=5771 With 90´62% Carver dogs in its genetic.

 

- Hammonds' "RUFUS" FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=379 With 81´25% Carver dogs in its genetic.

 

- Hammonds' “PARK SON” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=5774 With 79% Carver dogs in its genetic.

 

- Hammonds' “BRUTUS” AKA Anderson's “SIMBA” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=11405 With 92% Carver dogs in its genetic.

 

- Hammonds' (Hayward) “JACK” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=29032 With 90´62% Carver dogs in its genetic.

 

From the moment I met Gary Hammonds, he always struck me as a prudent, humble, and exceptionally honest person. Like Maurice Carver, Gary Hammonds is from Texas, USA.

I think Gary Hammonds and I have some things in common, such as: We both introduced Reverend Howard Heinzl's excellent dogs in our first stage as breeders; After witnessing so much charlatanism and false stories discrediting Maurice Carver's work and dogs, we both decided to investigate objectively and with our own judgment until we discovered that Carver did indeed have two types of followers: those who respected and admired him, the majority, a silent majority; and those who envied him and slandered him with malicious gossip, the minority, a vocal minority. When Carver died, for example, some of these same people stole the dogs he kept in his yard that very day. They then passed them off as their own, falsifying pedigrees, repeating the same false accusation they had made against Carver for some time. They stole the dogs to trying to gain the credibility and popularity as "breeders" they lacked among the fans who so envied Carver. They stole all his dogs except for “STOMPANATO”, who, luckily, was inside the house, as he belonged to Pat, Carver's wife.

 

I believe it was in the task of neutrally and judiciously investigating the false stories spread against Maurice Carver and his dogs that, after discovering pleasant surprises, both Gary Hammonds and I, equal many other enthusiasts over time, shared a common fascination by the Carver's wonderful work as a American Pit Bull Terriers breeder, registering his dogs in the Canine Mother internationally of the breed, the American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA), we both decided to go further, to ignore the gossip of the ill-intentioned, and to incorporate Carver dogs as much as possible into our respective breeding plans, enjoying it in various ways for as many years as we could, and that's what we're still doing...

 

American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA): https://www.fiapbt.net/officialpedigree.html 

 

To finish say, it's worth mentioning that there have been hundreds of excellent American Pit Bull Terrier breeders in the planet throughout history, and Gary Hammonds has undoubtedly been one of them. In my personal opinion, the six best American Pit Bull Terrier breeders in the breed's history, in order, were:

 

- Maurice Carver.

- Earl Tudor.

- Floyd Boudreaux.

- John P.H. Colby.

- Frank G. Henry.

- Howard Heinzl.

Etc., etc.

 

From the FIAPBT & IADCRO, we add ADDITIONAL INFORMATION about the breed for your information. We hope and we wish that you enjoy a lot with this information about the breed that we are offering with great pleasure. Thank you very much for your interest and trust,

 

Mariano Peinado

International APBT Federation (FIAPBT) & IADCRO Spain

https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBThttps://www.fiapbt.net https://www.IADCRO.com

 

´Stop BSL!!! ´Stop DDA!!! ´Stop DISCRIMINATION!!!

´Punish the deed NOT the Breed!!! "Judge the FACT INDIVIDUALLY, by bad ATTITUDE or by the owner´s IRRESPONSIBILITY and DO NOT CRIMINALIZE BREEDS DOG or MONGREL DOGS by its physical APPEARANCE, to justify applying an Unfair COLLECTION Law subtly under the shadow of the term" Protection ". An Animal "Protection" Law whose SOLE objective is the money COLLECTION, which in reality does NOT offer citizen nor Animal SECURITY, rather the opposite. All are INNOCENT until proven otherwise, Humans too." (m.p) Stop DISCRIMINATION!!!  https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/a.451449941132/10160660438886133 – https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/a.451449941132/10160028135786133 – https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/10159921039736133

 

@ ALL dogs are MAN'S BEST FRIEND since the beginning of humanity, ´Why do some insist on changing this reality? The answer is simple, for $$$ https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/a.451449941132/10159314935531133

 

- What is the UNFAIR, INEFFECTIVE and CRUEL BSL & DDA Laws? http://stopbsl.org/bsloverview - https://www.facebook.com/knottytoysforgooddogs/posts/1289752464417363

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION of the breed: https://www.villaliberty.org/information.html

 

AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER (APBT or Pit Bull) HISTORICAL MEMORY.

 

@ Simply extraordinary Your Pit Bull has needed the same thing that you to exist today… ´Look! https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=458553610146853&set=a.155145083821042

 

@ Genetic REVITALIZATION through the EFFECT of HYBRID VIGOR from the FLIP BACK between “The RED NOSE” & “The BLACKS” and Viceversa; https://www.fiapbt.net/GeneticRevitalization.html - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=387715733897308&set=a.155145083821042

 

@ Those who come from "RED PIT" greet us: https://www.villaliberty.org/come.html https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=602618935740319

 

@ W. D. SMITH, the great unknown of the American Pit Bull Terrier, His deserved TRIBUTE https://www.fiapbt.net/tributesmith.html - https://www.fiapbt.net/historiadibo.html

 

@ Tracing the traces of Tudor's "DIBO" in the 90s, together with the master dogmam Mr. Dwight Stubbs, known as "The Old Man of the Valley". That Valley refers to the "Valley of the Sun", is the other name by which Phoenix is known in Arizona, USA, the same place where Tudor's "DIBO" was born in the yard of Reverend Howard Heinzl, on March 21, 1951.

* The CRADLE of TUDOR'S “DIBO”; Tracing his tracks: https://www.fiapbt.net/tributemrstubbs.htm - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=259878060014410&set=a.155145083821042 – Mr. Dwight Stubbs – The good and beautiful people FOREVER in our hearts (R.I.P.) Mr. Dwight Stubbs, one of the best Pit Bull breeders of all times, in today's memory.

 

@ The FRANK G. HENRY Dogs: https://www.fiapbt.net/henry..html

The authentic and genuine Pit Bull of Today, are the faithful reflection of the originals Pit Bull of Yesterday...  

 

@ The BLACKShistory: https://www.villaliberty.org/theblacks.html

 

@ Ramiro Morales (Mexico) Maurice Carver´s friend, was the introducer of "The BLACKS" in Mexico. Remembering some extraordinary specimens from Mexico  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=236294035706146 In Web Site: https://www.fiapbt.net/morales.html

 

@ The BLACKS” Video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/362538354492963 Same VIDEO in YouTube: https://youtu.be/OB6-GntvwxU “BLACK TRUENO” and “BLACK BOUDREAUX” are two specimens of the breed dog American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT or Pit Bull) and two good Representatives of those known as "The BLACKS", which, have been internationally two of the best breed Reproducers since the beginning of this new millennium in which we find ourselves. “BLACK TRUENO” and “BLACK BOUDREAUX” not only share the same genetics, they are also brothers from the same litter and now, in addition, you have the opportunity to see the day of their birth in this VIDEO entitled “The BLACKS”. In this Video of “The BLACKS”, we can also see the parents of “BLACK TRUENO” and “BLACK BOUDREAUX” in a clear and obvious way, “BOUDREAUX” (Bullyson / Gaar) and “BOUDREAX” (Montana), among other direct relatives of them, all a luxury and delight of the history of the breed in nowadays in Video

  

“BLACK TRUENO” and “BLACK BOUDREAUX” two of the best new millennium breed Reproducers: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=782761694392708

 

“BLACK BOUDREAUX” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=326979

 “BLACK TRUENO” FIAPBT Pedigree Online: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=326994

 

REMEMBERING some great Reproducers specimens from the recent past of the breed in Mexico; "BLACK TRUENO" (Badger): https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/10154787965551133 -

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=308048348530714&set=a.155145083821042 VIDEO in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/videos/332652806206401 Same VIDEO in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/327ZOV5AeFw

 

@ Some WONDERFUL MOMENTS in the Breed History in Mexico https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=763692299632981

 

@ Whence comes the BLACK color to the ELI / CARVER / BOUDREAUX dogs, being that they are all Tudor's "DIBO" family and "DIBO" was buckskin color? - THE HENRY DOGS: https://www.fiapbt.net/black.html - https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/a.451449941132/10161031328231133

 

@ The report of the “OLD FAMILY RED NOSE” (OFRN), you can see it just below the end of the report of ´BLOOD LINES? at the following link: https://www.fiapbt.net/ingles17.html

VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/videos/2190373608132566 Same Video in YouTube: https://youtu.be/9O9bOkoNZPg

 

@ Unmasking to the scammers when they come to you talking to you about Tall Chinese Tales about the breed, such as, for example; The Recovery of the OFRN or RED NOSE to avoid its EXTINCTION. Or, that the American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT or Pit Bull) and the OFRN are different breeds, etc.; https://www.fiapbt.net/caution.html - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=521079700560910&set=a.155145083821042 - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=500726719262875&set=a.155145083821042

 

@ A great read; The WOMAN in Pit Bull History WOMEN in the development of the American Pit Bull Terrier breed dog (APBT or Pit Bull), during its history´s course, her deserved TRIBUTE: https://www.fiapbt.net/woman.html In Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/a.451449941132/10160906824551133

 

@ GENETIC of the legend to called “Maurice Carver” and TRIBUTE: https://www.villaliberty.org/legend.html - https://www.fiapbt.net/carver100years.html - https://www.fiapbt.net/museumcarver.html - https://www.fiapbt.net/thereadoftheyear.htm

 

@ “TOUCHEDS by GRACE”: https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/posts/pfbid0wCDW7SBMfVuDP8RqJP2eP2W3kZpBRidEX23eSgu1VWQoA7NZ3sX3VRLyydUSPrj5l

 

@ Boudreaux´ “SKULL” Genetic ANALYSIS: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=757974553538089

 

@ The Maurice´s Smile https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/a.451449941132/10161156206056133

 

@ / Mr. RONNIE HYDE / REMEMBERING a great Dogman: https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/posts/pfbid024iq7JETQLVSx9Fp84i35SnejoZ21uC4vt86eLMantDFgooN7H3hebpVMyUbbedXzl

 

@ “The Pit Bull Beginnings in the CINEMA; By Mar Bartolomé  (FIAPBT & IADCRO) http://www.fiapbt.net/pitbullcine2.html - https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/photos/a.451449941132/10158212086141133/?type=3&theater

 

@ A pieze of HISTORY little-known of the American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT or Pit Bull) https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=623550313647181 - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=398961652772716

 

@ The Pit Bull ORIGINS: https://www.fiapbt.net/origins.html VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/FIAPBT/videos/1465800004457257 Same Video in YouTube: https://youtu.be/a3IHJ5MBwVI

 

@ The Pit Bull CHARACTER: https://www.fiapbt.net/character.html - https://www.fiapbt.net/fotosbuenas.html

 

@ The Pit Bull and the FIGHTING DOGS: https://www.fiapbt.net/fights.html In Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=292914153377467 - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=718600537475491

 

@ ADBA DEPARTAMENT of DNA: https://www.fiapbt.net/dnapitbull.html

 

@ The GENETICISTS Scientists speak Unmasking the SCAMMERS that degenerate the breed dogs: https://www.fiapbt.net/dna.html

 

@ ADBA in Spain: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=370739465594935 - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=680400924628786

 

@ PROGNATISM in the American Pit Bull Terrier, YES or NO? https://www.fiapbt.net/typesofbite.html

 

@ International NEWS from the Pit Bulls World: https://www.fiapbt.net/pitbullnews.html

 

@ Violence, Insecurity, Fear, Worries???  Enjoy and Live Life with a Pit Bull, or two, or three... Because of its great Strength, its enormous Love and Attachment for their Family or Pack and especially because of its extreme Intelligence, the authentic or purebred Pit Bulls do not need Training to Defend its Family or Pack, since they do it Voluntarily from the as an incorruptible, noble and faithful Spartan in Defense of its loved ones. DEFENSE WORK with American Pit Bull Terrier: https://www.fiapbt.net/defense.html

 

(News) Coming soon; NEW BOOK titled:

“AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER, beyond the Legend.” By Mariano Peinado (FIAPBT, IADCRO & Villa Liberty kennels) https://www.villaliberty.org/ingles13.html