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 Spain, the Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Ministry has recognised the American Pit Bull Terrier as many other canine breeds.
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 Holland where the Law BSL has been rectified.
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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