1st off when you say that the male is as game as they come....i dont think you know what the term "game" means really....for 1 to prove gameness, well theres only 1 way...2nd a dog thats "as game as they come" is deadgame...deadgame dogs well...they're just that...
Let me preface this by saying I kinda see both sides in a way. I raise apbts of the"gamebred" variety...my yard doesnt have a dog much over 40lbs and I like it that way...they are honest bulldogs from a family of bulldogs...true bulldogs are a dying breed...
with that said my house dog is one of those XL apbts some speak of...not huge...85-90in his prime ( he is now 13yrs)... he is a Red Devil/Bordeaux bred dog...nothing fancy...but one helluva dog in his own right...he was as athletic as the lil dogs...had mild dog aggression, mostly to males bigger then him, a great pet...got him 13yrs a go for a couple hundred bucks...
I like the big dogs...I do..they are something that catches the eye...now..I prefer it when they keep some athletic ability..not these super bulked up things, that look like dogue de bordeauxs as pups.. my xl pit in his day could run 5miles with me no prob...alot these days would get winded walking to get the mail..to each their own though...i think theirs room for both...just 2 different worlds..1 think that did bother me was some of the breeding/prices on these XXL dogs...I mean good lord...3,4,5gs for a dog cause it looks cool...maybe Im saying that cause I dont have 3gs to drop on a pup..but that just seems ridiculous to me..I was looking through some sites the other day at pups...the XXL variety as stated my house dog is 13yrs...he isnt long for this world and I would like another big red nose to keep as my house dog, hell I may even try that weight pull thing, it looks like fun...I came across this kennel..looked at the breedings and they had a breeding from 2 good looking dogs, as I read it stated the male was just around a year old...hmmm lil young and unproven but ok...its his dog..then I seen the price...$3500...WOW!! that much for a pup from a 1 year old dog...now im sure someone will buy them...and if you can get that much so be it...but that just kinda turned me off ya know...$3500 for a pup off a pup...ive gotten pups off Chs,Gr Chs and ROMs for a fraction of that...maybe thats the game these days...I mean the parents werent nothing exceptional...they looked like all the other dogs from the XXL sites...no titles or nothing...ah well...I continued to look and noticed the prices were in the 1500 a up range..I did see some that were some less...and some even had titled dogs that asked less...maybe when my ole house dog goes ill just get a Dogue De Bordeaux or something..lord knows I can get um for less anywho...im done rambling...in closing dont throw the term "game" around...most dont know what it means...fewer have ever seen or fed a "game" dog..hell 99% of dogs arent gonna be "game"..prolly feeding my share of curs now ...
Keep Scratching, and in the words in the Ironworker.. "when you quit you die"...O and if anyone breeds those XXL APBTs and would let 1 go at a working mans price gimmie a shout..will be in ur debt
Ryan- Good Ole Boys Gamefarm
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anywho...im done rambling...in closing dont throw the term "game" around...most dont know what it means...fewer have ever seen or fed a "game" dog..hell 99% of dogs arent gonna be "game"..prolly feeding my share of curs now