A.P.B.T....

[YOKEL 2,271]

Dug out this old pic. First A.P.B.T I owned. Got him late 89, early 90..... around 54lb  and standing 22/23in....

Yokel

[Francie 6,368]

20 minutes ago, YOKEL said:

Dug out this old pic. First A.P.B.T I owned. Got him late 89, early 90..... around 54lb  and standing 22/23in....

Yokel

Cracking animal yokel

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Any famous lines mate?

[Astanley 11,568]

Looks like Reids stuff of that period ,handsome dog .

[jigsaw 11,866]

A few of mine in the past

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by jigsaw

[jigsaw 11,866]

[jigsaw 11,866]

2 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

What was craic with dog last but one in the pics jigsaw? Small red white un 

Which one

[jigsaw 11,866]

That was ratchet,he was a nice dog to keep,40 odd lbs in weight,... Determined dog he was

[jigsaw 11,866]

2 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

I’d consider making space for summat like that

You really don't want to bring the headaches some of these dogs can bring lol.....consider a whippet instead lol

[jigsaw 11,866]

I kept a lot over 22 years,all you need is one moment of forgetfulness,one slip up and it can be costly,...if you just keep a lone dog ,it'd be less tense I think lol

[gnasher16 30,186]

Nice looking dog i remember them big houndy looking things 23" plus a lot of them old Reid dogs went big like that Dread i think was 24 " @ 70lb odd......too big.

If i had to bet i wouldnt book that as a Reid dog.... i might be wrong.

Edited September 13, 2022 by gnasher16

[bird 9,936]

4 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

Nice looking dog i remember them big houndy looking things 23" plus a lot of them old Reid dogs went big like that Dread i think was 24 " @ 70lb odd......too big.

If i had to bet i wouldnt book that as a Reid dog.... i might be wrong.

When you read all  about the apbt owners of the past, they all preferred the smaller type bulldogs 17-20in  40-55lb , they were easier to handle. But if you got a real game 20in 60lb bulldog,, not much would live them they said, but always hard getting them. Stratton, colby said this in there books. Our staffs we had in 60s.were more like pits today, ours were 16-19in 40-55lb, the lines were from old black country = w-ton, Walsall, these type I think were the ones that went over the America to start the apbt lines of the breed, I did read that they may have had hound in there as well, Reid lines were deff on the big side, my bitch I had was 20in 60lb brindle  very powerful animal,  good temp, but like been said, never relax with them, lurcher easier deff to live with lol

[gnasher16 30,186]

4 minutes ago, bird said:

When you read all  about the apbt owners of the past, they all preferred the smaller type bulldogs 17-20in  40-55lb , they were easier to handle. But if you got a real game 20in 60lb bulldog,, not much would live them they said, but always hard getting them. Stratton, colby said this in there books. Our staffs we had in 60s.were more like pits today, ours were 16-19in 40-55lb, the lines were from old black country = w-ton, Walsall, these type I think were the ones that went over the America to start the apbt lines of the breed, I did read that they may have had hound in there as well, Reid lines were deff on the big side, my bitch I had was 20in 60lb brindle  very powerful animal,  good temp, but like been said, never relax with them, lurcher easier deff to live with lol

I dont think they paid a lot of attention to size back then mate....gameness came first and nothing else really mattered....besides which the dog is going against a dog its own size anyway but a 20" 45 lb dog is plenty big enough to keep active.

Bird are you aware of some sort of Staffordshire Bull Terrier museum up the black country somewhere.....a few folk have told me about it i just wondered whether its worth a quick visit next time im up that way.

[mC HULL 12,823]

can you mention colby and dogs in the same thread as ed reid’s dogs 

[mr moocher 972]

the colby dogs were osw x pitbull suposedly