so let me get this right if your pitbull isnt regersterd to akc or ukc and does not have any papers or pedigrees than it is a mutt they look purebred to me please help me get this right
2006-08-31 04:12:31 · 10 answers · asked by ruger5al 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Your friend's dog may very well be a purebred American Pit Bull Terrier, just not registered. Registration with the UKC and AKC do nothing but prove lineage so you can see ancestry. It's for people who want a guaranteed Pitbull. However, the AKC and UKC cannot prove everything. You would need DNA testing for the specifics. This does not mean however, that they're not Pitbulls. I hope this wasn't too confusing.
2006-08-31 04:17:48 · answer #1 · answered by m_mccomber 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The problem with what you are asking is that your dog is a mix of two breeds that typically are not good guard dogs. What you're asking for is a watch dog, and yes, there is a difference. :P Does your dog currently bark at the door at all, ever? If so, praise him when he does. Training a dog to announce the presence of somebody is possible and perfectly reasonable. Train the dog to bark at the door. When he's doing it consistently, start quieting him after one or two barks and praising him when he quiets back down. He'll learn that one or two barks is acceptable, any more is not. I do not think you should attempt to make your dog mean. A guard dog is not a mean dog. A guard dog is a confident, mentally sound, reliable dog that is safe to be around except when the owner of the house is in danger or if somebody is inside the house uninvited, and even then, the dog ought not bite. You used trick or treating as an example. Those children are on your property with your permission. By opening the door and passing out candy you are giving your implied consent for ANYBODY in a costume to be on your property. If you trained your dog to be mean, and suddenly people in strange scary costumes that he's never seen before start showing up and ringing the doorbell, and he starts running to the door barking, eventually he may very well grow frightened or intimidated enough to bite one of these strange creatures that keeps bombarding his home. You are then liable, because they were there by your consent. You don't want a mean dog. Trust me. You want a safe, stable, confident dog. Your dog is just that. A healthy, mentally stable dog's reaction to teasing is to ignore it and walk away. Aggression toward somebody taunting the dog is often just a sign of instability and little more. Let people think what they want of your dog. Does their opinion of your DOG really matter that much to you? A dog that greets visitors with vicious snarling and barking is not a well adjusted guard dog, it is a poorly trained liability. It is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Don't do it.
2016-03-27 02:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All lack of papers means is that they're unregistered... Doesn't mean mutt! You can buy an expensive dog from a great breeder and never register the dog and that doesn't make it a mutt... Ignore "git'em gang"; he's a dog-groomer who thinks he's a Ph.D...
2006-08-31 04:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by Grimm 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are mutts
They may be pure but with no papers...
Remember whats important. The pet or the papers. The say one third to one half of dogs in shelters are purebreds.
2006-08-31 04:23:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they can be purebred and not have papers. the only thing about having papers is proof that they are not mutts. i love pits, and i hope you raise them right.
2006-08-31 04:43:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's also the ADBA to. The ADBA by the way is a Pit BUll only registry. Look if you love your dogs why does it matter if they have papers or not?
2006-08-31 04:28:19 · answer #6 · answered by pitbullmom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look,WHY are you having such a hard time w/this???
One more TIME!!!
***IF*** you DO NOT have *PROOF*,by way of ACTUAL AKC *OR* UKC REGISTRATION,then you DO NOT has PROOF that you have ANYTHING***OTHER*** than MUTTS/MONGRELS!!!
Since you're talking PITS,you CANNOT have ANY AKC PROOF!!! They DO NOT recogise "pits"!!
You can LOOK at a clear LIQUID & guess water OR vodka ***BUT***until you have PROOF,you CAN'T TELL BY LOOKING!!!
Got it?
2006-08-31 04:21:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK.... they may very well be purebred, but without papers there is no proof of that. That's all.
2006-08-31 04:26:05 · answer #8 · answered by ontario ashley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not being registered is exactly that, not registered. a mutt is a dog that is more than one breed (eg.a boxer and a lab).
2006-08-31 05:08:23 · answer #9 · answered by Animal lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no there are alot of breeds not reg... it just means your breed can be questionable thats all.... thereis that little doubt that there could be mutt in there.. with a papered dog you get to see how many times its been inbred ......LOL
2006-08-31 04:17:36 · answer #10 · answered by maureen a 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋