posted 10-10-2003 01:01 PM         

[This message has been edited by texaspit (edited 10-10-2003).]

posted 10-14-2003 05:57 PM         

dead game-refers to a dog that has died in a match and never quit. Scratched until death It died trying. Its not really something you can breed for, you breed for deep game dogs.
Most dogs are picked up before they die and lose game, and most APBT will fight until death. Thats why it is dangerous to leave them unsupervised in your home. Some dogs are refered to as dead game, but aren't dead at all i.e. Tant's Cody 1 time game loser to GR CH May Day.
I don't hear many breeders breeding for dead game, because they would pick the dog up, its more like Deep Game.

Littermates may kill eachother but any respectable/responsible breeder would seperate the litter before that happens.
EATING the dog that is SICK! I've never heard of such a thing that should be animal neglect/cruelty.

It is sad, things have changed so much over the past few decades. After the animal welfare act more of these dogs got in public hands and were used for other things than their original purpose. A few of these were good, but many were not. Maybe at first it was just an accident,a couple bad tempermented pits were owned by someone other than a dogman and the person didn't cull and maybe those few pits attacked a couple people than it really started something. Every bad a** punk wanted a dog like that, drug dealers thought they would make killer guard dogs, even other people (like my neighbor) thought they would make really intimidating guard dogs, even though they end up biting little kids and are scared of anyone posing a real threat. Kind of sounds the way Canary Dogs are going now, I read an article online about Canary Dog breeders receiving calls from people asking them Do you breed the dogs that killed that lady in california. I want one like the dogs in california that killed that woman. or Do you have any pups that will grow up to be like the dogs that killed that woman I really want one like that? I guess maybe they are complete morons, no breeder is going to sell a dog to someone like that(I hope) they said its raised the breeds popularity so much and that is a scarey thought.

To answer the question many lines are named after the dogman who made the line.
E.I.-Colby, Sorrels, Carver, Hemphill, Wilder, Heinlz, Boudreaux, Lightner, Corvino, Neblett, ect.