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What is a “Working Pit Bulldog”?

 

 

A Working Pit Bulldog is a dog from bloodlines that were at one time registered as American Pit Bull Terriers (APBT’s) by the American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA) for over 30 years. In 2015 the ADBA decided to change the breed name of these particular lines of dogs due to their questionable heritage and the size of many within these lines. These dogs primarily stem from Eddington’s Wanna Be A Whopper and Dagger Bloodlines, but some other lines are included in the new breed as well. Any dog descending from these lines during the 2015 breed name change was reregistered as a Working Pit Bulldog with the ADBA.

 

According to the ADBA’s 2015 standard Working Pit Bulldog’s should weigh between 75-135 lbs lean with any dog weighing over 135 lbs lean at 2 years of age not being able to be registered. Due to many breeders adding traditional APBT stock back into Working Pit Bulldogs many are smaller than the ADBA standard calls for. The ADBA standard says that Working Pit Bulldogs are generally tall with a good amount of length in the leg and large boned, with health and soundness of body and temperament. The ADBA standard says Working Pit Bulldogs have a short, glossy, slightly bristled coat in any color or combination of colors (excluding merle color pattern which is not accepted). The ADBA standard further says that any Working Pit Bulldog exhibiting extremes in conformation with associated health issues will not be registered.

 

Working Pit Bulldogs live up to their name. They are WORKING dogs and thrive when given a task to complete. Working Pit Bulldogs (before even being given an official name of their own) were produced for the sole purpose of training and competing in the sport of Weight Pull. Today many dogs from these lines can and do excel at just about any sport they are trained in.