What standards are you going by?
I had this absolutely amazing blog post about purebred versus well bred until Blogger decided to be an ass-wipe and got things switched around. *le sigh*
As the title suggests, I will be babbling on about dogs being Purebred versus them being bred well. Without any further ado, let us get on with the shit storms.
What is the definition of purebred?
adjective
1.
of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations ofa recognized breed.
2.
a purebred animal, especially one of registered pedigree.
As you can see, purebred doesn't mention anything about looks. Why? Well, for starters, google doesn't really give good information on breeds. Random people go and troll on the internet without even knowing they're trolling and state their opinions rather than facts.
There are different styles of dogs within every breed. There are dogs that are bred for conformation and dogs that are bred as working dogs. A dog bred for conformation is commonly referred to as being of "show quality". Dogs that are bred for work are not bred based on looks. For an example, the American Pit Bull Terrier was originally bred for dog on dog combat. Looks was the furthest thing from breeders minds back in the beginning stages of the breed.
Dogs bred for working purposes will often stray from kennel registries standards. That doesn't mean they are not well bred, however. A train-wreck is a dog that is not well bred. A train-wreck would be considered a dog that dog not follow conformation standards as well as has physical attributes that impose on their working abilities. Again, let us talk about the American Pit Bull Terrier.
This guy here is well bred. He is a show quality Pit Bull and more likely than not has a high prey drive (assuming from the picture) and would excel in physical work. Therefore, making this an all around well bred APBT.
This guy here is from the OFRD "working line". If you look closely, you can see his body isn't the prettiest of builds compared to the previous dog. However, even with a wide-set chest, he can do the job he was bred to do. Whether that job be fighting, weight-pulling, hunting, etc. Even though he isn't "pretty" bred, he is still working quality well bred. Mind you, a lot of fanciers do not like OFRD because they were believed to only be bred for looks. The APBT was bred for their ability. Looks were the last thing on breeder's mind.
Just as the previous dog, he may not be the prettiest, but he was bred for work and not looks.
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Now we can move on to the American Bully because, well, I'm sure everyone agrees those are some of the worst bred dogs being bred today. First I would like to show the breed standards of that of the American Bully so you can refer back to them as you see fit.
If you're here, reading this, right now, I'm sure you've heard of the Hulk.
As you can see, he has an incredibly high rear. It is acceptable for XL Bullies to have a slight high rear, but not a rear that is higher than their damn head. He also has excess wrinkled on his face. Although they don't impede with his physical abilities, they are still undesirable as a show standard.
This here is again, a picture of Hulk's litter mate. She has a high rear, shallow chest, most likely weak rear, an under-bite, and a weak jaw.
This and the previous picture are both two of Hulk's sons. As you can see, they both have EXTREMELY high rears like their father, yet are no where near the same size as Hulk while he was this age.
This is Hulk's brother. Again, you can see these genetics are inconsistent. This dog looks like a Boxer. He doesn't even look like a Boxer mix, but rather a purebred Boxer.
Here is one of Hulk's daughters. Again, notice the extremely narrow chest as well as those feet. DO YOU SEE THOSE FEET? They look painful. The point being, notice the inconsistency within these generations of the SAME family.
Here is Hulk's sister. They were not born in the same litter, however, it was a repeat breeding. Meaning, the sire and dam were both bred again. Most likely in hopes to create another Hulk. As you can see, she holds nowhere the same mass as Hulk.
This would be considered a classic American Bully. Unfortunately I was unable to find a good representation of the XL class. She is however, the perfect representation of a classic. All
Bullies should look like her structure. They should only vary in height and weight.
This is an APBT (not American Bully), He is OFRD and has both show quality confirmation and working bred. As an owner, you could both show him and work him.
This is the same dog as the one above. I just had to show how handsome he was again.
A well bred dog who is bred for show conformation will also have consistency. Hulk, his offspring, his parents, and his litter mates have no consistency. It is also obvious with their high rear it would impede their working abilities as it would be difficult for fast movements. Unfortunately, their excess wrinkles, high rear, and occasional underbite are the only consistencies within their pedigree.
We can now move on to the Exotic Bullies (which really shouldn't be called Bullies). There are three main dogs that exotic breeders want in their pedigree. They are DAX (Who died of overheating during a breeding... at only 6 years of age), Miagi, and Bullseye. There are others like Bolow, G2, Marcello, Primo.. the list goes on. However, the majority of the others are just offspring produced by the first three.
This is DAX. As you can see, he has a high rear and from the side shot doesn't fit any of the standards set by ABKC. He would be considered an all the way around poorly bred dog. He cannot do any type of work due his muzzle interfering with normal breathing. He doesn't fit show conformation standards (even though the ABKC Gr Champed him out)
This is a DAX offspring. I'm sure you can all agree this dog is just poorly bred. There isn't much more I can say about this dog except for R.I.P. because I know he didn't live long.
This is Miagi. Again, you can see this dog is just, I don't even know what to say. He's just terribly bred.
This is a Miagi offspring. Again, you can see he is ugly as heck. With his shallow chest, wide set legs, and short muzzle, it would be impossible for this dog to do any kind of work. He also doesn't fit any of the breeds show standards.
I was about to get into Bullseye and some of the others, but I just got enraged at how snarly and unhealthy looking these poor dogs are. So, we can just move on to well bred pockets since that is what started the whole "exotic movement".
His chest, shoulders, and front legs are identical to the illustrations labeled as being correct.
His rear is not high which is extremely common within all of the different American Bully classes.
Pocket American Bullies are bred for show standards rather than working. So there isn't much to compare on the working conformation versus show conformation when it comes to pockets. However, if I'm not mistaken, this pocket was trained for being an emotional support dog. Temperaments can also determine if a dog is well bred or not. American Bullies were bred to be companion dogs. So this dog has everything true to breed standards in my opinion.
In conclusion, just because a dog is not show quality doesn't mean it isn't working quality. Just because a dog is working quality doesn't mean it can't be show quality. Just because a dog is purebred doesn't mean it is show or working quality. If the breed of dog was only bred for appearance, it needs to fit those standards to be well bred. If the breed was bred for working purposes, as long as it can physically do the job, that's all that matters. If a breed of dog was bred for working purposes but later on became for show purposes, they should either fit show conformation or be able to work to be well bred.
It seems like more than it really is. It really is pretty simple. Just because a dog isn't pretty doesn't mean it came from a crap breeding.
