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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
OFFICIAL STANDARD
OF THE AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER
HISTORICAL REVIEW
Around the year 1880, popular breeder Charles Lloyd took his renowned American Pit Bull Terriers Lloyd's Pilot, Lloyd's
Paddy, and Burke’s Rafferty from England to USA. These dogs were really outstanding in their time and embodied the
standard by which American enthusiasts were to breed their American Pit Bull Terriers.
Lloyd's Pilot nació en 1878 Lloyd's Paddy,
Colby’s Pincher nació en 1896
The Gas House Dog ( A.K.A. McDonald's Grip ) nació en 1870.
OUR FRONT COVER :
Villaliberty´s Boudreaux (Bullyson).
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER
FIAPBT E-mail: [email protected] - [email protected]
Phone/Fax: 918036953
Cellphone: 609-26-23-09
SPAIN - EUROPE
Updated April 2nd 2009.
OFFICIAL STANDARD
All standards created for any animal species, have a basis
weight when they were developed. In any animal species
you can come across with different standards, which were
created by experts for each particular species, for exam-
ple : Racehorses have a suitable standard to set an ideal
functionality in these animals, this way, you can approxima-
te as much as possible in their morphology to be the suita-
ble one in order to fulfill their mission, which is to run faster
than other breeds of racehorses.
The same thing happens with any other animal species that
humans entrust any kind of task; this way , we will have to
create necessarily the standards to make them be the best,
in the different disciplines that humans assign the animal
species to be.
For this reason, American Pit Bull Terriers being the wor-
king breed dogs par excellence, those breeders who consi-
der themselves professionals of the breed, should breed
APBT samples which were in the official standard of Ameri-
can Dog Breeders Association (ADBA) or in the Federation
International of APBT (FIAPBT).Samples which are in the
official standard, will have a guaranteed functionality to de-
velop any kind of job, since the offical standard of the
APBT is designed to get the best performance working in
any kind of job, however strange it may seem and always
to benefit the humankind.These extraordinary performan-
ces, are also movable why not, to canine sports.
HEAD:
An APBT for any purpose with a well-proportioned head, must look the two thirds its shoulder width, and be a 25% wider
in its cheeks than in the neck to the base of the skull. From the back of the skull to the stop, it must be the same distan-
ce as from the stop to the tip of the nose.The snout must be straight and square–shaped.
The depth from the top of the head to the lowest part of tha jaw is important. The jaw is closed by the muscle of the tem-
poral fossa, making the pressure the animal needs over the coronoid process.
The head will be wedge-shaped when viewed from top or from side, when it is viewed from the front it is round. Dogs
with excessive lips are not accepted.
Una cabeza exagerada, simplemente le hará llevar un peso excesivo que le restara funcionalidad a la hora de realizar el
trabajo.
Eyes Teeth :
The eyes are round, separated and situated in a low position.All colours are admitted and uneven eyes (eyes with diffe-
rent colours in the same amimal ).
Teeth :
Scissors closure, pliers closure and inverse scissors closure are admitted, never enogmathism. The inverse scissors
closure or “prognathism”, even though it is the most effective teeth closure to perform the prey work, mustn’t be neither
excessive nor caused by the displacement of the jawbones, because if so, it will be considered as a fault.
Of the three admitted closure, the most effective to develop the work of the prey, is the inverse scissors closure or even
with a small separation between the teeth of above with respect to those of down.
Neck :
The neck must be strongly muscular to the base of the skull.
FRONT :
The dog will have to own deep ribs. They are wide at the top, narrowing to the low part.The ribs house the lungs, which
are not tanks but pumps.The ribs act as a bellows. Their effectiveness is related in the difference between the contracti-
on and expansion volume. The ribs depth involves more room for the lungs to be bigger.
The Shoulders :
Wll have to be a bit wider than the ribs at the level of the eighth rib. Too narrow shoulders won’t support a suitable mus-
cular structure, but at the same time a too wide shoulder structure, makes the animal slower and adds it too much unne-
cessary weight. The shoulder blade must be situated at 45 degrees, or something less, of angle to the ground, and this
will be wide and flat.
The Elbows :
Must settle flat, with the humerus in an almost parallel trajectory to the spine. The elbow must reach below the ribs.
The forearm must be only a bit longer than the humerus and this one must be thick and solid, almost twice the thickness
of the metatarsals, at the level of the hock.
The front legs and shoulders must be able to support a lot of work and their thickness can become a power at this point.
The feet, must be small and high inserted in the pasterns.
BACK TRAIN :
This is the driving train of any four-legged animal. An 80% of an APBT work is developed in its hips and back legs.
A long and lean hip is extremely important, because it will provide a better support point to the femur, and this one must
be shorter than the shinbone. The hip must be wide. Being like this, it will involve a wide lumbar area, allowing this way
a wide surface for the insertion of the gluteus muscles and the femoral biceps, which are the biggest motors in the dri-
ving train.
TAIL :
The tail will be low inserted; it will be long until a little before reaching the hocks. This one, has a thick base narrowing to
the end. It must crank-shaped when the dog is relaxed.
MANTLE :
The mantle can be any colour or combination of them, with the exception of the merle colour. It must be short and
strong. The shine of the mantle usually reflects the health of the APBT, a vital sign.
SKIN :
It must be thick and loose, but without folds, with the exception of the neck and the chest, which must be loose enough
to show some vertical folds.
WITHERS HEIGTH :
The withers heigth in males can vary from 38 cm to 48 cm, and in the females; from 35 cm to 45 cm.
WEIGHT :
In spite of many people’s belief, APBT is a small breed dog, at most medium-sized, finding the weight of the males that
can vary from 13 kg to 27 kg; and in females from 12 kg to 23 kg. Someone might have a pure APBT specimen that
weighs three or four kg over these weghts, but surely it would have to be fat. Not accepted ;Excessively large or massive
dogs.
GENERAL APPEARANCE :
The APBT will have to be square-shaped viewed from side, the distance from the shoulder to the hip point must be the
same distance from the shoulder to the ground.The animal will tread high and it will have a maximum point of support for
its body weight.
The American Pit Bull Terrier is a complete athlete. Its morphology is developoed for speed, power, agility and force. It
will have to be balanced in all directions, too much of something steals another thing, at the moment of performing any
kind of work.
The selection of American Pit Bull Terrier breeding, at combining The standard (functionability) with its heart (balance,
intelligence, courage, determination, bravery and nobility), the result is unbeatable, discovering the best breed dog to
perform all kind of works and sports, however adverse the circumstances are at the time of executing them.
Gr Ch Boudreaux’ Badger Rom / Por
Updated April 2nd 2009.
IS THE APBT A LARGE-SIZED BREED?
Let’s first acknowledge that there are a lot of greedy and dishonest “pseudo breeders” whose main concern is to make a
quick profit by taking advantage of misinformed and inexperienced buyers to whom it is easy to sell crossbreds as if they
were purebred American Pit Bull Terriers.
When addressing the question at hand in this segment, we must come to
terms with the fact that ever since the APBT canine breed started being deve-
loped and began to evolve as a canine breed centuries ago, it’s always been
bred as a small-sized breed or even medium-sized at the most because it is
due to its smaller size that it is able to perform better as a working breed. As a
matter of fact, Tudor’s “Dibo”, the very best APBT of all times, used to weigh
only 20 kilos.
Tudor’s Dibo
And now we move on to the opinions of three experienced
enthusiasts of the American Pit Bull Terrier breed, begin-
ning with Mr. Mariano Peinado, President of the FIAPBT.
Mariano Peinado, President of the International Federation
of the American Pit Bull Terrier.
First of all, I wish to say that I love the American Pit Bull
Terrier breed, whether it be from one genetic branching or
another, of any color, physical structure, or bodyweight, as
long as it’s a purebred within its standard and of course,
provided the authenticity of its official pedigree has been
previously verified as this would be the only document to
certify pureness of breed.
It’s of vital importance for everyone involved in breeding
American Pit Bull Terriers to keep on breeding them with
the same purpose in mind, which is to perform as well-
balanced working dogs with a whole lot of heart and game-
ness and always very eager to please its owner no matter
what.
The APBT has a unique weight-to-power ratio advantage
that no other breed has. But in order to keep it that way,
esthetics or superficial beauty should not be considered at
all when selectively breeding the APBT.
By following these suggestions we will save this pure breed
from extinction so that it may continue to excel as the most
successful canine working breed to perform any job, no
matter which one, and all while still displaying a great heart
attached to all those virtues that are so typical of this breed
such as gentleness, braveness, fearlessness, gameness,
heritage, along with the ever spectacular physical enduran-
ce so typical of this breed.
An APBT weighing in between 25 and 27 kilos is considered a
large-sized APBT. If any heavier, the work performance of the
alleged APBT will greatly suffer due to exhaustingly carrying ex-
cess bodyweight which is rather atypical to this pure breed.
Therefore, it is so important not to increase the size of this breed,
or else the authentic APBT will become extinct and a whole new
breed would be brought on instead; something we, the APBT lo-
vers, would never agree to.
The APBT breed has become quite popular in many different
countries. But unfortunately this doesn’t do the breed any good
because it creates a greater demand for these dogs to be bred,
which in turn sets the stage for smart but unethical breeders to
easily take advantage of the evident lack of knowledge and expe-
rience of enthusiasts who are just getting started with this breed.
These greedy breeders don’t even bother to get really good APBT
studs and bitches to start their breeding programs. Instead, they
just crossbreed dogs at random, and even crossbreed dogs of
different canine breeds that are phenotypically similar to the
APBT, and so these crossbreds are sold as purely bred top-of-the
-line APBT’s. This is all possible due to the lack of knowledge of
inexperienced new buyers, and also because when a dog weighs
35, 40, or more kilos (Bullies, Blues, Bandogs, etc.), it looks really
spectacular with a huge head and a huge body and a lot o esthe-
tic beauty but also very little work performance ability when com-
pared to a purebred APBT. These types of dogs are wrongfully
called APBT’s, and are the most appealing to newcomers due to
their spectacular looks. Unethical greedy breeders are well aware
of this and therefore don’t hesitate to commit this type of fraud.
And so, to finally answer the question as to whether or not the
APBT is a large-sized breed, the answer of course is ¡absolutely
not!
Mar Bartolomé,
Breeder of American Pit Bull Terrier.
The original APBT is medium height and weighs 19 kilos
on average. This has consistently meant more functionality,
agility, and power, thus outperforming any other canine
breed.
More and more frequently nowadays, the tendency is to
create a taller, more massive APBT. This however harms
the unmatched performance of the American Pit Bull Te-
rrier for which it is really admired.
If the American Pit Bull Terrier’s size continues to be in-
creased, we could end up making the mistake of turning it
into a whole new different breed that will have nothing to
do with the original APBT. That’s why I believe we should
seriously reflect on whether or not we want an American Pit
Bull Terrier or a new canine breed.
As far as I’m concerned, I’ll continue breeding the original
APBT phenotype because this way I will somehow contri-
bute to preserve the APBT the way it is really meant to be.
Also nowadays, APBT’s are being crossbred with other
physically similar breeds and the result of it is a bigger and
heavier dog that instead of being a real APBT is actually a
large-sized crossbred.
Let’s not continue to degenerate this already endangered
breed, let’s keep it from the extinction caused by the high
degree of current crossbreeding brought upon by some self
proclaimed “lovers of the breed” whose real love is not for
the breed but rather for the money they can make off of it.
Jorge Solé, breed expert and trainer of APBT.
From my standpoint, a real American Pit Bull Terrier is a
dog with certain physical characteristics
that make it different from any other breed.
These characteristics are: Power, speed, agility, and most
of all, an incredible weight to power ratio.
If an alleged 40-kg American Pit Bull Terrier (molossian) is
capable of maintaining these characteristics, it could be
that the breed is being perfected. Otherwise, it’s being de-
generated which will bring irreversible consequences to our
beloved and authentic American Pit Bull Terrier.
Final Conclusion:
Those who claim to selectively breed and sell large-sized
American Pit Bull Terriers (over 30 kilos in bodyweight), in
our opinion, don’t love the breed. Additionally, to produce
large-sized dogs which will then be deceivingly labeled as
American Pit Bull Terriers, a short cut is taken which is ba-
sed on crossbreeding different large-sized breeds that ha-
ve nothing to do with the authentically purebred APBT in
order to produce very marketable dogs that look appealing
to the untrained eye (Bullies, Blues, Bandogs, etc.) just to
make a profit while totally disregarding the damage done to
the pureness of the breed and to the ripped off buyer.
Gr Ch ACE Max Dugan Vitali
Gr Ch Chavez' Llantas
Ch Garner's Chinaman Rom
Knowles' Ch Buckhide
Meeds’ Ch Beef G.K.M’s A/A II Just Tuff Enough
CD's GD Ch Lady Tessa Bezzi's Gr Ch Gordon Rocky
Gambler’s Gr Ch Virgil Rom Doble Gr Ch Reloaded's Persephone Of Matrix
Italy, conformation, September 4th and 5th 2010.
OFFICIAL STANDARD
The judge placed the dogs at a short distance
for one minute, though spaced safely enough
far between. In this way, the judge was better
able to get the valuable feedback needed to
determine that the championship honors were to
be awarded to ANTONELLI’S BUBBA JR.
The great similarity in the conformation of the
championship finalists was so close that judge-
Mariano Peinado had no other choice but to
carefully compare and value even the tiniest
difference between the two best-in-show fina-
lists.
BJ got second place in the championship, pla-
cing second to BUBBA.
BJ won the trophy awarded to the best athleti-
cally conditioned APBT.
.
FIAPBT Judge: Mariano Peinado
Zwolinskin’s Miss Rolex won the best in show award in the under-
12-months category competing against APBTs from both the ADBA
and the FIAPBT. She also won the best-in-show award in the pu-
ppy category against the UKC’s APBTs. What an extraordinary
APBT.
UKC Judge: Kimberly Allison
Zwolinskin’s Miss Rolex
According to the judge’s explanation, in his judgment of the Ame-
rican Pit Bull terriers he considered some aspects that are not
included in the standard but which according to him are extremely
important. These are a wholeheartedly positive attitude and frien-
dliness towards people, controlled temperament, and an eager-
ness to do the work and please their masters. None of these as-
pects is evident in the morphology of the APBT. Nonetheless,
years of judging experience enables a judge to appreciate these
subtle signs and reliably determine what an APBT is like on the
inside.
BJ y Antonelli´s Bubba Jr
Apdo. Correos, 39
28760 Tres Cantos - Madrid ESPAÑA - EUROPA
FIAPBT MAILING ADDRESS
The ADBA is the institution that offers the most reliable pedigrees by proceeding
very differently from other organizations that also offer pedigrees. The ADBA has
a research department that insures the accuracy of their pedigrees. The ADBA
will contact the breeders directly should there be any need to verify the truthful-
ness of a pedigree. And this is something that no other organization does. The
ADBA has a very thorough and computerized control mechanism to fully prevent
fraud in their pedigrees.
Needless to say, after the ADBA has conducted an investigation to establish the
veracity of a pedigree from another organization (UKC, IKC, BFK, SDR, etc.),
and if it turns out to be in fact a legitimate pedigree, the ADBA will homologate
such pedigree as an ADBA pedigree and the FIAPBT will also approve it based
upon the fact that it has been previously researched and approved by the ADBA.