harleyrose

Pretty much i'd say. Better than most anyway. But I.D wasn't necessary here. The plaintiff declared her dog to be an AST & then presented her "expert evidence"to the court that showed the AST & the APBT to be the same breed. What was she trying to do? Baffle them with stupidity? We will probably follow the U.K. now & ban the AST as just another name for the APBT. Ditto ABD etc, etc. Look out for an upsurge in "sporting staffordshire bull terriers"

Easy to lay blame when it was Geoff Irwins who handed the submission in stating the amstaff is a Pit bull at the last minute. What was his comment in court, oh yeah we made a mistakes 6 years ago, and forgot to add the Amstaff. Sheer Malice tybrax It's a terrible result. But one that every breed knowlegable individual knew was a distinct possibility. There is no escaping the fact the AST & the APBT are the same breed. Being in denial doesn't help. In fact it has just exaggerated the situation. There are so many people out there with dogs they were told were not APBTs They are now faced with a raft of possibilities, all of them bad. I have just had a pool installed & the contractor was telling me about his AST. I ask him the obvious questions..." "Did you buy him from a registered breeder" "Yes" "did you get the ANKC registration papers?" "No, we don't want to show him" "First thing you do when you get home is contact the breeder & arrange for the papers to be forwarded, without them if there is any bother your dog will be classed as a pit bull. ANKC rego papers with the matching micro chip number will be accepted as proof of breed & could just save his life & you a lot of grief" "But he is an Amstaff, not a pit bull" '" Same breed" 'They told me it isn't" "They lied" Now it may not matter anymore. It would have been better for all concerned if the people had of just moved south to Australia. Cheaper too. How much do you reckon the court costs will be? A mill maybe?

This was always going to be a bad result. There could be no other outcome. Unfortunately the court got it right. Everyone involved in the breeding & exhibiting of pure breed dogs knows the AST is the APBT bred to a standard for the conformation & the temperament desired by the the true believers of the breed. They have been cruising under the radar, until now. This silly uninformed person has just put redneck crosshairs squarely on the breed. She certainly had bad advice. I see a bad moon rising. I see trouble on the way.