Hmmm interesting.
From what I get from it most of the RE line was produced by breeding a bunch of AKC Amstaffs to a few UKC APBTs.
But since Amstaffs and APBTs have the same ancestors, I consider them technically the same breed. I also have this opinion because UKC will accept an AKC Amstaff into their registry as an APBT.
One thing Dave Wilson did admit to is that other breeders have taken his dogs and mixed them with English Bulldogs.... those are def. mixes, but it is not his fault that other people have done this with his dogs. Which I would say would make it hard to distiguish the difference of a true RE to a mixed RE... because those mixed breeders were probably smart enough to flip up the pedigree to make it seem pure bred.
Now if you are a person that considers Amstaffs and APBTs different breeds then you clearly have a different opinion about this topic.... but I don't see why anyone would think they are different when the UKC will still accept the AKC, both have the same ancestors... the only difference is that the AKC is more show and the UKC is supposed to be more game, or a working breed.
Just wanted to read the article and get a feel for it all. I personally wouldn't own a bully just because I love the more slender look of a game bred, and the stockiest we would ever go would be a show bred APBT (like Nevada).... but that doesn't mean that I'm going to diss on other people who do love bullys... that just separates everyone that should be coming together and fighting BSL as a whole. That and I also like to be able to have a discussion that breeders can disagree on and still get along.
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