Nice looking dog… and you have gotten some good responses here to consider.

I'll add a little too. If you are thinking of basing a "yard" on your male, do you have the space and time to devote to a yard of dogs? Having one dog as a pet is far different than having a yard of bulldogs. What if the bitch has 10 pups? What would you do with them all?

Giving them to friends and family is not always the best choice and often results in bulldogs running loose and getting in trouble. These dogs are not for everyone. It takes a lot of time and dedication to bred a line and keep a yard. Would you be able to cull (kill) the pups or dogs that did not work out?

It is all part of being a breeder… Plus it helps to study genetics and what the great breeders of the past have put together.

Looking quickly at the pedigree you posted, it looks a bit scatterbred to me. So how would you breed him? Back to his mother? To another unrelated bitch? Study how line breeding and family breeding works, and also inbreeding, which is an important tool to "set" a line.

This thread will help with some of that --

http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...28%28-lt-lt-lt

Another thought… does he really need to be bred? What make him worthy of breeding?

I've owned some well bred dogs in the past but never bred them. A couple were worth breeding but most were not, even though they were good dogs in their own right. I was also told by old timers back in the day that "you can buy a better dog than you can breed yourself". Meaning that serious breeders know what they are doing.

There is a huge amount of "pit bulls" out there. Go look in any shelter, the majority of dogs there are pit bulls and pit mixes… most of which end up being put down. And many of them came from well meaning people who bred 2 dogs for whatever reason.

With today's negative perception of pit bulls and what they are bred to do, one should consider if starting a yard of bulldogs is a good idea…

Not to trample your dreams but these are real life things to be considered.

And again, these dogs are not for everyone.

Is Red your first pit bull?