Quote Originally Posted by Macker View Post
Out of curiosity what's people's view on Midnight actually being Down from Pit General and the steeling of pit general, the dog that Danny Burton called "the greatest dog to ever walk the face of the earth"
Of that, I have no idea.

However, if you look at Pit General's pedigree, two things are true: 1) He's a highly-inbred dog, 3/4 bred on Nigger and his sister Snip, 1/4 bred on Mert, who's the sister to Bolio's daddy Zeke; 2) he is a heavy-Dibo-bred dog (38.3%), which is about the same as Eli Jr/Bullsyson (37.4% -> 55% if you include Dibo's brother AZ Pete).

The big difference would be Pit General is heavy Spike/Jeff breeding of Dibo to Gordan's Red Lady in particular (56.25%), whereas Bullyson/Eli Jr. are heavy on the Blind Billy breeding with Dibo/Ch Minnie (71%).

No, those old timers never made inbreedings to produce match dogs ...

Jack