IWK. Sadly, the best Genetic foundational dogs our dogs are founded off of. Is residing in the old Am Staff linages. The AM Staff breeders have lost the gaminess by breeding for show and not the go. As late as the 70's there was still some good game Am Staff blood around. We all like the good Carver dogs etc. Some of Peggy Harper's Am Staff resides in some of that older stock.

A old breeder(Mr. Dailey) of the Charles Doyles-Ferris Tacoma Am Staff dogs lived in Sumter S.C. Was about a forty five mile drive from my home town. This was back in the early to mid 70's. When myself and first dog partner went to see Mr. Dailey and check out his dogs. As I was looking at them I said to Mr. Bailey, these dogs resemble some of those Maurice Carver dogs I have been seeing in my dog magazines. He laughed and said well Mrs. Peggy Harper lives right down the road from ole Maurice. Have heard they were pretty tight friends.

His dogs were bought by various dog men around that area. Many of his dogs gave very good accounts against the local S.C. APBT. One I remember was called Foots that was a 3x winner. Scotty Mc'neil bred his, later my Young's Chuck dog to Foots. I told Scotty at that time I wanted to buy maybe a male and female out of the litter. When I visited him later to look at the weaned pups. Foots and pups were long gone. Would not tell me who he sold them too. Believe they went down Georgia way with maybe bogus papers. Never found out for sure.

IMHO, the Am Staff genetic gene pool would be a excellent reference point. Since these dogs would have had far less exposer to any outside trash breeding.