The retriever cross tot he APBT is one of the more frequent accidents. If the female challenges the retriever he will normally just move on as with other chained males. If she does not he is smart enough to maneuver his way through the dogs to find his sweet heart.

My brother in law has two that run his farm. They both look like 60-70lb pit bulls wearing a retriever coat/wide tail. For three plus years they do not fight one another. They roam at night and bring any four legged furry creature to his porch for his approval the following morning. He recently lost one to a bear. He had these huge, deep and penetrating scratch marks. Wide as all get out. They finally found a furry creature out of their weight class. But fit the bill.

My buddy traded a Mims/Eli bred bitch for two Midnight/RBJ dogs. Paperwork most would dream of. Straight off Midnight Jr. Two of the blackest and best looking puppies anyone would ever care to own. Straight walk away killers. They were big and thick and well built dogs. They had course like hair as they grew up. They had a wide thick tail at the base and the hair had a slight fan as it made its way down the tail. The male had the beginnings of webbed feet, not all out webbing, but more skin between the toes than a bulldog should have. Both had ungodly mouth. It was hard to stay with them for 20-25 minutes. But they gave a brand new meaning to the phrase, 'swimming in the deep water'. They would maul and walk away. They would both scratch if it were competitive but if either had an advantage coming out of hold they would not scratch.

Rumor was the RBJ bottom half had a Lab wonder onto the yard. The female was bred to another bulldog and had pups. One of the 'straight RBJ' pups was raised and then bred to Midnight Jr. She was a buckskin bitch and had an entire litter of all solid black pups.

I have never thought any of it was intentional. I think it was an accident and it took that second breeding for it to come out in the wash. It happens. The worst part is the female gave it up before the male. The male had stopped a couple of well thought of bulldogs. If he had been an a yard that bred a lot of dogs he had more than likely did enough to be bred. Fortunately for all involved he landed on a yard that was 'match or bust' . He ended up being a walk away bust.

My Grandma use to tell us not to shake our family tree too hard, there is just no telling what might fall out. I'm guessing dogs no different.

EWO