Quote Originally Posted by CA Jack View Post
In following the subject brought up by Skipper on the other mentioned thread, this thread here shall be dedicated to that off-topic digression, namely to discuss known great pit dogs who were not APBT, such as the following dog brought up by MTK: Dock's GR CH Duke.

I have heard that name before, MTK, but don't know much about him. Do you know if he fought pit bulls for his Gr Ch Ship, other Staffordshire Bull Terriers, or a mixture of both?

How bout any other great non-APBT pit dogs?
Gr Ch Duke was waaaay before my time, so I have little knowledge about him.

I believe all his wins were over Staffords, although he was schooled with pitbulls heavier than himself.

There were far more working Staffords about back then, so it may of just been a case of it being easier to match into another Stafford rather than an APBT, as opposed to today where a Stafford meeting another stafford in the [] would be a rarity. Both those modern day Staffords Skipper mention in the other thread had to face and beat APBT's in earning their titles; So they can and do compete with APBT's.

Another great Stafford from around the time of Gr Ch Duke was Scar kennels Gr Ch Rocky 5xw, although a legit Gr Ch he wasn't recognised by the SDJ.