100% Colby owners in Texas

Well IMO, It would be fair to say if John R. Colby crossed his old Colby lineage into a another lineage of his choice, Put his name as the breeder, ect. It would certainly be fair to say they were bred by John R. Colby. The way I have understood creating your own lineage, they would need to be continuously bread for 7 generations. Going back to J.P. Colby his bulldogs were bred in the pit for the pit He started with a few different lineages. Burk, Gashouse, ect . He put his name as the owner and breder, and Yes they became known as the Colby dogs. That is a good question, I am sure that a few very knowledgeable folks here on gamedog, will have some honest input.

 

If you mean dogs of today, I would say it's a cross. 50yrs ago, not so much

 

As crazy horse pointed out in his post, the Colby line has been inbred for 70 year's. If John R Colby himself decided to cross his pure Colby hounds into a different family like Eli, put his name on it as the breeder,it would be a colby, Eli cross. But if he kept breeding for 7 generations, it certainly could be called a Colby dog.

 

Name of breeder doesn't change.You can say how the dog is bred 50/50 Colby / Eli ,but it's still a Colby dog because it was bred by Colby.Same way with any other breeder.