How do you test for gameness?

Check out this website. I found this little article on it that talks about game and how its a bred gene. Well its really not an article. its just someone's personal research. Think about it and it will make sense.
http://www.donmayfield.com/main.html

 

Our Dogs were never "tested" for game by fighing,nor was the breed developed for fighting ,but more for hunting ,and of course for the "catch & hold" ability,to assist in branding of cattle ,hence the term, "BULL-dog", the fighting came from a bunch of damned rednecks with nuthing better to do.

 

Now that I've vented about fighting these dogs, The above answer is correct ,it is the heart shown by the dog

 

If your dogs were never tested by that method, they were not "game tested" then. And if your into the catchdog/ hunting aspect that is cool. The term bulldog is believed to have come from the practice of bull-baiting which had nothing really to do with branding the animals. It was solely for sport and entertainment, which was by far more cruel than matching the dogs. And as far as the breeds history, there is as much controversy surrounding its history as there is around Frisco......lol But one thing I do know it wasn't because "a bunch of damned rednecks with nuthing better to do" had anything to do with it. Our breeds fighting history started long before the ancestors of the "rednecks" came over here. It's been documented that the matching aspect was started in England and Ireland long ago. The breed only came over with immigrants in the last 150-200 years.

 

Since ya quoted me, I'd like to quote you

Hey, I understand what you are saying, but...this redneck wanted to let you know, nuthing is actually spelt NOTHING.
Sincerly,
BB

 

Just something I found

Lets start by defining BREED from a genetic standpoint: A specific breed of dog has been developed throughout the years by breeding one dog to another (duh!). Over time the dogs are selectively chosen for a particular function and ultimately they become highly specialized at this task. The APBT was developed for a wide range of tasks from herding and guarding sheep, to protecting children on the farms, to catching rank bulls, and yes they were developed to be really good at fighting other dogs. After a hundred or so years (60 or so generations) these specialized animals in the United States begin to develop a particular look.
During this process of selective breeding, what has happened genetically is that a great many phenotypically characteristic gene pairs became properly aligned or homozygous among all members of the breed. The key here and what actually defines a particular breed is that these gene pairs will remain aligned if any member of the breed is bred to any other member. In other words the gene pairs that create the overall look, temperament, and drives of the APBT have been aligned such that the breed has a specific, recognizable, and standard type. Even when very diverse germ lines are breed together the cornerstone gene pairs will remain aligned. This is good news because they will breed true for hundreds and hundreds of characteristics.

 

Why cant we all just agree that gameness is something the good majority of us here look for in our dogs and some of us here dont care one way or the other because we just love the dogs that much.

 

Thats what we are all doing here. Lol We all love our dogs, but if we're suppose to be dogmen/women I think you need to get into this stuff as deep as possible.

 

Just when I thought I have heard it all.