American Bully
Top American Bully Questions:
Historically breeds that are known to have been used to form the foundation of the American Bully as a developing breed are the American Pit Bull Terrier and American Staffordshire Terrier at the base. Additional influences have been added from various mastiff lines, such as American Bulldogs, English Bulldog, Olde English Bulldogge, and other well-known bulldog breed lines.
Because the American Bully is a breed in development, many breeders are regularly experimenting with various bully breed stock to bring the best traits forward. At The American Bully Association (ABA), we support breeder efforts by allowing breeders to continue making these decisions to develop an optimal breed over time.
Because the American Bully is a developing breed, the American Bully Association ( ABA ) feels it is important not to use erroneous disqualifiers due to personal bias. This breed must be allowed to continue its development, providing the greatest level of genetic variability and thus ensuring a solid genetic foundation by which future offspring can be produced.
While it is important to allow the American Bully breed of dog to continue its development, we believe it is important to have some basic standards in place that will ensure genetically healthy outcomes. Below is a list of qualifiers. Dogs not exhibiting these traits will not be considered for inclusion.
First and foremost, dogs should not be exaggerated in any manner that will compromise their long-term health. Specimens with suspected genetic dysfunction will be required to have an official veterinary examination to determine genetic propensity to negative health impact. If dysfunction is determined to be genetically based, the dog will be removed from breeding consideration within the studbook archives, and owners will be encouraged to have them sexually altered. Removing breeding consideration will not affect previous offspring unless they are also determined to be carriers of such negative genetic traits. Membership privileges will otherwise continue as normal.
Overall the breed is broken into 5 levels.
Level 1: Micro – up to 15lbs adult weight
Level 2: Small – 16-30lbs adult weight
Level 3: Medium – 31-75lbs adult weight
Level 4: Large – 76-105lbs adult weight
Level 5: Extra Large – 106+lbs adult weight
Head:
To be proportional to body size.
Eyes:
ALL COLORS acceptable including glass blue and marbled as long as such conditions do not affect sight. During judging situations visual performance may be tested if any indication of visual dysfunction exists. Specimens with suspected visual dysfunction will be required to have an official veterinary examination to determine genetic propensity. If visual dysfunction is determined to be genetic based the specimen will be removed from breeding consideration within the studbook and owners will be encouraged to have them sexually altered. Removal from breeding consideration will not affect past offspring unless they are also determined to be carriers of such negative genetic traits.
Coat:
ALL COLORS AND PATTERNS ACCEPTABLE. Must be short. Long hair is not a bull breed trait and will be cause for rejection for registration services, disqualification from all shows and suspension of registry privileges.
Tail:
Lever or straight without curl or bob.
Ears:
Cropped and un-cropped are both acceptable. If cropped should not be cropped to battle cut style as this lends to greater risk of ear infections.
Size:
All sizes are acceptable. During events specimens will be separated accordingly so that proper, comparable and fair judging can take place.
Yes, as long as your dog meets one of our accepted breed standards we can register it through the American Bully Association ( ABA ).
No, providing genealogy / pedigree information (such as your dog’s parents) is not required. However, if such genealogy / pedigree information is known it should be submitted for inclusion and research. The level of pedigree that you receive with registration is based on a combination of what you submit and what our research reveals based on your initial input.
The single dog registration fess is $37.
The following discounts are available when registration of more than one dog is needed.
* 2 Dogs’ Registration = $67
* 3 Dogs’ registration = $87
* 4 = $97
* 5+ = $105
+ Litter registration is based on litter size.
+ Each individual pup for the first 10 pups = $10 per pup.
+ For litters larger than 10 pups each pup after the 10th is free.
+ No. In order to register a litter both parents must however meet one of our accepted breed class standards.
+ While it is not required both parents be ABA registered during litter registration it is highly encouraged.
+ Only having one parent registered can significantly impact how well the dog Family is tracked over time.
+ This link will take you to the single dog registration options.
Single Registration
+ On the provided link you will have the option to submit from 1-5 single dog registrations at a time.
+ All forms have the option of convenient online submission or if preferred print and mailable forms.
+ All forms come with complete, easy to follow instructions.
+ This link will take you to the litter registration options.
Litter Registration
+ All forms have the option of convenient online submission or if preferred print and mailable forms.
+ All forms come with complete, easy to follow instructions.
+ This link will take you to the family registration options.
Family Registration
+ All forms have the option of convenient online submission or if preferred print and mailable forms.
+ All forms come with complete, easy to follow instructions.
+ This link will take you to the parent plus litter plus 1 parent registration options. Litter Plus 1 Parent
+ All forms have the option of convenient online submission or if preferred print and mailable forms.
+ All forms come with complete, easy to follow instructions.
+ If a pup is pre-registered by your breeder through litter registration that breeder will receive an individual certificate per pup.
+ Each pre-registered litter pup certificate comes with the proper transfer completion form listed on the back of the certificate.
+The transfer certificate can only be found on the back of a pre-registered litter pup’s certificate and I NOT available directly to the public via the website.
+ The transfer form instructions reveal how you can properly finalize your pup’s registration to include ownership information, any desired name change, listing and access to your dogs’ LIVE Family tracking profile, upgraded access to member benefits and creation of an enhanced dedicated account through our social network ImSocialBull.com.
+The transfer process including postage is FREE for all ABA transfers.
+ At the ABA we provide FREE print quality pedigrees up to 7 generations.
+ If qualified Platinum Pedigrees are available of 8-11 Generations.
+ If a dog qualifies for Platinum Pedigree status the owner will be notified and provided upgrade options.
+ The Platinum Pedigree is the world’s largest print quality pedigree with up to 2,054 relationships.
+ The Platinum Pedigree is based on proprietary technology and exclusive to the American Bully Association
+ Comparisons are:
* ADBA 7 generation showing a maximum of 255 relationships
* UKC 6 generation showing a maximum of 127 relationships
* AKC and ABKC’s 5 generation pedigrees showing a maximum of 31 relationships.
+ When submitting a pedigree or genealogy for inclusion and research the following are the best options:
* When an official pedigree from another registry is available it should be submitted either by taking and providing high quality digital pictures or if mailing by photocopy. The largest ones available should be submitted as the more you provide the more we can research on your behalf.
* When official pedigrees are not available but genealogy is known it can be provided to us in the form of a link to your online resource if available or by printing and completing our free available template located here: MS Word Print And Editable Template or PDF Print Template
+ Yes, as a registered member you are encouraged to provide additional information as learned and available.
+ All added information will be made available both online in your dogs Family tracking profile as well as print quality options available.
+ All information will be researched for additional relationships used to further enhance your dogs’ Family knowledge absolutely FREE.
+ Nothing, anytime reasonable replacements of material is needed this is provided as a FREE member benefit.
+ All we need is you to request which specific material needs to be replaced and to verify you current mailing and email addresses to ensure proper receipt.
+ Pride of registration
+ Access to unprecedented genealogy and Family tracking
+ Added and Improved value in breed stock
+ Greater profits in breeding arrangements
+ FREE Kennel Certification for breeders
+ Exclusive access to unique promotional opportunities
+ Access to thousands of members world wide
+ Social media account with free enhancements
+ Access to place unlimited FREE marketing/classified adds including with pictures
+ Extended benefits only available through the American Bully Association
+ MUCH, MUCH, more...
Members can login to their account through our social network HERE.