American Pitbull Terrier Forum:
Pit Bulls and AKC

I am very curious as to why pit bulls are not under AKC registry? I have been wondering if Pit Bulls can be AKC registered and if they cant why not?

The AKC is a terrible registry. Their breeding standards do nothing but hurt breeds not help them. When a dog is bred for looks and not performance the breed suffers. Bad physical traits health problems are over looked for looks. Most dogs that have bad traits in the breed are from this type of breeding. But when dogs are bred for performance health problems are culled because only healthy dogs are bred. We don’t want to and won’t register our dog under AKC. If you want an AKC dog get an American Staffordshire Terrier