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Colby
Primary sources pendingcolby
Catalog type
Historical family
Provisional category
Canonical name
Colby
Catalog identifier / colby
Aliases
No aliases recorded
Evidence status
Primary sources pending
awaiting_primary_sources
PITVU / Catalog notes
The record, as it stands.
Stored notes are shown verbatim; they are not primary-source evidence.
Historical family label in the APBT catalog. Included in the user-approved common-name batch; primary sources have not yet been reviewed. Classification is provisional catalog organization. No identity, ancestry, relationship, date, generation, trait or verified status is asserted.
Historical catalogue association · ColbyColby's PincherSource-reported
Pedigree according to published sources
According to published sources; possible discrepancies. Not accepted genealogy. Excluded from COI, Common Ancestors and Test Mating calculations.
Unresolved ancestry conflicts
Complete through G2 · G3 · Missing positions: 1/8
Known positions: 23/30 · Distinct ancestors: 21
Coverage by generation
Generation 1
Known
2/2
Generation 2
Known
4/4
Generation 3
Known
7/8
Conflict / cycle branch
1
Generation 4
Known
10/16
Not documented
4
Conflict / cycle branch
2
Counts apply only to this mode, selected branch and depth. Repeated ancestors occupy multiple positions; photographs and awards do not affect completeness.
Conflict counts include positions blocked by an unresolved or cyclic branch. No alternative is silently selected.
Generations in this branch: 4 Unresolved ancestry conflicts
Known positions: 23/30 · Distinct ancestors: 21
Conflict counts include positions blocked by an unresolved or cyclic branch. No alternative is silently selected.
Archival photograph
Colby’s Pincher · Photographer unknown · The Dog Fancier (editor: Eugene Glass), via Wikimedia Commons. Original frame retained; WebP delivery variants by PITVU.
Wikimedia Commons identifies this portrait as Colby’s Pincher. FIAPBT public record 5650 displays the same standing portrait: head turned toward camera, three dark flank patches, pale legs and studded harness. The two reproductions support image-to-record matching; their common original and independence are not established. The existing PITVU identity is separately source-reported; the photo does not verify parentage. FIAPBT reference: https://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?criterio=5650
Reuse basis: Wikimedia Commons classifies this US historical photograph as PD-US-expired (publication before 1931), citing The Dog Fancier, edited by Eugene Glass. Photographer unknown; circa 1896 is a repository attribution, not an independently established exposure date. The exact original issue/page is not supplied. PITVU relies on this documented repository classification, not on permission from FIAPBT or the uploader. No contemporary copyright or conflicting attribution was identified in the inspected references.
Famous American Pit Bull Terrier dog
Born: 1896 · Source-reportedCountry of birth:
United States
Commons identifies the standing dog as Charlie Lloyd’s Pilot and traces this crop to Cockney Charlie.jpg. The complete frame shows the same pale muzzle, white chest, front feet, brindled flank and leash beside Lloyd. Colby’s Book (1997), Cockney Charlie Lloyd section, captions the same seated-man-and-dog image as Lloyd with Pilot, held by the Colby family. The antique-photograph catalog at https://www.pierrespake.com/new-products/cockney-charlie-and-his-fighting-pitbull-pilot independently captions that composition as Lloyd and Pilot circa1881. These identify the photograph; they do not authenticate registry parentage or establish independence of all reproductions.
Wikimedia Commons records this unknown-author historical photograph as PD-old-70-expired and public domain in the United States through publication before1931. The crop derives from Cockney Charlie.jpg, whose history and full contextual scan were inspected and retained. The physical antique-photograph catalog dates the composition to circa1881. PITVU relies on this documented repository public-domain classification, not on mere online circulation or permission inferred from a republisher. Exact original publication details and the exposure date remain unestablished; repository metadata is retained.
Brindle game dog
Born: 1878 · Source-reportedCountry of birth:
United KingdomSource-reportedSource · 1
Editorial evidence is separate from accepted ancestry. Original records and prior revisions are retained.
Colby is a historical family reference, not a single dog or proof of descent. Stratton recalls visiting Louis Colby in 1999 and seeing breeding notes preserved from woodwork in the family’s former dog building.
Registry context
Source-reported
The ADBA’s retrospective links John P. Colby with founders Guy McCord and Con Feeley at the association’s establishment in September 1909.
