PITVU Vocabulary atlas
Old Family Red Nose.
Historical strain Catalog term
Read-only catalog of provisional names. Primary sources pending.
Classification is provisional. No identity, ancestry, relationship, date, generation, trait or verified status is asserted.
Individual references are catalog terms, not dog records or verified descendant groups.
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Genealogy is not established
Reserved for future authenticated, source-confirmed genealogy. No ancestor relationships are displayed.
PITVU Catalog notes
The record, as it stands.
Stored notes are shown verbatim; they are not primary-source evidence.
Historical strain 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 dossiers
Research dossier
Editorial evidence is separate from accepted ancestry. Original records and prior revisions are retained.
Old Family Red Nose is a historical strain designation, not a pedigree inferred from pigmentation. Stratton attributes to Hemphill the recollection that Dan McCoy introduced the name Old Family Red Nose; this is not demonstrated first usage.
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Historical references
Source-reportedMullins discusses Lightner, Hemphill and Wallace in the history of this designation. These are attributed historical associations, not genealogical edges.
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Color and ancestry
Source-reportedStratton distinguishes the historical strain from dogs described only by red-nosed appearance. A label or color does not authenticate a pedigree.
Source · ofrn-stratton
Bibliography
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The Old Family Red Nose Dogs
E. L. Mullins · Bryant’s Red Devils · Secondary history · Accessed
Retrospective narrative with no original publication date established here. Referenced early advertisements and ownership records were not inspected; no individual genealogy is verified.
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Old Family Reds History
Richard F. Stratton · Old Family Reds · Secondary history · Accessed
Undated reproduced essay. Historical recollections and terminology are attributed to the author; no contemporaneous pedigrees were established in this review. Color alone does not establish ancestry.
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Roots of the Grand Old Breed
Richard F. Stratton · Stratton Pitbull · Secondary history · · Accessed
Personal and attributed recollections, not contemporaneous certificates or independently verified pedigrees.