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Colby's Pincher

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Archival labels · Source and context

According to the cited source; not independently certified awards or genetic measures.

Male Birth country United States According to published sources

Archival portrait of Colby’s Pincher, standing with dark flank patches and a studded harness.
Identity and provenance
Sire Jack White's Teddy
Dam Colby's Pansy
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Breed
American Pit Bull Terrier
Born
Country of birth
United States [5]
Reported breeder
J.P. Colby [3]
Historical owner
J.P. Colby [3]
Historical place of rearing
Newburyport, Massachusetts [3]
Reported usual / chain weight
75 lb · ≈ 34 kg / 72 lb · ≈ 33 kg / 56 lb · ≈ 25 kg Disputed 75 lb · ≈ 34 kg Disputed [3]72 lb · ≈ 33 kg Disputed [3]56 lb · ≈ 25 kg Disputed [2]
Historical conditioned weight (pit weight)
56 lb · ≈ 25 kg [3]
Reported coat
White with dark patches Disputed [3]
Catalog references
Colby
Historical context

Pincher is the J. P. Colby dog described as reared near Newburyport, from Jack White’s Teddy and Colby’s Pansy. Joseph L. Colby’s 1936 caption dates him to December 1896; the header retains year precision rather than treating a catalogue’s 31 December as established. That earlier account distinguishes 72 lb chain weight from 56 lb conditioned weight, while later sources give different habitual-weight labels. The 1936 chapter names Bunch, Twister and Malachy among his offspring; the conflicting Paddy/Pansy branch and the cyclic Pilot version remain separately explained. Stratton recalled seeing Pincher’s original photograph during a visit to Louis Colby. Louis Colby recalls that a man surnamed Parker raised Pincher on a small farm near Newburyport, while J.P. Colby visited about every six months. The reminiscence names a caretaker, not a documented transfer of ownership. The published registration list names Plunger (AKC 107849), born 2 April 1906, from Pincher and Bess, and Spry (AKC 139152), born 1 December 1907, from Pincher and Fanny. The red-and-white description belongs to Spry, not Pincher.

History & Bibliography

Direct offspring Colby's Bunch Colby's Malachy Colby's Twister Source-reported

Full siblings Colby's Mag Colby's Major Source-reported

Relatives →

Pedigree according to published sourcesKnown positions: 29 / 62 · distinct ancestor records: 25Counts describe this view, not evidence reliability. Conflicted and unknown positions remain unfilled.

Facts and sources

Historical reports are distinct from accepted registry data. Sources and review details

Identity and provenance

Archival photograph

Colby’s Pincher · Photographer unknown · The Dog Fancier (editor: Eugene Glass), via Wikimedia Commons. Original frame retained; WebP delivery variants by PITVU.

Photograph source · Reuse basis

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

PITVU · 01M57AH5A4VSHMG19X37KJJT5Q

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: 29/62 · Distinct ancestors: 25

Coverage by generation
  1. Generation 1
    Known
    2/2
  2. Generation 2
    Known
    4/4
  3. Generation 3
    Known
    7/8
    Conflict / cycle branch
    1
  4. Generation 4
    Known
    10/16
    Not documented
    4
    Conflict / cycle branch
    2
  5. Generation 5
    Known
    6/32
    Not documented
    22
    Conflict / cycle branch
    4

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.
Accepted registry pedigree

TRACEABLE ANCESTRY

Pedigree explorer

Only independently reviewed, undisputed links appear. Unknown ancestry remains unknown.

Interactive pedigree Test Mating

COI requires reviewed public parentage. Unknown ancestors are not verified founders.

No ancestors recorded in this view

Known positions: 0/14 · Distinct ancestors: 0

Coverage by generation
  1. Generation 1
    Known
    0/2
    Not documented
    2
  2. Generation 2
    Known
    0/4
    Not documented
    4
  3. Generation 3
    Known
    0/8
    Not documented
    8

Counts apply only to this mode, selected branch and depth. Repeated ancestors occupy multiple positions; photographs and awards do not affect completeness.

Sire and dam branches · permanent IDs on every visible record
  • Subject · G0 Colby's Pincher01M57AH5A4VSHMG19X37KJJT5Q GR CH Archival portrait of Colby’s Pincher, standing with dark flank patches and a studded harness.

    Archival photograph

    Colby’s Pincher · Photographer unknown · The Dog Fancier (editor: Eugene Glass), via Wikimedia Commons. Original frame retained; WebP delivery variants by PITVU.

    Photograph source · Reuse basis

    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-reported Country of birth: United States
    • Sire · G1 Not established
    • Dam · G1 Not established

Relatives

Showing up to 64 public matches; this is not an exhaustive family census.

Direct offspring 4

Full siblings 2

Historical dossiers

Research dossier

Editorial evidence is separate from accepted ancestry. Original records and prior revisions are retained.

Pincher is the J. P. Colby dog described as reared near Newburyport, from Jack White’s Teddy and Colby’s Pansy. Joseph L. Colby’s 1936 caption dates him to December 1896; the header retains year precision rather than treating a catalogue’s 31 December as established. That earlier account distinguishes 72 lb chain weight from 56 lb conditioned weight, while later sources give different habitual-weight labels. The 1936 chapter names Bunch, Twister and Malachy among his offspring; the conflicting Paddy/Pansy branch and the cyclic Pilot version remain separately explained. Stratton recalled seeing Pincher’s original photograph during a visit to Louis Colby. Louis Colby recalls that a man surnamed Parker raised Pincher on a small farm near Newburyport, while J.P. Colby visited about every six months. The reminiscence names a caretaker, not a documented transfer of ownership. The published registration list names Plunger (AKC 107849), born 2 April 1906, from Pincher and Bess, and Spry (AKC 139152), born 1 December 1907, from Pincher and Fanny. The red-and-white description belongs to Spry, not Pincher.

  1. Birth

    Source-reported

    The cited pedigree entries and the Colby family history report 31 December 1896. No contemporary birth or registration certificate has been inspected.

    Source · pincher-pdb

  2. Historical association

    Source-reported

    Sources attribute breeding and historical ownership to J.P.Colby. The family account places his rearing near Newburyport; the GameDogs entry reports the USA as country of birth and standing. An exact birthplace and dated transfers are not established.

    Source · colby-book

  3. Coat and markings

    Source-reported

    The family history describes white with dark patches. FIAPBT describes white with brindle markings; GameDogs says black and white. These descriptions are retained as reports, not a newly verified colour attribute.

    Source · pincher-fiapbt

  4. Reported measurements

    Disputed

    The family text reports usual weight 75 lb (about 34 kg), while its photograph caption gives 72 lb (about 33 kg). It separately reports a historical conditioned weight 56 lb (about 25 kg). FIAPBT labels 56 lb as chain weight. These measurements and labels disagree; no single precise weight is adopted.

    Source · colby-book

  5. Parentage versions

    Disputed

    Sources name Jack White’s Teddy and Colby’s Pansy as parents. The family chart and Pedigree Database name Charlie Lloyd’s Pansy as Mitchell’s Paddy’s dam, while GameDogs names Charlie Lloyd’s Paddy. The two names are not silently merged or resolved.

    Source · gamedogs

  6. Ancestry research boundary

    Disputed

    The inspected GameDogs Pilot→Darby’s Kit branch returns to Pincher and creates a cycle. It is withheld from genealogical imports. The family prose calls Pilot a grandsire, while its chart places him one generation farther back. Reported pedigrees remain incomplete and outside accepted calculations.

    Source · gamedogs

  7. Descendant references

    Source-reported

    The family history names Colby’s Bunch as offspring and distinguishes two dogs named Colby’s Twister. These are source reports, not accepted descendant links. The Colby catalog association is not proof that every Colby-labelled dog descends from Pincher.

    Source · colby-book

  8. Earlier account: December, without a day

    Source-reported

    The 1936 caption reports December 1896 without a day; later catalogues encode 31 December. The header retains year precision. Its prose distinguishes 72 lb chain weight (about 33 kg) from 56 lb pit weight (about 25 kg); older conflicting reports remain visible.

    Source · colby-1936-pincher

  9. Named offspring in the 1936 account

    Source-reported

    Joseph L. Colby’s 1936 Pincher chapter names Colby’s Malachy, Bunch and Twister as offspring. These are historical name reports; no new dog records or parentage edges are created, and the separate Twister identities are not resolved by this mention.

    Source · colby-1936-pincher
Bibliography

Bibliography

  1. Colby’s Pincher — public pedigree record 1375732

    Pedigree Database · Catalog record · Accessed

    Public secondary pedigree entry. Contributor identity, original registration documents and independence from other public entries are not established. No surrounding multigeneration dataset or photograph is reused.

  2. Colby’s Pincher — FIAPBT record 5650

    FIAPBT Pedigree / Villa Liberty · Catalog record · Accessed

    Public secondary pedigree entry attributed to Villa Liberty. Registration number is unavailable. Original identity, birth and ownership documents were not inspected. Photograph attribution is not permission to reuse an image.

  3. Louis Colby / Diane Jessup — Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1997), Pincher / Foundation Pedigrees
    Source · [3], [8], [9]

    1. Louis Colby / Diane Jessup — Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1997), Pincher / Foundation Pedigrees

      · Secondary history · Accessed

      Family history, T.F.H. Publications, 1997; Pincher and Paddy sections and Foundation Pedigrees chart (printed p.36). OCR is imperfect; prose calls Pilot a grandsire although the chart places him one generation farther back. Text reports75lb; photograph caption reports72lb. Not a contemporary registration certificate; independence of later database transcriptions is unestablished.

    2. Louis B. Colby / Diane Jessup — Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1997), Pilot import, Pincher upbringing and Tige–Lightner recollections

      Louis B. Colby; Diane Jessup · T.F.H. Publications · Secondary history · · Accessed

      Public OCR of the same 1997 book already cited elsewhere, not a new independent publication. Reviewed sections: Charlie Lloyd’s Pilot, Colby’s Tige and Colby’s Pincher, printed pages26–29. Page images, contemporary import and ownership documents were not independently inspected. Holden’s Walsall context does not resolve the retained Ireland/United Kingdom birthplace conflict. Parker is a reported caretaker, not a newly asserted owner. Topsey and Neitz are contextual names only; no new identities, accepted ancestry, dates or media have been imported.

    3. Louis Colby / Diane Jessup — Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1997), partial early AKC registration list

      Louis Colby / Diane Jessup · T.F.H. Publications · Secondary history · · Accessed

      Actual public OCR of the family book, section headed A Partial List of Some Pit Bull Terriers Registered by the American Kennel Club Around the Turn of the Century. Names and identifiers62380,62381,107570,136015,107849,139152,206995 reviewed in their explicit sire/dam contexts. Original AKC certificates and page images not inspected; OCR/transcription may contain errors. Same1997publication as earlier citations, not independent corroboration or PITVU verification. Offspring dates/colour are not subject birth/coat; similarly named Paddys remain distinct. No new identities, accepted or reported edges, registry IDs or images imported.

  4. GameDogs — Jack White's Teddy, record63666

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Secondary user-contributed reference. Original documents and independence from the other references are unestablished; agreement is not documentary verification.

  5. GameDogs — Colby’s Pincher, record63663

    GameDogs pedigree database · Catalog record · Accessed

    Exact subject entry explicitly labels Country of Birth USA. This new citation corrects an inherited reference to ancestral Teddy63666; the older source snapshot and all genealogy claims remain intact. Contributor-supplied reference, not a contemporary certificate or independent verification. Source date31December1896 remains conservatively displayed as1896; no source fighting titles or COI are adopted.

  6. Joseph L. Colby, The American Pit Bull Terrier (1936), scan pages34–35

    Joseph L. Colby · The News Publishing Co., Sacramento, California · Secondary history · · Accessed

    Family-authored retrospective account, scanPDF page34 caption and page35 Pincher chapter, read from original public scan and OCR. Names Jack White of Salem as Teddy owner; describes activity around Boston in1890s and Pansy as female ownedJohnPColby. Pincher caption reportsDecember 1896 with no day, prose72lbchain/56lbpit. Context matches exact Teddy/Pansy/Pincher identities. One publication with three scoped citations, not independent confirmations. Copyright1936 notice; no image reuse grant or free licence established. No canonical birth, accepted ancestry or contemporary ownership proof. PDF SHA2564cd0efdcb3715b2ee2662bfcc1d75e852c33eed2d5d4be82ab11724049343aa7.

  7. Early Influences

    Richard F. Stratton · Stratton Pitbull · Secondary history · · Accessed

    First-person recollection, not independent confirmation.

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Sources and review details

Historical dog record

Reported evidence

Publication identifies a historical dog; it does not verify ancestry.

Historical notes

Editorial notes are retained in their original language.

Original intake note, recorded before photograph publication.

Historical identity selected from two public secondary pedigree entries. Their independence is unestablished. Dates and parentage remain source-reported; no contemporary registration or birth document was inspected. No photograph or accepted ancestry is added.

Reported aliases: Pincher

Reported birth: · Reported evidence

Public historical citations

Source-reported parents

Reported claims remain outside the accepted pedigree and COI until independently reviewed.

Catalog references

Catalog associations are historical references, not proof of descent.

Registry claims and verification

REGISTRATION PROVENANCE

Claims & verification

PITVU entry is NOT formal ADBA/AKC certification.

No primary registration claims recorded.

Recorded aliases

No independently reviewed aliases recorded.

PARENTAGE EVIDENCE

Every claim has a source.

No independently reviewed parentage recorded.

Source references and original documents are private. Verification is a recorded human review, not a guarantee of biological ancestry.