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Colby's Texas

Male Birth country United States According to published sources

Sire Colby's Dime
Dam Colby's Margie
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Breed
American Pit Bull Terrier
Born
Sex
Male [3]
Reported breeder
Louis B. Colby [3]
Historical owner
Louis B. Colby / Pete Sparks Louis B. Colby [3]Pete Sparks [3]
Reported coat
Brindle and white [3]
Documented place
Exeter, New Hampshire [7]
Country of birth
United States [8]
Historical context

Colby’s Texas is the brindle-and-white male in FIAPBT 1278, with birth reported as 10 March 1953 and breeder Louis B. Colby. The historical-owner field names Louis B. Colby and Pete Sparks. Dime and Margie are the reported parents. Texas appears as Dutch’s sire and also as Rusty’s sire with Dutch as dam, making the repeated Texas positions explicit without converting this source pedigree into an accepted COI calculation. The 2020 retrospective names Bishop’s Crazy and Bishop’s Jeremiah among Texas’s offspring, and identifies Hetrick’s Colby Chopper as a son of Texas and Hetrick’s Bootsie Girl. The 1997 family book adds a different part of Texas’s life: before Pete Sparks bought him, he accompanied the animal-control officer in Exeter, New Hampshire. The entry identifies him as Colby’s or Sparks’ Texas, UKC 357-998. This is an attributed historical association, not a birthplace or a claim about current working status. Dogsfiles 157601 explicitly reports USA birth for the Dime–Marge male and names Dutch and Loposay’s Rusty among his offspring. This matches the retained Texas family context; a separate parentless Texas entry crediting JOHN P COLBY is not used to replace the Louis B. Colby breeder report.

History & Bibliography

Direct offspring Burkette's Dutch Colby's Rusty Source-reported

Relatives sharing a sire Colby's Cheyenne Colby's Jenny Colby's Morgan Source-reported

Relatives →

Pedigree according to published sourcesKnown positions: 51 / 62 · distinct ancestor records: 24Counts 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

PITVU · 01M587A3W6JEE7FX1HCPSWN6F8

Pedigree according to published sources

According to published sources; possible discrepancies. Not accepted genealogy. Excluded from COI, Common Ancestors and Test Mating calculations.

PDF / Print · Reported by sources

Incomplete pedigree

Complete through G2 · G3 · Missing positions: 1/8

Known positions: 51/62 · Distinct ancestors: 24

Coverage by generation
  1. Generation 1
    Known
    2/2
  2. Generation 2
    Known
    4/4
  3. Generation 3
    Known
    7/8
    Not documented
    1
  4. Generation 4
    Known
    14/16
    Not documented
    2
  5. Generation 5
    Known
    24/32
    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.
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 Texas01M587A3W6JEE7FX1HCPSWN6F8
    Born: 10 Mar 1953 · 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 2

Relatives sharing a sire 5

Historical dossiers

Research dossier

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

Colby’s Texas is the brindle-and-white male in FIAPBT 1278, with birth reported as 10 March 1953 and breeder Louis B. Colby. The historical-owner field names Louis B. Colby and Pete Sparks. Dime and Margie are the reported parents. Texas appears as Dutch’s sire and also as Rusty’s sire with Dutch as dam, making the repeated Texas positions explicit without converting this source pedigree into an accepted COI calculation. The 2020 retrospective names Bishop’s Crazy and Bishop’s Jeremiah among Texas’s offspring, and identifies Hetrick’s Colby Chopper as a son of Texas and Hetrick’s Bootsie Girl. The 1997 family book adds a different part of Texas’s life: before Pete Sparks bought him, he accompanied the animal-control officer in Exeter, New Hampshire. The entry identifies him as Colby’s or Sparks’ Texas, UKC 357-998. This is an attributed historical association, not a birthplace or a claim about current working status. Dogsfiles 157601 explicitly reports USA birth for the Dime–Marge male and names Dutch and Loposay’s Rusty among his offspring. This matches the retained Texas family context; a separate parentless Texas entry crediting JOHN P COLBY is not used to replace the Louis B. Colby breeder report.

  1. Published identity

    Source-reported

    Central Coast Kennel names Colby's Texas in Jeep’s published pedigree and links the external pedigree identifier 1278. The identity and explicit parent relationships are source-reported; independent confirmation, dates, sex, birth country and current ownership are not established here.

    Source · jeep-history

  2. Reported birth

    Source-reported

    FIAPBT 1278: 1953-03-10. An explicit catalogue birth entry; no original registration certificate examined.

    Source · fiapbt-individual-1278
Bibliography

Bibliography

  1. Crenshaw’s Jeep: historical account

    Central Coast Kennel · Secondary history · Accessed

    Undated retrospective kennel article. Original registration and ownership documents were not established in this review.

  2. FIAPBT public pedigree record 4 — Finley's Bo

    FIAPBT pedigree catalog · Catalog record · Accessed

    One public user-contributed pedigree table, with exact linked identifiers and explicit parent positions. Original registry documents, first publication and independent confirmation are unestablished. Dates, sex, country, current ownership and image permissions are not inferred for reference ancestors.

  3. FIAPBT — colbys texas, individual record 1278

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Individual public FIAPBT record 1278; original HTML/SHA256 captured 2026-10-23. Explicit fields and first-generation links reviewed against the existing identity. Contributor catalogue, not an independently checked registry certificate. Owner lists are historical associations, not current ownership or dated transfers. No country, photo rights or accepted genealogy inferred.

  4. FIAPBT — burkettes dutch, individual record 563

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Individual public FIAPBT record 563; original HTML/SHA256 captured 2026-10-23. Explicit fields and first-generation links reviewed against the existing identity. Contributor catalogue, not an independently checked registry certificate. Owner lists are historical associations, not current ownership or dated transfers. No country, photo rights or accepted genealogy inferred.

  5. FIAPBT — colbys rusty, individual record 225

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Individual public FIAPBT record 225; original HTML/SHA256 captured 2026-10-23. Explicit fields and first-generation links reviewed against the existing identity. Contributor catalogue, not an independently checked registry certificate. Owner lists are historical associations, not current ownership or dated transfers. No country, photo rights or accepted genealogy inferred. UKC370923, Texas/Dutch parents; separate from Crenshaw/Hobbs Rusty UKC329-545, whose 1954 birth and weight are not transferred.

  6. GrandChamp — Colby’s Dime (2020 retrospective, updated2021)

    · Secondary history · · Accessed

    Actual public article captured with SHA256. Updated24 January2021. Reports32lb specifically as historical pit weight, attributed to July/August1975 Sporting Dog Journal; original issue not examined, not chain weight. Distinguishes Crenshaw/Hobbs Rusty from Loposay Rusty. Retrospective/reprint with explicit dependence on1997 Colby book; not independent corroboration. No article or photograph reproduced.

  7. Louis B. Colby / Diane Jessup — Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1997), later family captions

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

    Public OCR only; printed p.119 Dime caption reads death21 January1961 versus individual record451 comment20 January. Original page image not qualified. Birth-year OCR is corrupted/inconsistent elsewhere; no alternative birth inferred from those errors. Printed p.122 Crenshaw/Hobbs Rusty UKC329-545 is not Loposay Rusty UKC370923. Same1997 publication as existing colby-book snapshot49, distinct contextual locator, not an independent source. No protected prose or images republished.

  8. Dogsfiles individual 157601 — colbys texas

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Contributor catalogue, not independent verification. Exact own sex and named parent pair matched; explicit own USA birth field, not inferred from another dog, owner or prefix. Empty dates/weights/breeder fields add no values. Separate Texas155834 lacks parents and is not merged or used for breeder/coat transfer. Existing dates, aliases, weights and all source conflicts retained; no accepted genealogy or media changes.

Revision 6 · · Published
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.

Source-reported identity from the explicit Jeep pedigree table, Central Coast Kennel. External Online Pedigrees ID 1278 is a linked locator, not an independently read confirmation. No dates, country, modern ownership or accepted parentage inferred.

Reported aliases:

Public historical citations

Source-reported parents

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

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.