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Ritcheson's Spike

Male Historical period: 1950 Birth country United States According to published sources

Sire Brown's Brindle Spike
Dam Brown's Blond Scratch
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Breed
American Pit Bull Terrier
Sex
Male [2]
Historical owner
Ritcheson / E. J. Ritcheson Ritcheson [2]E. J. Ritcheson [6]
Historical period
1950 [5]
Documented place
Tucson, Arizona [5]
Country of birth
United States [6]
Historical context

Ritcheson's Spike appears in FIAPBT individual record 175. The historical owner is named Ritcheson. Brown’s Brindle Spike and Brown’s Blond Scratch are the reported parents. Their separate records connect Brindle Spike to Lawrence’s Smokey and Hannah, and Blond Scratch to Black Spider and Brown’s Crazy. This gives Ritcheson’s Spike a particular documented catalogue context rather than combining the several historical dogs called Spike. Richard Stratton’s recollection published in2019 explicitly identifies the older Spike he saw near Christmas1950 as Bambi’s sire. The surrounding account places that gathering at Heinzl’s in Tucson. This adds a dated, attributed recollection of the specific parent already named in Bambi’s catalogue record;1950 is a historical period, not Spike’s inferred birth year or an exact age. The individual World Pitbull Database record explicitly reports USA birth. The owner field names E. J. Ritcheson. This is a source-reported owner wording, not a new birth date or a claim that the retained Tucson photographic context was the birthplace.

History & Bibliography

Direct offspring Heinzl's Bambi Source-reported

Relatives →

Pedigree according to published sourcesKnown positions: 49 / 62 · distinct ancestor records: 35Counts 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 · 01M5885XQ681P936HH9Y6HH4X2

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 G3 · G4 · Missing positions: 1/16

Known positions: 49/62 · Distinct ancestors: 35

Coverage by generation
  1. Generation 1
    Known
    2/2
  2. Generation 2
    Known
    4/4
  3. Generation 3
    Known
    8/8
  4. Generation 4
    Known
    15/16
    Not documented
    1
  5. Generation 5
    Known
    20/32
    Not documented
    12

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 Ritcheson's Spike01M5885XQ681P936HH9Y6HH4X2
    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 1

Historical dossiers

Research dossier

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

Ritcheson's Spike appears in FIAPBT individual record 175. The historical owner is named Ritcheson. Brown’s Brindle Spike and Brown’s Blond Scratch are the reported parents. Their separate records connect Brindle Spike to Lawrence’s Smokey and Hannah, and Blond Scratch to Black Spider and Brown’s Crazy. This gives Ritcheson’s Spike a particular documented catalogue context rather than combining the several historical dogs called Spike. Richard Stratton’s recollection published in2019 explicitly identifies the older Spike he saw near Christmas1950 as Bambi’s sire. The surrounding account places that gathering at Heinzl’s in Tucson. This adds a dated, attributed recollection of the specific parent already named in Bambi’s catalogue record;1950 is a historical period, not Spike’s inferred birth year or an exact age. The individual World Pitbull Database record explicitly reports USA birth. The owner field names E. J. Ritcheson. This is a source-reported owner wording, not a new birth date or a claim that the retained Tucson photographic context was the birthplace.

  1. Published identity

    Source-reported

    FIAPBT record 9 lists Ritcheson's Spike in Dibo’s pedigree with linked external identifier 175. Identity and explicit parent positions are source-reported; independent confirmation, dates, sex, birth country and current ownership are not established here.

    Source · fiapbt-9
Bibliography

Bibliography

  1. FIAPBT public pedigree record 9 — Tudor’s Dibo

    FIAPBT pedigree catalog · Catalog record · Accessed

    One publicly accessible user-contributed pedigree table. Exact linked identifiers and explicit parent positions are retained; original registry documents, first publication and independent confirmation are unestablished. No dates, sex, country, contemporary ownership or image permissions inferred for reference ancestors.

  2. FIAPBT — ritchesons spike, individual record 175

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Public contributor-entered individual FIAPBT record 175; originalHTML/SHA256 captured2026-10-23. Clearly attributed single-source reporting, not independent registrycertification or presentownership. Male/RITCHESON owner explicit, breederunavailable. BrownBrindleSpike/BlondScratch parents, distinctotherSpikeidentities. Theirindividualrecords1487/1488 supportnamedgrandparents.

  3. FIAPBT — Brown's Brindle Spike, individual record 1487

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Public contributor-entered individual FIAPBT record 1487; original HTML and SHA256 captured2026-10-23. Exact existing identity and literal source fields retained; not an original registry certificate or proof of current ownership. No country/date, accepted pedigree or personal identity inferred from prefixes. BROWN owner literal; no coat supplied, Brindle/Blond in name not a substitute. LawrenceSmokey lineage distinct OrdaySmokey511.

  4. FIAPBT — Brown's Blond Scratch, individual record 1488

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Public contributor-entered individual FIAPBT record 1488; original HTML and SHA256 captured2026-10-23. Exact existing identity and literal source fields retained; not an original registry certificate or proof of current ownership. No country/date, accepted pedigree or personal identity inferred from prefixes. BROWN owner literal; no coat supplied, Brindle/Blond in name not a substitute. LawrenceSmokey lineage distinct OrdaySmokey511.

  5. Hubbard and Dibo — Richard F. Stratton

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

    Original public article HTML/hash captured2026-10-23. Retrospective first-person recollections of a near-Christmas1950Arizona visit, published2019, not contemporary registration or independent confirmation of every account. Bouncer and Bambi-sire Spike explicitly seen at Heinzl Tucson gathering;1950/Tucson are reported historical context, never births. Bambi custody/mating-location account differs from retained Peinado version; Smith surname not independently expanded to initials. Gimp explicitly Dibo grandsire, not merged with its earlier CorvinoGimp sire. No quoted protected prose, abuse/performance instructions, media or accepted genealogy changes.

  6. World Pitbull Database — Ritcheson's Spike (individual 64115)

    World Pitbull Database (community catalogue) · Catalog record · Accessed

    Attributed community catalogue, not an official certificate or independent corroboration. Own USA birth field and any explicit breeder/owner labels only; dates, weights and colour left blank supply no new values. Existing identity matched through named family and existing individual context. No accepted registry sex, date, parent, measurement or media is changed. Source articles and photographs are not reproduced. Actual HTTP response SHA-256: 404efd984e6e58ff7aeea496f4d45f2df03f331266bb5af583a0d0e017bb7187. The retained1950Tucson photographic context is not interpreted as a birth date or birthplace.

Revision 5 · · 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 exact FIAPBT9 pedigree positions, linked record 175. No independent or accepted-genealogy claim; no unsupported dates, sex, country, current owner or catalog membership. Hubbard Gimp173 and Corvino Gimp1484 are distinct linked father/son identities, not aliases.

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.