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Colby’s Primo is the Brandy–Mabel male in FIAPBT 865, dated 29 May 1935 and described as black brindle with a white blaze. The catalogue names J. P. Colby as breeder and owner; a Greek retrospective credited to Paco Zanoia names Louis Colby as breeder. These remain separate reports. Primo appears in accounts of the transition from UKC/ADBA Pit Bull registers to AKC Staffordshire Terrier recognition. ASTCV’s history credits him with some inspiration for the 1936 standard, while the 1997 family book describes a committee using him in part. Zanoia’s reported-conversation account questions the direct-model story. Published registration references are accessible with the sources; their conflicting UKC digits are not resolved by an examined certificate.
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Reported birth
Source-reportedFIAPBT 865 reports 29 May 1935. This is not an accepted registry birth attribute.
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Published parents
Source-reportedThe exact 865 entry names Colby’s Brandy and Colby’s Mabel(1934). These mentions create no parent records or accepted/source edges here.
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Catalogue registration references
Source-reportedFIAPBT and the 1997 family book print ADBA 500-01, UKC 233-460 and AKC 641-443. These are published references, not inspected original certificates.
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Alternative UKC text
DisputedThe 2020 Dime retrospective instead prints UKC 223-460 for Primo. The discrepancy from 233-460 remains unresolved.
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Standard-history account
Source-reportedASTCV credits Primo with some inspiration for the newly drafted Staffordshire Terrier standard, rather than identifying him as its sole basis.
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Alternative recollection
DisputedThe Greek account attributed to Paco Zanoia reports Peterson/Brown recollections that Brandon discussed written standards without naming Primo. It also attributes breeding to Louis Colby, unlike the catalogue’s J. P. Colby.
Source · primo-zanoia-greek-context
Bibliography
Bibliography
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Colby’s Primo — FIAPBT individual record865
FIAPBT Pedigree / Villa Liberty · Catalog record · Accessed
Actual public textual record with explicit Brandy/Mabel parent context, birth/sex/coat and Colby attributions. Secondary contributor record, not an inspected birth document, registration certificate or accepted pedigree. Photos not acquired or reused; no country or weight inferred.
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ASTCV — history of the American Staffordshire Terrier, Primo passage
ASTCV · Secondary history · Accessed
Actual publicly accessible history credits some inspiration for the standard. Publication date and author unspecified; not an original AKC decision or proof of a sole model dog.
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Paco Zanoia attribution — Primo: legend, myth and truth (Greek reproduction)
Paco Zanoia (attributed Greek reproduction) · Prime Selection · Secondary history · Accessed
Actual Greek section credits Paco Zanoia; the reproduced recollections question direct-model claims and name Louis Colby as breeder. Original article/date not established;2001 is a reported dinner context, not publication date. Preserve disagreement with catalogue breeder attribution; no images/prose republished.
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Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier — Primo and early standard passages (public OCR)
Louis B. Colby; Diane Jessup · T.F.H. Publications · Secondary history · · Accessed
Actual public OCR of Primo registration caption and committee account. Same1997family publication as existing book citations, not independent corroboration. Page images and original certificates not qualified; no full book, protected prose or images republished.
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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.