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Colby's Rifle

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Male According to published sources

Sire Colby's Buddy
Dam Colby's Merle (Vose's)
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Profile at a glance
Breed
American Pit Bull Terrier
Born
Sex
Male [4]
Historical owner
LOUIS B. COLBY [4]
Reported breeder
LOUIS B. COLBY [4]
Reported coat
BRINDLE & WHITE [4]
Historical context

FIAPBT record 452 names Colby's Rifle as the reported sire of Colby's Margie, linked as individual 867. The Colby family book gives Rifle’s birth as 31 July 1942 and names Buddy and Merle as his parents. It identifies Veronica as his litter sister and prints UKC 276635 as his registration reference; the original certificate has not been examined. FIAPBT record 867 lists the following information: breeder: LOUIS B. COLBY; historical owner: LOUIS B. COLBY; sex: male; coat (source wording): BRINDLE & WHITE; registration reference: ADBA 500-35 U.K.C 276-635. The registration reference is a catalogue transcription, not an examined original certificate.

History & Bibliography

Relatives sharing a dam Colby's Bessie Colby's Primo Jr Colby's Tinker (Heinzl's) Source-reported

Direct offspring Colby's Connie Colby's Gypsy Colby's Margie Source-reported

Full siblings Colby's Veronica Source-reported

Relatives →

Pedigree according to published sourcesKnown positions: 454 / 510 · distinct ancestor records: 55

Facts and sources

PITVU · 01M5VGFCAYE5H037RVJQ61N8XN

Pedigree according to published sources

PDF / Print · Reported by sources

Incomplete pedigree

Complete through G7 · G8 · Missing positions: 56/256

Known positions: 454/510 · Distinct ancestors: 55

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
    16/16
  5. Generation 5
    Known
    32/32
  6. Generation 6
    Known
    64/64
  7. Generation 7
    Known
    128/128
  8. Generation 8
    Known
    200/256
    Not documented
    32
    Historical limit
    24
  • Hutton's Billy (Ireland), Hutton's Kit (Ireland), Hutton's Prince (Ireland), Hutton's Speck (Ireland): The January 2011 historical account names these Hutton dogs behind Edwards’ Galtie and Gass, then states that the surviving records go no further. This is the limit reported by that account, not proof that no earlier ancestry can ever be found. · Sporting Dog Journal, January 2011 — historical Colby account, printed pages 18–19
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
Sire and dam branches · permanent IDs on every visible record
  • Subject · G0 Colby's Rifle01M5VGFCAYE5H037RVJQ61N8XN
    Born: 31 Jul 1942 · Source-reported
    • Sire · G1 Not established
    • Dam · G1 Not established

Relatives

Relatives sharing a dam 4

Direct offspring 6

Full siblings 1

Historical dossiers

Research dossier

FIAPBT record 452 names Colby's Rifle as the reported sire of Colby's Margie, linked as individual 867. The Colby family book gives Rifle’s birth as 31 July 1942 and names Buddy and Merle as his parents. It identifies Veronica as his litter sister and prints UKC 276635 as his registration reference; the original certificate has not been examined. FIAPBT record 867 lists the following information: breeder: LOUIS B. COLBY; historical owner: LOUIS B. COLBY; sex: male; coat (source wording): BRINDLE & WHITE; registration reference: ADBA 500-35 U.K.C 276-635. The registration reference is a catalogue transcription, not an examined original certificate.

  1. Published parent reference

    Source-reported

    FIAPBT record 452 names Colby's Rifle as the reported sire of Colby's Margie, linked as individual 867.

    Source · fiapbt-individual-452

  2. Family-history account

    Source-reported

    The Colby family book gives Rifle’s birth as 31 July 1942 and names Buddy and Merle as his parents. It identifies Veronica as his litter sister and prints UKC 276635 as his registration reference; the original certificate has not been examined.

    Source · colby1997-caption-context-104-125

  3. Individual catalogue record

    Source-reported

    FIAPBT record 867 lists the following information: breeder: LOUIS B. COLBY; historical owner: LOUIS B. COLBY; sex: male; coat (source wording): BRINDLE & WHITE; registration reference: ADBA 500-35 U.K.C 276-635. The registration reference is a catalogue transcription, not an examined original certificate.

    Source · fiapbt-own-867-20261030
Bibliography

Bibliography

  1. FIAPBT — colbys margie, individual record 452

    · Catalog record · Accessed

    Public contributor-entered individual FIAPBT record 452; originalHTML/SHA256 captured2026-10-23. Attributed source reporting, not independently examined registrationcertification or presentownership. Birth1947-03-20explicit. Brindle/ADBA500-41/U.K.C.329-544, parentsRifle/Gypsy; distinctsimilarnames.

  2. Louis Colby / Diane Jessup — Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1997), captions and family list, pp.104–125

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

    Actual public extracted OCR reviewed: Rifle/Veronica captions p104–105; Tweedie p114; Connie p118; Cheyenne in Dime descendant list p124–125. One family-history publication, not independent corroboration or inspected original registry certificates. OCR While in Tweedie coat context read as White; dates are attributed. Connie c1950 is a photograph period, not birth. No photographs reused, no canonical identities or accepted/reported graph edges changed.

  3. FIAPBT record 867 — explicit Colby parent headers
    Source · [3], [4]

    1. FIAPBT record 867 — explicit Colby parent headers

      FIAPBT public pedigree contributors · Catalog record · Accessed

      One inspected public own-record HTML page; source-reported parentage, not independently verified or accepted genealogy. Original HTML SHA256 ff50c0de69c800067893521aa401bf84496bb579af0471aa99f684ef6f8ded0e. Only explicit sire/dam headers selected; no deeper table inference, birth, ownership, sex, title or image reuse permission inferred for new reference identities.

    2. FIAPBT individual record 867 — Colby's Rifle

      · Catalog record · Accessed

      Retained original individual-page HTML reinspected; SHA256 ff50c0de69c800067893521aa401bf84496bb579af0471aa99f684ef6f8ded0e. Exact subject header and existing cited record ID matched. Explicit fields only; historical owner field is undated and does not establish current legal ownership. Registration references are transcriptions, not examined certificates. Previously reported dates are not counted as new facts. Unknown fields, including Peggy H sex, are not inferred from parent roles. No accepted genealogy, awards, image identity or reuse permission inferred.

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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.

Exact linked parent record 867 in retained FIAPBT child record 452; no canonical, accepted-name or reported-alias collision. No accepted sex, birth, country, ownership, photograph or deeper ancestry 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

No primary registration claims recorded.

Recorded aliases

No independently reviewed aliases recorded.

PARENTAGE EVIDENCE

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No independently reviewed parentage recorded.

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