Pitbull blue

Blue nose pit bulls have become one of the most popular coat and nose color variation of the breed. As dog breeders become smarter and skillful in marketing their dogs, they are realizing that they can easily increase their bottom line by marketing their dogs on the platform of certain “noble physical traits or attributes” and portraying these traits as unique, rare or outstanding.

Before we take a closer look at the blue nose pit bull, it is essential to have some basic understanding of the pit bull in order for us to be able to easily put thing in clearer perspective.

The pit bull does not refer to a single breed but rather it is a collection of different breeds. Pit bulls are usually associated with menacing looking dogs with large head, powerful jaws with muscular body. However quite a number of dog breeds fit into this description such as American bulldogs, bull terriers, Staffordshire bull terrier, Boston terrier, bullmastiffs and boxers.

However the ideal way to identify a true pit bull is to consider the lineage of the breed of which only the American Staffordshire terrier (AmStaff) and the American pit bull terrier (APBT) qualifies as true pit bulls.

Pitbull blue nose and blue pit bulls are either APBT or AmStaff with blue coat and/or blue nose. These are not a specific breeds but the product of recessive genes. The recessive genes are responsible for the color pigmentation of the skin and nose.

In order to breed a blue pitbull both parents must at least be carriers of the recessive genes or must be blue nose themselves and the pup must inherit each of the recessive genes of both parents to form the pair of genes that produces the blue traits.

In order to be certain that the pups produced are blue nose pit bulls both parents must be blue nose themselves rather than mere carriers of the blue traits which only increases the chances that the pups may be blue nose but does not guarantee a 100% that they will be blue pit bulls or blue nose pit bulls.

This recessive trait results in pit bulls with color that range from silver blue to grey or deep charcoal; the absence of black pigment as a result of the recessive gene is the cause of the gray shades in the blue nose pit bull. This is the fundamental difference between the pitbull blue and other pit bulls of different coat color.

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