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WITH THEIR BULLIES, AS WELL AS COVERAGE OF DOG SHOWS AND EXPOS
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traight out of El Monte , Albert Moncada started his hustle
grind at the age of 14. It was during this time that he put
skills to work and started many successful business ventu
This entrepreneurial mentality eventually led him to his lifelong pass
of designing wheels and customizing cars.
Albert Moncada is a 10-year veteran who has witnessed over the ye
firsthand the evolution and change of the dog game. He became a
owner, back in August 1996 when he purchased his first pit bull
ADBA Registered dog named,” Tonka,” that came out of Butch
descended from the Viramontes bloodline. It wasn’t until a year l
that he actually got into the dog game thru the influence of Tony Mo
He was showing dogs in Pomona , Ca when old school veteran’s
Calderon, and Jerry Brown were judging. But back then, the eve
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was the bottom line. Now it’s a little more relaxed; not just judges deciding
who’s gonna win, there is also a people’s choice category. This gives more
opportunity to other breeders who aren’t breeding that confirmation look a
chance to participate in these shows.” Not only have the dogs and judging
changed, but the people attending the events have changed as well. The
days of pure Caucasian crowds have long been replaced with more ethnically
and culturally diverse crowds.
Although, he stepped off for a while, his good friend BJ out of Thoroughbred
Kennels pulled him back in the game. He came back stronger than ever
by investing both his time and his money into establishing a top of the line
kennel. He represents for the Gotti Line Crew with Got Gotti Kennels and
his #1 stud is a heavy hitter named Hercules, out of Goliath and Shine who
is about a year and 5 months old. The Gotti line strives to breed top notch
Big Dane, second in charge and the official FOO (friend of owner) at West Coast Customs, puts in work both at the office and at the kennels.
West Coast Customs, formerly of MTV’s Pimp My Ride, relocated to Corona
and has big things in store for 2007 after recently signing on for a new
show on ESPN with the same production company that films popular
shows like Orange County Choppers and American Hot Rod. The crew
at WCC will be customizing high-profile athletes’ cars, boats, buses and
even dorm rooms and personal theatres. “We’re steppin’ out of the box a
little bit from what we normally do,” Dane said, “Putting a little construction into it.”
In addition to WCC, Big Dane spends a lot of his time with his
pit bulls, Certified Atom Bomb and Certified Black Meat. “The first thing
I do in the morning, besides taking a piss, is take care of those dogs,”
said Dane. He got his first pit bull about 8 years ago, and had it trained
for canine protection by Larry “K-9” Hill out of L.A., a respected trainer for
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over 35 years. After showing the dog at some canine protection shows
and beginning to make a hobby of it, Big Dane had a run of bad luck.
Sometimes, late at night, Dane and his son Desmond (a.k.a Lil’ Big Dane),
like to take the dogs to the park and let them run around and stretch their
legs. One night, the dogs ran into the street and were hit by a car. He lost
three that night. “Yeah man, three dogs in one night,” Dane said. “It hurt
man…that hurt.”
After losing yet another pit to heat stroke while staying in Rancho
Cucamonga, Dane hooked up with Ray Certified. Ray is the only certified pit
bull breeder with a kennel license in California. Big Dane and Ray found
that they had mutual interests and became business partners. “Now we
are attackin’ this game together,” Dane said. After seeing how dedicated
he was to helping out with the other dogs, Ray also gave Lil’ Big Dane a
pit of his own to raise, a female he calls A1 .
These days Dane is focused more than ever on bettering the breed
and eliminating the negativity created by groups like the BSL. “The pit bull is
one of the most man-friendly dogs you can have,” Dane explains. “The BSL
laws, to me, are like dog discrimination.” Dane believes that owners that don’t
properly maintain the health and well-being of their dogs are a huge part of
the problem. “Don’t punish the breed; punish the owner,” Dane said. “A wellsocialized dog is a sound dog.” In an effort to promote that idea, Big Dane
recently attended a Pit Bull Expo featuring a canine protection exhibition and
other events like a weight pull. “There were no problems, no fights,” Dane said.
“I definitely believe it is bettering the breed.”
When it comes to the bully breed, Big Dane’s ideal dog is a taller, conditioned,
friendly dog. He believes that owners should take a greater responsibility for their
dog’s health and not allow them to become overweight and lazy. “The pit bull
is an athlete in the canine world,” Dane explains. “Pit bulls were not meant to
be lap dogs.”
In addition to the expo, Big Dane and West Coast Customs have a
new car show coming up called, “Kings of Customs Live.” That show will be
at the Hyundai Pavilion in San Bernardino on May 12th 2007.
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STORY BY // LEN EVANS PHOTOGRAPHER // LEN EVANS
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This is an excellent exercise that builds strength, stamina and
endurance, while also developing great lean muscle
in the shoulders, chest, back and rear. Whether your dog has
prior retrieval skills or not, this will help develop those skills and
commands (catch, retrieve, hold, release, etc.)
The ball itself is a knot of rope with two end twists hanging to
opposite sides. First, you want to introduce the ball to your dog
and let him get use to it by rolling and tossing it, playing tug-o-war
or just letting him run with it by himself. While playing tug-o-war
with you, you’ll want to start using commands to let him know he
can go 100 percent tugging it and also using the command to get
him to stop and release it. You want to get to the point over time
that when you give the stop or release command your dogs hold,
looking at the ball and waiting for you to give the next command
to tug or retrieve.
Now when your dog has the tug, the retrieval and release down,
you can move on to the workout.
• Throw the knot as far as you can on every retrieval
• 15 retrievals non-stop (you may have to start out at five and work your
dog up to 15)
• Small amount of water 3-5 min rest (if need more that’s OK but not too long)
• Strap on a weight neck collar (start with a small weight and work your way up )
• 25 retrievals with the weight collar
• Remove weight neck collar, a little rest and water
• 15 retrievals (no weight collar)
• Done. Rest, water and a snack and meal
* At the end of each retrieval DO NOT give a treat as a form of doing a nice retrieval,
instead rubbing of the body or playing a little tug-o-war is a good way to let him
know they did well.
** Make sure to feed your dog a great meal _ nice in size, high protein, with a good fat
content after the workout. Try to make it something different than what you feed on
non-workout days. That is just one more thing that will make your dog work harder
the next time out.
STORY BY // MICHELLE BLACKOWL-CHAVEZ
PHOTOGRAPHER // ERIC ÏPTAHÓHERBERT, OCTAVIO MEDINA, MARIA BRAR, MICHELLE BLACKOWL-CHAVEZ
NO ON AB1634
On May 16, 2007, AB 1634 was brought before the California assembly for a vote. The
“California Healthy Pets Act” is the mandatory spay and neuter of all dogs and cats in the
state by the age of four months. This includes show dogs and service dogs!
You cannot show a dog before three months or train a dog for service by the age of four
months. You can apply for permits but you have to be a licensed breeder. AB 1634 forces
sterilization of dogs used for police work, search and rescue, and narcotic and bomb
detection. Nearly all police dogs are unaltered males. Neutering their offspring will wipe
out decades of established bloodlines in just one generation.
On a sunny and mild day in Sacramento, we made the trek to that great building where
laws are made and taxes are raised by our great California State government. This is the
place where we have to go to fight the extinction of our beloved animals.
AB 1634 will lead to the EXTINCTION of all dogs and cats in the great state of California.
Does this sound crazy? Does this sound surreal to everyone? Are you thinking “what are
those crazy California people up to now?”
I felt the same way when I heard that Mr. Levine was trying to get his new bill passed. I truly
did not think it would make it out of the assembly! Then the bill passed for a full vote of
the assembly on May 16, 2007. This bill has made it to the assembly despite the massive
opposition to this bill.
On June 4, 2007, we all made the long journey again to the capital. Mr Levine’s bill was
heard at about 10 a.m. At this time, the bill needed 41 votes to move to the state senate.
The bill received 37-yes to 34-no and 9-not voting. The bill was “on call” which basically
means Mr. Levine has to do a lot of talking to get those who are not voting to vote on his
side.
What does this say for us voters who, even though we oppose a law and we voice our
opinion to our government leaders, they are going to choose to ignore and decide for
themselves what is best for us. At 10 p.m. the bill was called to the floor for a full assembly
vote. This time the bill passed to the senate 38-No 41-Yes. It has been said/reported that
there was a lot of fighting going on in the assembly offices and Mr. Bob Barker personally
made phone calls to assembly members to get some votes and to truly see how our
government works it also was reported “allegedly” that some threats were made to
certain assembly members.
Now the fight continues…
California lawmakers have a fight on their hands if they think “we” are going to roll over
and play dead and let them make the rules. The assembly may have passed this bill and
they think that it’s over but the truth will prevail at our next elections. Dog owners will not
easily forget all those that voted for AB1634. We have to unite and fight this together as
dog owners !
Once this has passes in California it is not long before this law spreads like wild fire to
other states. Maybe to the state you are in! We need to write letters to the state Senate
voicing our opinions against AB1634. Man Web sites have information for the letters and
address and fax numbers for the assembly.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO FAX LETTERS!
Letters can be simple: I oppose AB1634 as a dog owner and a voter in this great state of
California and sign your name/address or at least your Zip code. These letters will help!
The Senate will vote on this bill on July 11, 2007…hopefully our voices have been heard. If
this passes, we need to flood the governor with the same letters! If this doesn’t pass…we
will still need to be on the offense because “THEY” can bring the bill back in 2008.
UPDATE: LEVINE pulls bill before the Senate votes July 11! This is a great accomplisment
for all of us! This bill will be back January 2008 Mr. Levine said heneeds time to re-group…
Well, that means we need to be on our toes!
Let your voice be heard, stand up for your right to own a dog! This is the land of the free!
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-Dave Wilson, Founder of Razors Edge & the American Bully
STORY BY // MARYELLEN SWIATEK PHOTOGRAPHER // MARYELLEN SWIATEK
This is the amazing story of a pit bull mix named
Rufus.
and our trainer watched him grow from a cute pup
to an even cuter adolescent!
In the late summer of 2002, Rufus’s mother was
picked up as a skinny and scared stray in
Burlington County, N.J. She was taken to a shelter
where she was given a cage to stay in. Because
of her skinny appearance, no one at the shelter
realized she was pregnant. But, two nights after
being picked up, she gave birth to nine puppies!
With the shelter already overflowing with pit bulls
and other types of dogs, the difficult decision to
euthanize Rufus’s mother and all of her nine pups
was made. The shelter already had a hard enough
time adopting out pit bulls and another litter would
be just about impossible.
Due to Rufus’s calm nature and love of people,
the trainer kept suggesting to me to try therapy
work with him. Although I had never heard of
therapy before, I decided that I would look into
it. My dog trainer also was a SAR member, and
a therapy trainer as well, so she made up a class
for therapy training, complete with wheelchairs,
canes, crutches, walkers. She even had friends
come dressed in funny outfits and talking and
yelling loudly to help condition Rufus. When the
training was complete, Rufus graduated at the
top of his class of five dogs. So, after a year of
continuous dog training every week, I figured we
were ready to take the therapy test. I wanted Rufus
to take on this challenge so that people could see
that pit bulls are NOT the bad dogs they see on
television, but loving family dogs. I wanted to
convince people not to judge all pit bulls by the
actions of a few bad ones.
Hoping to spare this new family, one of the workers
began contacting all the pit bull rescues in the
area to see if any would have room for the mother
and her nine pups. While the shelter worker was
frantically trying to find a rescue, another shelter
volunteer, hoping to spare the dogs’ lives, decided
to take Rufus’s mom and all nine pups home with
her. So, Rufus, his mother and the other eight
pups left the shelter one day before they were
scheduled to be euthanized. By this time, Rufus’s
mom was named Millie, and the worker’s family
quickly came up with names for all of the pups,
as well. For now, all of the dogs were out of the
cold shelter and safe and sound in the volunteer’s
home.
This is where I come in. I was already looking to
adopt another dog. However, since the two dogs I
currently had were very dog-aggressive, I figured
I would try a puppy. What kind, I didn’t know yet.
When, in October of 2002, Rufus’s foster mom
had to go away on business, I offered to baby-sit
for Rufus during the two weeks that she would be
gone. When they were up, Rufus and I decided
that he had found his permanent home with me
and he has never left!
It’s now been four years since I brought Rufus
home as a 2-month-old pup. We know that he is
a pit bull mix but we are not sure what he is mixed
with. When he was 3-months-old, I skipped the
puppy class and enrolled him in a basic obedience
training one. During the class, our trainer kept
telling me how calm he was. In fact, we thought
there might be something wrong with him since
he didn’t act like a normal hyper puppy but was
much more calm and reserved. We continued with
obedience classes and, since I was apprenticing, we
had class several times during the week as well
as two hours on Saturdays. Because of this busy
schedule, Rufus got a lot of exposure and training
Before we could take the
therapy test, we first had to
take the AKC CGC test (www.
akc.org) which we did when
Rufus was a little over a year
old. He passed!!! In April of
2004, after the CGC test was
complete, we signed up for
the therapy test with a local
therapy group. As I expected,
Rufus passed with flying
colors! The evaluators were
very impressed with him and,
with that test behind us, we
began doing therapy work
right away.
We started by going to the local hospital once a
month. Then we went to the local nursing home.
We then began going to the hospital every week
and we added another nursing home to our
schedule. Since Rufus was doing so well, we
signed up for the Temperament Test (www.atts.
org) to be given on May 15, 2005. Again, Rufus
passed! He was now Rufus CGC, TT - Therapy
Dog. We soon added an elementary school to our
volunteering. At this school, students with reading
disabilities read books to Rufus.
In April of 2007, it will be three years since Rufus
and I began doing therapy work. He still loves
to visit the patients and children to cheer them
up. Everyone knows he is a pit bull mix. At first,
some people were afraid of Rufus. But, when I
began dressing him up in clothes, it broke down
the barrier and more people began approaching
him. After petting him, many people will ask what
kind of dog he is. To this, I say he is an American
pit bull
terrier mix.
Rufus now has a large following of surgeons,
nurses, hospital and nursing home patients, and
first and second-graders. All of these people love
him and know he is a pit bull mix.
As I stated, this is the story of Rufus – a dog who
was destined to die in a shelter at only four-daysold. A dog who managed to have an angel open
her home to him, his mother and siblings so that
he could return that love and care to the people
who need it most.
STORY BY // DAVE WILSON
CRATE TRAINING 101:
Properly using a crate can make house training
a breeze. Before going through the necessary
steps to train your bully, however, we need to
explain the importance of a crate.
A crate is a plastic kennel that you will use to
house your dog as a puppy and at times when
your dog cannot be supervised. A crate can be
a very comfortable enclosure for a dog, which is
born with denying instincts. In the wild a dog/
wolf would chose to live in a cave or enclosedtype atmosphere.
The idea to a crate is to have a dog in an
enclosure big enough to stand up and turn
around in; yet, small enough that they could not
use the bathroom and still be able to get out. If
you are starting with a puppy, you will have to
purchase different crates as your dog grows.
The first step is to get your dog to like and enjoy
their crate. Make it fun for them to go inside by
getting excited and saying “crate’, then praise
them upon entering it. Placing toys and feeding
them inside the crate also can help them enjoy
being in there. Most of their playtime with a toy
should be inside the crate, as well as outside.
The second step is knowing when to put your
dog in the crate. The easiest answer is any
unsupervised time and bedtime. If you aren’t
able to supervise your dog, then it should go
into its crate. A puppy should not be in the
crate for more than 3-4 hour stretches. Adults
can stay inside much longer.
The third step is understanding your dogs’
bathroom habits. You never want to leave your
dog in the crate when it hasn’t relieved itself
completely. A general rule is after drinking, a
dog will need to relieve themselves within 10-20
minutes. After eating, a dog will need to relieve
themselves within 30-60 minutes. Always make
sure your dog is completely relieved before
leaving them in their crate.
The fourth step is going from the crate to the
outside. Always take your dog straight from
the crate outside. Never give them a moment
to wander in the house without going straight
outside. Even if your dog has recently been
relieved, you should still keep the habit of going
right outside.
These are simple steps to follow, if you get your
dog in these habits, accidents will rarely happen.
The idea is not to give your dog the opportunity
to have an inside accident. Preventative
maintenance is the key.
Keep your pets happy and healthy and you will
get to enjoy the most from your dog.
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