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I've been doing a ton of reading all over the web but I still can’t decide which do to go with. I have to wait for a couple more things (which I'll explain in a few) to make my final decision but I would like some advice from you experts out there.

I have a buddy who runs a shop that has four (2 male, 2 female) Gotti line Pitbulls gave me a call 2 weeks ago letting me know that one of the females had a litter of 9. Now from my research I have learned that they are APBB's not APBT's (correct me if I'm wrong) and that they will be big and not necessarily a "working" dog. However, I still like how their parents look because they are not short or fat and I really don’t care that they are not true APBT's. The owner of the Pits does have al 4 adults registered and papered so they are legitimately Gotti line Pits.

Last week I was with my kids at the park when I noticed a Pitbull with his owner so I decided to approach him and ask a couple questions. As we were talking he tells me that the mother of the Pit that he had just had a litter of 10 just two weeks ago (prior to last week) and that he needed to get rid of them. I keep asking questions trying to get into detail about his dogs but he's not really into them like everybody here so he doesn’t know much. He did say that they were full blooded and that the mother did have papers.

Here are a few things I need to weight out:

Gotti Line Pits-Well the owner wants $600 for a Blue nose female (not the kind of money I have but he’s willing to do payments since were friends). There are only two Blue Nose pits and she is the smaller one of the two. For the bigger Blue Nose he wants $1100, not sure why yet. On the other hand, they are papered and what not. Not that having papers are a huge deal to me at this point but maybe in the future they would be. There are scars on both the males so as far as temperament well it’s definitely there. The morning I met the dogs, a few months back, they had been separated because one had the other by the neck and would not let go all over a bone. However, they are very sweet, loving and of course approachable.

Questionable "True blood"- I have yet seen any papers but I am going to talk to the owner and ask to see them. Not sure what line of APBT they are but they did look like APBT aside from the hair on the dog (which has the same mother as the litter) that was with the owner at the park. It wasn’t long like a golden retriever but it wasn’t short like other Pit's. I have read that it’s rare but it’s also possible for the litter to be mutts. The puppies also had long hair but that could have just been the normal puppy hair. These pits are also shop dogs. On the brighter side, the owner is not asking for any money which is a big + considering the $600 price tag for the Gotti Line and I can choose which ever puppy of that litter I want.

In summary, I still have some information I need to try to collect and I know for some of you the obvious decision would be to get the free pup but I don’t know if that would be the best choice. This will be me and my family’s first dog and I want it to be close to the best that I can get. So far these are my two options so one of these will be the winner.

Which would you choose and why?
Thank you all….