HISTORY OF GOTTYLINE
Gottiline was founded by Richard Barajas of West Side Kennels. He is the owner of Gottiline's foundation sire, "The Notorious Juan Gotty". In 1997 Richard purchased his pup Gotty from a gentleman by the name of Tony Moore. (Tony Moore is the owner of Gray Line Kennels in Los Angeles, California. The foundation bitch of Greyline was the late Showtime. Showtime is the producer of Gotty's father,'PR' Greyline's Raider2.) He purchase Gotty for the amount of $1,300. When Gotty was approximately 7 weeks old his sire, "Raider" passed away. At just 7 months old Gotty sired his first litter. He went on to produce many foundation males and females, such as Coldens Blue Rhino, and Felony (The sire and dam of 21 Blackjack), New Troijan's Dillenger, Pate's Blue Beast, Gottiline's West Side Monster, and Westside's Capone just to name a few. Gotty is the sire of over 700 U.K.C. registered dogs. Since 1997, Gottiline has spread across the USA, Canada, China, the Philippines, and Japan. Juan Gotty will go down in history as part of one of the founding dogs in the bully style movement. R.I.P 1997~ FYI: Grayline Kennels blood was used as the foundation for many known kennels to start out there bloodline. -People need to understand that Gottyline is an offshoot of Grayline. I believe Gottyline doesnt start until Rhino x Felony and after. Grayline was started in the early 1990's as a bloodline of mainly blue pits that could work. There are pics of a lot of the early "foundation" dogs such as Raider II, Digo, Calee, Kobe, Fub, etc. doing bitework, obedience, and weigh pull. Most of the early dogs were not too bully, large, or extreme at all (compared to bullys now)but carried a lot of drive and work ability. Richard Barajas (Gotty's owner) From mag Intervew: "I would like to start by introducing my self my name is Richard Barajas. I am the proud owner of the infamous “Notorious John Gotti,” as well as the founder and creator of the Gottiline.
In 1997, I purchased Notorious Juan Gotti for the amount of $1300.00 from a gentleman named Tony Moore. Being involved with dogs my whole life; I knew I had something very valuable in my possession when I brought the new puppy home. When Gotti was approximately seven weeks old, his father Raider died. After I received Gotti’s paperwork, I questioned Tony Moore about Gotti’s bloodline. He was unable to give me a specific answer, due to the fact that the blood was new in the Los Angeles street scene, He came up with blue good and then changed his story and called it grey line. Seeing that he had no distinct answer, I saw the perfect opportunity to gain some knowledge. I did my research, and read old books about pit bulls. This encouraged me to start my own bloodline. The Gottiline was named after my foundation: Notorious Juan Gotti.
When Gotti was seven and a half months old, I had him in the same kennel as one of my females who was in heat. I didn't think much of it because he was so young Boy was I wrong! Two months later at the age of nine months the Gottiline began. After I had seen the first liter it was easy to see that Gotti had out did himself. Not only did I see I had a beautiful specimen, but also I had a stud dog. I started breeding Gotti locally to friends and family. Each and every time he produced a new litter. I was surprised with the out come of his liter. People would see the new puppies and they ask, “ Who’s the father of those pups? Are they from Gottiline? ” When there females were in heat I practically had the whole city knocking at my door. Pretty soon I had people from other counties requesting Gotti. Within time Gottiline started expanding to different states and countries. We have much love for Texas, Canada, Philippines, Japan, Hawaii, and Guam"
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