This is a brief explanation. If you want to know more about this topic, this will serve as a basis for further research.

Experts may already know this, but many people who are just starting in this fascinating world may not be familiar with these terms, and it will be very helpful for them.

It is necessary to understand these terms used when talking about the APBT HISTORY and GAMEDOG HISTORY. When looking at pedigrees, we find terms like CH, GR CH, (2xw), ROM, (1xlg)…

It should be clarified that all of these terms refer to dog fights.

APBT GAME DOG Nomenclature CH, GR CH, (2xw), ROM, (1xlg)

Analyze the following sentence:

I have a APBT Game dog that I use for 4x4 and have gameness, which is an APBT with ADBA 2xW, and its father is Gambler’s GR CH Virgil ROM 5xW, pure apbt gameness.”

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Example: Villaliberty’s CH “Tudor Dibo” ROM (3xw)

The first term (Villaliberty’s) refers to the owner of the dog. It can be the name of their kennel if it is registered, or their last name if they do not have a kennel name.

CH stands for Champion, which means that the dog is a champion. It signifies that the dog has won three matches without any defeats.

“Tudor Dibo” refers to the name of the dog.

ROM stands for Register of Merit. This title is given to males when they have at least four offspring with the title of CH, and to females when they have at least three offspring with the title of CH. Each champion offspring is one point, and each grand champion offspring is two points. Males need 4 points to earn this title, and females need 3 points.

The ROM title in a pedigree is almost more important than the CH or GR CH title, as it means that the dog has produced high-quality offspring. A CH or GR CH dog may not necessarily produce good offspring, so having a ROM dog is more difficult than having a CH or GR CH dog.

The term (3xw) means 3 times winner in matches.

Understandin the names of the apbt game dog

Southern Kennel’s GR CH “May Day” (ROM) (5xw)

1xlg is a term used to indicate that the dog fought once (1x) and lost but demonstrated being “Game” or "gameness" (Lost Game), meaning it did not give up despite losing and proved to be a good fighting dog with quality offspring, hence it has the ROM title.

This dog is from the Southern Kennel, is a Grand Champion (GR CH), is named “May Day”, and has the ROM title. It is a winner of five matches without any defeats (5xw).

Radonjic’s “Jumbo” ROM (1xlg)

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