American Pit Bull Terrier breeders.

A serious APBT breeder is registered with the UKC or ADBA, ideally both, and titles their dogs in temperament work (ATTS), weight pull, dock diving, or conformation. They show you the parents with strangers and with other dogs, both off leash. They produce OFA hip and elbow clearances and a cardiac evaluation. They ask about your household, your other dogs, your fencing, and the rental or HOA situation, because BSL (breed-specific legislation) sweeps up APBTs in most jurisdictions. A breeder who places an APBT in a rental without checking the breed restriction is not protecting the dog. Ask your breeder which registry their dogs are registered with: that one fact tells you what you are buying.

Typical price range.

An APBT puppy from a UKC- or ADBA-registered, health-tested breeder usually costs between fifteen hundred and three thousand dollars in the United States. Titled working lines and OFRN heritage lines run higher, three to five thousand. Anything advertised as a "rare blue nose" or "rare red nose" puppy with a four-figure markup is selling color, not breed standard. UKC and ADBA call those colors blue and chocolate; "rare" they are not. Ask exactly what is included: shots, microchip, dewormer, vet check, registration paperwork, and the lifetime take-back clause that is non-negotiable for this breed.

Health checks worth asking about.

The UKC and ADBA do not run a CHIC-style health database, so a responsible APBT breeder builds their own paperwork stack: OFA hips and elbows, a cardiac evaluation by a board-certified cardiologist, an ATTS temperament title, a current rabies and DHPP vaccination record, and DNA testing through Embark or UC Davis VGL. JLPP is rare in APBT but worth testing where pedigree includes potentially affected lines. Ask for the OFA numbers in writing. Verbal confirmation is not the same as a number you can look up.