Gameness - The exact definition of "gameness" varies greatly depending upon whom you ask. However, most true pit bull fanciers can agree that this is the single most important trait the APBT possesses, and without gameness, the dog is just a shell of what it should be. In the most general sense of the term, gameness can be described as "an unwillingness to give up, even under the most difficult of circumstances and despite the threat of injury or death." True pit bull breeders strive to preserve this trait in their dogs and insist that the only way to preserve "real" gameness is in the fighting pit. However, modern society and humane attitudes dictate that we look to other ways to preserve the trait of gameness of this breed. Faniciers/breeders would do well to come together and unite in common agreement as to what can be done LEGALLY to preserve this most noble of breeds before it is too late and the true working pit bulldog is just a memory of the past. (It should be noted that gameness does NOT equal dog-aggression.)