Ok, well I'm posting this because someone made a statement on another post of mine that my black/seal/whatever dog, Goon, was mixed with Pit (really don't care about that opinion that's fine. What I DO care about however was the statement that.....
"pitbulls are not a specific breed of dog but a specific type of dog, therefore they have many looks, but some similarities. Statistically your dog is more likely to be part pitbull than part shar pei, just look at how many pittys are out in the world, you see them around every corner, how often do you see shar pei's? while not completely rare, they are far less likely to be seen than your average pitbull"
Ok...so here is where I go off on a tizzy, but....I'm just going to copy and paste my response that I posted on my other thread.
Pit bulls do NOT cover an array of breeds and in fact are their own breed. People mistaking other breeds for pit bulls is why so many family pets in other countries are ripped from their owners and unjustly euthanized due to BSL laws. There are many "bully" breeds but that does not make them all 'pit bulls' and that aggravates me and agitates me to no end when people entwine the two because it costs dogs' lives and pushes BSL against Pits because a lot of attacks/maulings that occur are often said to be pit bull related when it reality it's another bully breed all together!
http://fox2now.com/2013/02/06/poll-can-you-spot-the-pitbull/
can you find the pit bull right off the bat? go ahead...tell me which one it is without cheating and pretend those are all your friends' dogs' lives on the line.
My fawn and white in my picture is an American Pit Bull Terrier. She is a "PUREBRED" (as pure as they come without all the mixing of breeds to make up her genetic outcome now as with most breeds these days) pit bull because pit bulls are a real breed.
Pit bulls are AMAZING dogs if trained right, bred right (though I believe if you can find the right dog/pup from a shelter it is better to adopt, goon as a rescue), and loved right. I'm a pit bull advocate and anti BSL and making statement as to how pit bulls cover a range of breeds really gets under my skin...
"pitbulls are not a specific breed of dog but a specific type of dog, therefore they have many looks, but some similarities. Statistically your dog is more likely to be part pitbull than part shar pei, just look at how many pittys are out in the world, you see them around every corner, how often do you see shar pei's? while not completely rare, they are far less likely to be seen than your average pitbull"
Ok...so here is where I go off on a tizzy, but....I'm just going to copy and paste my response that I posted on my other thread.
Pit bulls do NOT cover an array of breeds and in fact are their own breed. People mistaking other breeds for pit bulls is why so many family pets in other countries are ripped from their owners and unjustly euthanized due to BSL laws. There are many "bully" breeds but that does not make them all 'pit bulls' and that aggravates me and agitates me to no end when people entwine the two because it costs dogs' lives and pushes BSL against Pits because a lot of attacks/maulings that occur are often said to be pit bull related when it reality it's another bully breed all together!
http://fox2now.com/2013/02/06/poll-can-you-spot-the-pitbull/
can you find the pit bull right off the bat? go ahead...tell me which one it is without cheating and pretend those are all your friends' dogs' lives on the line.
My fawn and white in my picture is an American Pit Bull Terrier. She is a "PUREBRED" (as pure as they come without all the mixing of breeds to make up her genetic outcome now as with most breeds these days) pit bull because pit bulls are a real breed.
Pit bulls are AMAZING dogs if trained right, bred right (though I believe if you can find the right dog/pup from a shelter it is better to adopt, goon as a rescue), and loved right. I'm a pit bull advocate and anti BSL and making statement as to how pit bulls cover a range of breeds really gets under my skin...