FURIOUS!(about pitbulls)

[Ree'sKujo]

once they start banning pitts..., rottweilers, dobes, akitas, mastiffs are next...

Their already trying to put restrictions on Akitas in Illinois,Florida and Canada.

[wolfsoul]

I am a dog groomer and have yet to be bit by any bully breeds. Most of the dogs that bite at work just "nip" -- they are telling you that they are scared or angry and to leave them alone. But the breeds that have actually tried to viciously attack me are as follows: Lhasa apsos, golden retrievers, border collies, a GSD mix, shih tzus, poodles and a few poodle mixes, cockers, springers, a GSD, and a rottie. The ones I've seen try to attack my co-workers were some of those, as well as chows, a malamute, shiba inus and a shiba mix. I do not hate any of these breeds, in fact I love some of them. I may not like the breed's general characteristics and I might not ever get one, but I am not hateful toward the breed.

Pit bulls were never just bred to kill other dogs -- they were bred to be terriers. Terriers are bred to kill other animals. Pit bulls have no more and no less terrier drive than any other terrier. Jack russels are often used to kill rats -- does this mean they are going to go out and attack a child? So why does one assume that just because a pit bull is dog aggressive that it must be people aggressive too? Most dogs are aggressive in their own way. It doesn't mean that they will go out and kill other dogs or people. And nurture can often overcome nature. Pit bulls, when raised properly, are very good family dogs and love people and other dogs. They don't just suddenly "snap." Everything happens for a reason.

[DogLover9501]

considering that you can register an AST as an APBT(like said above), i dont see how they are seperate breeds.

That's what I thought as well. I know that you can register them as either breed, or you can change your registered APBT to an AST(I believe?), so they're the same. I could be wrong, though.

Their already trying to put restrictions on Akitas in Illinois,Florida and Canada.

Not all of Canada.

[K9soul]

One can go insane trying to find the differences in the two breeds, but there aren't any. A show bred Am. Staff can look exactly like a show bred Pit Bull and they can be duel registered as either breed. Nothing was added to either breed to make them different. The AKC recognized Pits Bulls back in the 1930's but changed the name to Staffordshire Terriers to disassociate themselves from dogfighting. Physical appearance can be slightly different depending on who's breeding. A show bred Pit or Staff will have bigger broader muscles while a working or fighting bred Pit will have leaner, toner muslces. Ear size varies depending on why they wanted it cropped.

From my time in the dog show world when I showed my collie, this is pretty much how I understood it after chatting with some other show people when I asked about it as I found it confusing. It can be confusing and you can read around and have people say yes they are or no they aren't, but the fact that they can be dual registered pretty much means that basically they are. From the history I read about Amstaffs, it is like you said, people wanted to disassociate the show/family dogs they were breeding from "pit bulls" so the AKC officially recognized them as Amstaffs instead of APBT. Fighting line pits can look different from show bred the same as racing greyhounds look different from an AKC show greyhound, they are bred for performance rather than to a physical standard.

[ontariogreys]

About every 7 to 10 years the news media picks a different breed to sensationalize on, I can remember at time when it was shepherds, dobermans, followed by rotti's and now the pitts, in a few more years there will be another nasty breed in the news.

[stupid_conformists]

I've never had a pitbull, but I've known people who have had pitbulls, am. staffs., and different types of dogs that people ignorantly group together as "pitbulls", and most of them have been the sweetest things ever! If one is mean, it was the way they were trained. I don't believe that certain breeds are mean, individual dogs (of every breed) are mean because they way they were raised.

[WolvesRawk]

I hate when people just blame the pits. They're really sweet dogs! Even St. Bernards can attack people. Blaming the pitbulls for all attacks is so wrong.

[Winglover]

me too got attacked by an american staffordshire terrier.. this beast snugg up on me and tried to suffocate me.

[K9soul]

OMG that is adorable! I'm glad you lived to tell about it .

[Vela]

That is so cute haha. Gave me a good laugh, how sweet.

[animal_rescue]

aww to cute!

[dogzr#1]

Aww, that's so cute.

[dab_20]

omg sure looks scary... its a wonder how you lived through it!! lol

that is such a cute pic!!

[.sarah]

me too got attacked by an american staffordshire terrier.. this beast snugg up on me and tried to suffocate me.

Them pits sure are evil, aren't they?

Oh yeah ... awwwww

[Suki Wingy]

you should submit that to www.sorryagain.com