Can you find the Pit Bull?

[kjr928]

I believe that this experiment is flawed. Many of the pictures are either head shots or have nothing else in the photo to compare for size. There is no way of telling how big any of these dogs are.

With that said, and the fact that there are many dog breeds with a similar head structure to a pit bull, I'd say that #1 is a bull terrier, #2 could be a dogo argentino or a pit, #3, 6, 7 could be cane corsos, presa canarios, pitbulls or whatever, and the rest look like pitbull and staffordshire types.

Believe me though, anyone could tell the difference between a presa and a pitbull if they saw them next to each other.

This experiment is flawed.

 

[Dangerdoll]

2 is definitely a Dogo Argentino.... I need to know where I can find some pups

 

[labont865]

I believe that this experiment is flawed. Many of the pictures are either head shots or have nothing else in the photo to compare for size. There is no way of telling how big any of these dogs are.

With that said, and the fact that there are many dog breeds with a similar head structure to a pit bull, I'd say that #1 is a bull terrier, #2 could be a dogo argentino or a pit, #3, 6, 7 could be cane corsos, presa canarios, pitbulls or whatever, and the rest look like pitbull and staffordshire types.

Believe me though, anyone could tell the difference between a presa and a pitbull if they saw them next to each other.

This experiment is flawed.

Experiment is not flawed as the breeds I chose are all breeds that are very commonly reported as pit bulls in attacks. The photos I used were all chosen for a specific purpose. The point to the experiment is that even people who are very familiar with the breeds have trouble in certain conditions identifying which breeds are which. This proves that most people who are not familiar with the breed are going to have a very hard time accurately identifying the breeds in the case of an attack. There were over 100 "Pit Bull" attacks last year. Of which only 13 were actual Pit Bulls. Yet they used this number of 100 attacks in the arguement to ban Pit Bulls in my area. The funniest part of that 100 attack is that 25 of them were proven to be Labrador Retrievers. Anybody who cant tell the difference between a Labrador Retriever and a Pit Bull or Bully breed is a complete idiot and yet it was a group of about 15 people who reported these attacks as Pit Bull atacks. Those 15 people work for numerous different media companies in Canada. Whe they were asked why tey would report a Lab as a Pit Bull, they answered that if they reported it as a Lab it wouldnt be used in the paper or on the news and they wouldnt make any money, And that the public wouldnt pay any attention to it. But the minute the words Pit Bull is mentioned people instantly pay attention to the article.

MightyQueenPixy- Honestly, you need to keep your mouth shut in these threads, your ignorance towards this topic is actually almost unbelievable.

Edit: KJR your second paragraph is part of my point. They all have very similar head structure, that in most cases it takes someone who is very familiar with the dogs to recognize. And yet they let any little punk who volunteers an hour of his time to the pound decide if the dog is a Pit Bull if they bring it in after an attack.
And about your problem with not being able to compare size to anything. It realistically doesnt matter. The Pit and staffordshire terriers 90% of the time are withing about 5lbs of eachother. there are only 3 dogs in my choices over 60lbs and none weight less than 45lbs. The Dogo, Cane Corso, and the Staffy in photo 8 are the only dogs over 60lbs.

 

[Siren]

Okay, so what do we get to know the answers?

 

[Cheech]

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The answer is Number 10! number 10 is the only true APBT of the group.

1. Miniature Bull Terrier
2. Dogo Argentino
3. Cane Corso
4. Irish Staffordshire Terrier (red nose)
5. English Staffordshire Bull Terrier
6. American Bull Terrier
7. Cane Corso X
8. Staffordshire Terrier
9. "Amercian" staffordshire Bull Terrier
10. American Pit Bull Terrier.

Siren, Voila...

 

[softturtle]

Your "experiment" is flawed... A "Pitbull" is not a recognised breed...Ok, not counting the Hill billy backyard registry.
I cant help but wonder if you only come on here to promote your mongrels?

Sinse when is the UKC "hill billy backyard registry?"

"promoting our mongrels?" What are you promoting? Obviously not good manners(as my mongrel shows far more good manners than you have thus far).

UKC registered, ped. and all. My APBT (allthough some say blues are not true pits- if it was black and white you couldn't tell the difference). But here is my baby.

 

[Reddog80p]

Nice dog!

 

[NeonJulie]

The problem seems to be people not in control. As in, they don't fix their animals, the animals are bred poorly, they are treated poorly, they get loose, or run off and run around and wreak havoc. I seriously doubt that most people's pets are (usually, see below, it does happen unfortunately)... the problem. In my area, there has been a dog attack every night. Probably 2/3 of them are blamed on a "pit bull mix." Which I think there is the point - they are mixes. The fact that no one even really knows what it is (and yes, I've seen the mixes that have part labrador), shows that no one really owns these dogs.

Just the other night somebody's daughter was killed by a roaming Rottweiler mix. Basically, these are wild dogs. Not trained, not cared for, not well fed, probably interbred, not domesticated, not FIXED, not leashed. Well, it's what people get (especially around here) for allowing their animals to run free and not care for them properly. And that's not including the dog fighting problem which, huh, come to think about it... also seems to be popular underground in this area. What a connection.

Anyway, not sure why it's such a debate on fish board- most of us are intelligent, well thinking people who know that typically, when an animal acts out, there's something wrong with the picture.

Sorry about your friend's missing dog that got put down. I would suggest people in this situation have a microchip implanted - it's not very expensive, we even did it for my maltese mutt in case she slips her collar.


A side story, the only dog my husband ever had was an Akita. It was well bred, beautiful animal, registered. They were thinking of breeding it. At about the year mark they decided not to, and had him neutered. The animal lived to it's 2nd birthday, a month after it walked up to his 9 year old cousin and wrapped it's mouth around her whole head. They waited too long, and he developed too much testosterone, and despite obedience classes, etc., the dog ruled his "pack" (family). He would never allow someone to turn him on his back. Apparently he didn't like the fact that the girl was his height, looking him in the eye. Thankfully she was ok.

 

[labont865]

Softturtle- Beautiful animal. Blues are definately my favorite coloration. Anybody who says they arent real Pits is wrong. With the slective breeding you can get any colour in real pits nowadays. Blues is still a very uncommon colour though.

Neon- The problem with the microchipping is that they put the dogs to sleep before people even knew they were missing. And mixes of any bredd can be a major problem. Mixing breeds really messes with the temperament of the animal. 90% of all dog attacks are mix breeds. They dont develop the temperament from either breed properly. Especially in multi breed mixes. Once you get past 2 breeds in a mix the dogs become very unpredictable. You can only judge how they are going to behave after time. as they grow older their behaviour can change drastically.

 

[NeonJulie]

Hmm. My mom told me the reason she had it done, was because they automatically scan for it when they get a dog in. What's it for, if they can't take 2 seconds before they inject it, and wave a wand over it's shoulder.