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Boach said:
By the way, a Bull Terrier is a different breed from a Pit Bull. If I actually gave a fuck,
You are a joke!
yes, a Bull terrier is a different breed!
"pitbull" is a slang term used for any fighting breed that is a result of a cross with the old bull dog types!
Terriers were used for "ratting" and bulldogs were used for "bullbaiting".
The terriers were fast and fierce, but lacked the physical substance! Bulldogs were STRONG and thick, but lacked wind, and fierceness! (kinda like you)!
The two were crossed, and called "half & halfs" or "bull and terriers" soon shortened to "bull terriers". This cross originated in Staffordshire england, thus the name Staffordshire Bull terrier.
In the many years since, they've been "custom" bred to produce:
Bull terriers (AKC)
Staffordshire bull terriers (AKC)
American staffordshire terriers (AKC
American Pitbull terriers (ADBA, UKC)
All diff breeds, but all pitbulls !
The APBT is, contrary to popular belief, very human-friendly and will not naturally be aggressive towards humans. The APBT is, however, very loyal and eager to please, so that if an owner wants a dog to be aggressive toward humans and reinforces this behaviour from an early age, the dog will most likely be aggressive towards humans as an adult.
Many people equate or confuse aggressivness towards other dogs with aggressivness towards humans. I have seen newspaper reports in which "concerned neighbors" are quoted saying things like, "This time it killed a stray cat; tomorrow it may be my children." Yet animal-aggressiveness is an entirely different thing from human-aggressiveness. There is no reason to infer from its killing a cat that a dog, any dog, not just an APBT--will ever show aggression toward human beings. Dogs can and do discriminate, even if IDIOT ELITE MEMBERS cannot.
In a report from Dekalb County Georgia, the conclusion was reached that statistics could no be used to document the dangerousness of any one breed, or the comparison of one breed to another. The 5-year study of fatal attacks from 1975-1980 lists the GSD first and "mixed breeds" second with the American Pit Bull Terrier listed 6th.
A 6-year study in Palm Beach County of "most severe dog bite by breed" shows the top 10 breeds who have been identified in this comparison.
1988: APBT ranked 9th w/9 per cent of bites
1989: APBT ranked 5th w/15 per cent
1990: APBT ranked 5th w/16 per cent
1991: APBT ranked 9th w/10 per cent
1992: APBT ranked 2nd w/20.4 per cent (w/cocker spaniel showing in 1st)
1993: APBT ranked 5th w/16 per cent
Some of the breeds which placed above the APBT were Dalmations, Chows, Labs, Goldens, Rotties, Dobermans, and the afore-mentioed Cocker Spaniel.
In a 1993 study, also in Palm Beach County, the bites were ranked by severity from 1 to 4 and the animal that was recorded as having inflicted the greatest number of severe bites was the domestic short-haired cat. A breed labelled as "pit bull" was in 5th place, following cat, German Shepherd, Chow and Lab.
I've got TONS more if you feel the need to continue!
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