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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
They should be outlawed for BREEDING, and any pitbull puppies should be REQUIRED to be spayed or neutered before they're old enough to breed. It'd be great to see the breed die out, too many of them are treated badly, and too many of the well-trained ones are feared and hated by too many people who don't know any better.
Pit bulls are no more or less stupid than most other dogs. Chihuahuas have no use as a breed in the US. They were originally bred as a food source. And yet there are lots of those, and they're nasty, yippy, nippy little monsters.
Pit bulls are active dogs that require socialization, training, and human interaction from the time they're born. They require physical exercise. In addition, the term "pit bull" isn't even an exclusive thing. It refers to one of a few different breeds of terriers. Remember the old black and white show Our Gang? The dog Petey was a pit bull.
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Petey was not pit bull according to this
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“The first Petey was named "Pal, the Wonder Dog" and was an American Staffordshire Terrier. He had a natural ring around his left eye that was enhanced with dye.
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The History of Pit Bulls - Love-A-BullPit bulls are descendants of the Old English Bulldog and the Old English Terrier. They were originally bred in 19th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland for fighting other dogs.
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Bulldog ancestry
Bulldogs were originally bred for bull baiting, a cruel blood sport where they would harass a bull until it collapsed.
Terrier ancestry
Smaller, quicker terriers were crossed with the larger, slower bulldogs to create a more agile fighting dog.
Bull-and-Terrier
The crossing of the bulldog and the British terrier created the Bull-and-Terrier breed. This breed combined the bulldog's muscle power and tenacity with the terrier's alertness, agility, and speed.
The American Kennel Club (AKC) does not recognize pit bulls as a distinct breed. However, other organizations do, and the term "pit bull" is often used as an umbrella term for breeds like the American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and American Pit Bull Terrier
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Modern Staffords are often confused with the fighting pit bull-types because they share common ancestors that date back to the early 1800s when pit fighting was a popular sport. As a result, Staffords are considered among the breeds with a stigma attached relative to the "chav culture",[26] and have been termed "status dogs".[51][52] Globally, pit bull-types including Staffordshire Bull Terriers have made local news for acts of aggression, but breed advocates have raised questions about the veracity of visual breed identification, and media hype.[53][54] News reports often treat the breed as one that attacks other dogs.[55] Similar breeds have been associated with bites to humans.[56]