Different Types of Pit Bulls

There are no types of Pit Bulls. Either you have one, or you don't.

I've said it before, and I will say it again, and again, and again. Pit Bull should not be used as a blanket term. The government created the classification of "Pit Bulls" to make their jobs easier when dealing with bites and statistics. They chose to tell the world there are many types of "Pit Bulls" because they are too lazy to get off of their asses and fix the problems at hand. That is the truth of why Pit Bull became a blanket term for many different breeds and their mixes. 

If you support ASPCA, stop. Stop citing the ASPCA blog. Nobody caaaares! ASPCA is tied up right along with the government in the ignorance. ASPCA works with the government to put fear into people. They want you to fear the bait dog myth. They want you to fear overpopulation. 

American Pit Bull Terriers are the only type of Pit Bull. They are the only breed with the words "Pit" and "Bull" both together in the their name. There is no Bully Pit. There is no Bulldog Pit. There is no Staffordshire Pit. There is no Pit Bull Terrier. There is only the American PIT BULL Terrier. 

Rescues and shelters alike are the worst sources when it comes to fueling BSL. They spew nothing but ignorance and misinformation. I have seen shelters list thousands of mutts as "full blooded Rednose Pit Bulls." First of all, all dogs are full blooded. All animals are full blooded. The proper term is purebred. According to the DICTIONARY, dogs are considered mongrels when the breed is unknown. The nicer term of mongrel is mutt. A mongrel, or mutt, is a dog of an unknown breed due to lacking documented lineage. Shelters and rescues refuse to learn to truth because they want to scare uneducated people into spaying and neutering their pets, even if they're purebred. 

It is a scary, scary world for a dog. It is especially scary for a dog of the Bull breed family. The list of Bull breeds, Terrier breeds, and Molosser breeds who can be classified as Pit Bulls is not only disheartening, but it is sickening. Why is it sickening? Well, purebred, as well as mixed breeds from any of those types can suffer from BSL. The families who own them as well as the dog in question can suffer with great consequences because of the lack of knowledge owners have when it comes to fighting BSL.

I'll name a few breeds and their mixes with pictures to go along so you can see just how bad mislabeling can be. If you own any of these breeds or mixes and don't think anything can happen to you because you don't call them Pit Bulls, you have got to stop being so naive. The government doesn't care if your dog isn't an actual Pit Bull. As long as your dog shares a couple of physical characteristics with one, they will be a victim of BSL. 

This dog is a beautiful Dogo Argentino. Even though we know this dog isn't a Pit Bull, the government will still euthanize this dog if it ends up in the wrong place. Even though we know this dog isn't a Pit Bull, the government will still classify it as one if it were to bite, maul, or kill anybody or anything. As a purebred Dogo or mixed Dogo, they can and will be victims of BSL in the places it effects.

This dog is a beautiful Bullmastiff. Although it looks nothing like a Pit Bull, he can and will still fall into the category as a "Pit Bull" or "Pit Bull type" dog. As a purebred Bullmastiff or a mixed Bullmastiff, their bite statistics will fall under the "Pit Bull" category.

Here we have a beautiful American Bulldog. Just as the other dogs, he can and will also fall into the category of a "Pit Bull" or "Pit Bull type" dog.

This is a beautiful Presa Canario. Just as the other aforementioned dogs, he would also be classified as a Pit Bull. A purebred Presa Canario and a mixed Presa Canario will have all of the same statistics and stigma of the other breeds who fall into the category of "Pit Bulls" or "Pit Bull type" dogs.

Here is an American Bully. He can also be a victim of BSL. American Bullies are the number one most common mislabeled dogs. They are labeled as Pit Bulls by uneducated owners, breeders, and activist. American Bullies were originally a cross between the Am Staff and the APBT. Throughout the decades, multiple Bull breeds were introduced into the mixing to create the breed. 

This is an American Staffordshire Terrier. The Am Staff was the breed most commonly mislabeled as Pit Bulls because of their origins. However, shelters and rescues have been gradually taking away to term Pit Bull over the years and started calling all of their dogs Am Staffs or Am Staff mixes. Again, this dog is not a Pit Bull, but he will fall into the category of one.

Here is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. This is another breed that BSL targets. Am Staffs, APBTs, Staffies, and their mixes are the first three breeds listed under "Pit Bull type" dogs. Again, this dog is not a Pit Bull. He should not be called one. 

This is a Dogue de Bordeaux. Even though this dog looks absolutely nothing like a Pit Bull, he can still fall into the category.

This is a Rottweiler/Lab mix. Although this dog looks nothing like a Pit Bull, he would either fall into the Rottweiler category, or a Rott/Pit mix category. In turn, BSL will still effect him no matter which breed he is listed as.

This is a Bandog. They are mixed between Mastiff type dogs and various other breeds. They are bred solely for work. They are typically bred for hunting or other forms of work. Chopper, Hulk's great great great great great grandsire, was a bandog. He was a Mastiff/Bulldog cross. BAM!

Believe it or not, Boxers and their mixes are mislabeled as Pit Bulls all of the time. I have witnessed, with my own eyes, a woman in my community was freaking out, making a big deal over, and threatening to shoot somebody's loose "Pit Bull". Yeah, turned out the dog was an AKC Champion who just so happened to be a BOXER.

This is a Bull Terrier. Yes, I know. How crazy is it that this funny looking dog gets called a Pit Bull? Again, just as the dogs before, this dog looks absolutely nothing like a Pit Bull.

This mutt was labeled as a purebred American Staffordshire Terrier. Uhhh, I don't know about you, but I don't think a single Bull breed even went in to making this dog. THIS is why calling anything with four legs and a tail a Pit Bull is wrong. Am Staffs still fall into the category of Pit Bulls. This dog is merely a mutt. She may be a Heeler mix, she may not be. However, we all know she is not an Am Staff. A poor, innocent mutt can be killed because it was mislabeled. 

This is an Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog. Just as the rest, this dog falls into the category of being a "Pit Bull type" dog.

This is a Mastiff/Great Dane/Bulldog mix. He would also be considered a bandog. However, he is still also considered to be a "Pit Bull type" dog.

This is a Bully Kutta. They are commonly another type of fighting dog in other countries. However, as you can see, they share a few characteristics with "Pit Bull type" dogs.

This is a Boston Terrier mix. He ALSO shares characteristics with that of the "Pit Bull type" dogs. A BOSTON TERRIER!!! Like, yup!

Hopefully I have gotten my point across. So many dogs of so many different breeds and so many different mixes, can be considered "Pit Bulls" because they governments laws. Pit Bulls don't come in 2,456,178,987,322,145,966,417,784,112,145,001,102,901,990 different shapes, sizes, and colors.They are a purebred dog. 

PIT BULL is a breed. PIT BULL is not a type of dog. Retrievers are types of dogs. Terriers are types of dogs. Bull breed are types of dogs. Pointers are types of dogs. Shepherds are types of dogs. Collies are types of dogs. Herding dogs are types of dogs. Sheepdogs are types of dogs. Corgis are types of dogs. Do you get my point? Do you understand it now? Pit Bull is an established breed. So stop calling all medium sized dogs with short hair a Pit Bull. You wouldn't call a Golden Retriever a Labrador. You would classify them as RETRIEVERS.