pit bull-interesting classification of dogs

Please read this article on pit bulls. The Fredrick County Animal Control Center in Maryland gives their list of dogs classified as pit bulls.


http://www.pethelp.net/dogbreeds.html#pit

You might see your breed, I did.

I did!

From that link

The "Pit Bull" Group includes: (parentheses include breed names that are interchangeable)

Extinct Breeds
Alaunt (3 types, ancient breed for fighting, hunting and guarding.) Molossus (Coliseum Dogs, used for spectator sports) Spanish Pointer and Spanish Alano (believed to be predecessors of guard dogs) White Terrier (believed to be a predecessor of many bull and terrier dogs)

Mastiffs (Guard Dogs used for catching and holding poachers)
Neapolitan Mastiff (also called Italian Mastiff), Dogue de Bordeaux and larger Doguin de Bordeaux (French Mastiffs), Fila Brasilario (Brazilian Mastiff), Dogo Argentina (Argentinian Mastiff), Presa Canario (Canary Island Dog), Cane Corso

Bull Dogs (some too small for guard work)
English Bulldog , French Bulldog, Boxer, Alapahoola Blue Blood (Hog herding dog), American Bulldog (recreation of old style Bulldog for agility), Olde Bulldogge (also a recreation of the old style bulldog for guarding work), Victorian Bulldog

Bull and Terrier Dogs
Boston Terrier (very small), American (Pit) Bull Terrier (Registered by UKC), (English) Bull Terrier, Miniature Bull Terrier, (American) Staffordshire Terrier (AKC), (English) Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Fighting Dogs
Chinese Shar Pei (Chinese Fighting Dog, became almost extinct when western fighting dogs entered China but brought back to popularity as a pet because of it's unusual wrinkled skin.), Chow Chow ( used for guarding and as food), Akita (Japanese Fighting Dog), Tosa Inu (Japanese Mastiff)

Crosses of above
(Swinford) Bandog (American Mastiff) cross between male American (Pit) Bull Terrier and female Neapolita

Nope, no Dobermans. Surprisingly, seems like every other dog is on there!

Amazing that breeds that existed long before the Pit Bull are now being classified by this organization as Pit Bulls.

Go figure

That's so bull....the "pitbull" on its own isn't a breed...it includes several different breeds...

The American Staff Terrier, the American Pitbull Terrier, and the Staffy Bull (which I personally don't think should even be included in this category)....

but what's with all these other breeds now being classified as pits? What a mess..might as well include Chihuahua's in there too...

Pit bulls are actually considered molloser type dog. Therefore even my dog can be labeled a pitbull by someone, because they belong to same type.


Stupidity...

That's not what I read... *shrugs*

One of the reasons organizations like to extend the list of breeds under the "Pit Bull" banner is to pad the statistics on bites. The more dogs they classify as Pits, the more Pit bites or attacks they can "document"

That's one reason all bite "statistics" are highly suspect . . .