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“Pit Bulls” are considered by many as aggressive and dangerous.
The facts are that there has NEVER been a breed of dogs called “Pit Bulls”. The term actually originated in England in the 1800s and was used to describe dogs that were used for dog fighting. These dogs were not typically of a single breed, but were mostly mixed breeds that had been developed and trained for dog fighting.
The term “Pit Bulls” has endured because selling a mixed breed or “mutt” is virtually impossible, but if you call it a “Pit Bull”, you are more likely to find a purchaser since most buyers have little or no knowledge about dog breeds and/or can correctly identify the breed.
When all those who are making money off of “Pit Bulls”, like media, so-called “back-yard and/or other “breeders” (actually propagators), lawyers, judges, politicians, etc. continue to disseminate incorrect stories about so-called “Pit Bulls”, it is not surprising that a major portion of the public believes the fake media and their stories.
The following are real breeds that are recognized by the American Kennel Club (“AKC”), i.e., an amalgamation of over 5,000 U.S. kennel clubs and the most respected kennel club in the world. These dogs as well as mixed “breeds”, also known as “mutts”, are frequently called American Pit Bull Terriers, American Bully Dogs, etc. and are frequently and incorrectly misidentified as “Pit Bulls”.
The “Ranks” are the popularity of the breeds according to the AKC. “Foundation Stock Service” service means that this is a new breed that is being developed. A written “breed standard” has been written and recorded with the AKC, and the AKC is recording the development of the new breed.
With so many breeds of dogs and mutts being identified as “Pit Bulls”, it is little wonder that so-called “Pit Bulls” have such a bad reputation when every other dog is incorrectly being labeled as a “Pit Bull”, especially when it has been involved in a misadventure.
Akita
Ranks 47 of 191
Boerboel
Ranks 121 of 191
American Staffordshire Terrier
Ranks 85 of 191
Boston Terrier
Ranks 21 of 191
Boxer
Ranks 11 of 191
Bull Terrier
Ranks 62 of 191
Cane Corso
Ranks 121 of 191
Catahula Leopard Dog
Foundation Stock Service
Chinese Shar-Pei
Ranks 64 of 191
Dogo Argentino
Foundation Stock Service
Dogue de Bordeaux
Ranks 67 of 191
Labrador Retriever
Ranks 1 of 191
Mastiff
Ranks 29 of 191
Bullmastiff
Ranks 51 of 191
Neapolitan Mastiff
Ranks 102 of 191
Old English Bulldogge
(declared extinct in the late 1800s,
but there are those who claim to
be breeding the dogs)
Perro de Presa Canario
Foundation Stock Service
Rhodisian Ridgeback
Ranks 41 of 191
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Ranks 80 of 191
Tibetan Mastiff
Ranks 131 of 191
Tosa
Foundation Stock Service
The following are dogs that are not real breeds that are recognized by the AKC.
Alpha Blue Blood Bull Dog
American Bully
Bandog
The preceding are a “sampling” of the different dogs that are frequently and incorrectly identified as “Pit Bulls”. There are many other breeds and mutts that are frequently and incorrectly called “Pit Bulls”.
The author of this information and website is a seventy-two year old male with failing eye sight and a brain that is not as quick and efficient as it was in the past. Consequently, constructive criticism and assistance in correcting spelling, grammatical and formatting errors is welcomed. Additionally, it is the author’s intent to continue to add to this document and website objective, scientific, factual information. If you have questions that need answering or have information that could be beneficial to other members of the public, please send them to me along with the citations of the source(s) of the information. I can be contacted at olamorrep@gmail.com
The materials included in this website are the results of almost 8 years of research dating back to as early as 1209 A.D. The information is intended to enlighten and educate the reader on a controversial issue, i.e., “Pit Bulls”, and to answer common questions and/or respond to frequently held opinions about “Pit Bulls”.
If you do not have time to read everything, read “History” http://pitbullsfactormyth.net/14-0-history/, Canine Aggression Tests, http://pitbullsfactormyth.net/16-6-1-canine-aggression-tests, Temperament Tests http://pitbullsfactormyth.net/16-6-2-temperament-tests and “Breed Specific Legislation” http://pitbullsfactormyth.net/10-0-breed-specific-legislation/ for a summary of the “Pit Bull” origins and issues and http://pitbullsfactormyth.net/8-1-can-fighting-dogs-become-pets/.
Upon review of links subsequent to their original inclusion in this document many have been found to no longer exist or they changed. It is anticipated that this will continue to happen. As at September 19, 2019, there are ninety-one (91) links that will have a line drawn through their URL and that can no longer be accessed because (1) the website owners have replaced the page; or (2) the fees necessary to keep the website online have not been paid; or (3) the website owner is no longer supporting the website; or (4) some other reason. Nevertheless, when it was included in this document the information was valid and the link was correct.
Note that the author is not an animal activist or fan of “Pit Bulls” or any breed or non-breed of dogs, but someone who, for more than 35 years, has been rescuing, sheltering, rehabilitating and re-homing stray, abandoned, injured, sick and/or unwanted animals, including but not limited to dogs and cats. The author is a retired executive of multi-national, publicly traded corporations. For the last 20 years of his career, his responsibilities included hiring, supervising and/or terminating all of his employer’s in-house attorneys and he has extensive experience defining and researching complex issues.
The information contained in this website is an attempt to present objective facts that can educate the reader and form the basis for logical conclusions devoid of personal biases or misinformation.
Some conclusions by the author are included: however, you are welcomed to agree or disagree with those conclusions and/or come to your own conclusions.
