If you think the idea of banning PITS is redic...

[morphious]

what I find funny too is that Staffies aren't really that much different in stature or behavior, and could be confused for eachother by everyday people.

....buuuuut it's okay for me to have an astaffie but not pitbull

American staffordshire terriers and American pit bull terriers are the same dog. back in the 40's when dog fighting was real big the people that showed the dog's went over to the UKC and register them as American staff's

[GoingPostal]

American staffordshire terriers and American pit bull terriers are the same dog. back in the 40's when dog fighting was real big the people that showed the dog's went over to the UKC and register them as American staff's

Not correct. UKC registers APBT and actually started as a fighting dog registry, AKC didn't want "pit" dogs so they changed the name, registered some, then closed the books so it's a pretty limited genepool and the type has changed quite a bit, Amstaffs tend to weigh more, bulkier build and head. There are dual registered Amstaffs/APBT but the standards are different and most people don't consider them to be the same breed anymore. UKC has headed that way as well unfortunately and most of their APBT look more like Amstaffs, whereas ADBA and AADR standards lean towards the working, athletic type pit bull.

[morphious]

Not correct. UKC registers APBT and actually started as a fighting dog registry, AKC didn't want "pit" dogs so they changed the name, registered some, then closed the books so it's a pretty limited genepool and the type has changed quite a bit, Amstaffs tend to weigh more, bulkier build and head. There are dual registered Amstaffs/APBT but the standards are different and most people don't consider them to be the same breed anymore. UKC has headed that way as well unfortunately and most of their APBT look more like Amstaffs, whereas ADBA and AADR standards lean towards the working, athletic type pit bull.

my bad it's the AKC not the UKC but no matter how you look at it they are the same dog. One's breed to work and one's breed to be pretty but they both go back to the same dog's if you look back in ther pedigree far enough.

[CritterVet]

German shepards used to be the bad ass dogs, then dobies. Now it's pit breeds and rotties. Filos and Cane Corsos seem like the next wave. Banning one breed will just make another more popular, and people will always use dogs as status symbols/ protection/ "living guns." I'm sure we've been doing that for tens of thousands of years.

Beautiful pups, GoingPostal.