Re: If you think the idea of banning PITS is redic...
Originally Posted by GoingPostal
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.