Two Pitties in the City: Pooches: The Unexpected Pit Bull

In celebration of National Pit Bull Awareness day, we continued our "grassroots campaign" taking the pooches around the metropolis to read people what pit bulls are very like. Most people are actually shocked to get out our dogs are 'types of pit bulls', then get a whole lot of questions around the breed. And this would find even more frequently when we had Wilma who looked quite different from our pooches, but the term "pit bull" actually encompasses several types of dogs:

Miss M.

is an American Bulldog mix. Some still consider whether American Bulldogs fall below the "pit bull umbrella", but they do take the same happy, goofy personality, plus the stubborn, bossy, bulldog attitude:

These dogs were originally breed for bull-baiting, and have "webbed" feet that can actually clasp things. When you shake hands with Miss M, she has a real firm grip:

American Bulldogs are also larger and taller than the traditional pit bull, and run to be a bit more lethargic:

Mr. B is an American Staffordshire Terrier. 'Am Staffs' are typically large-headed, wide-faced dogs with big smiles:

They incline to be shorter and have muscular bodies. Mr B is one of the only dogs I've met with a defined buttock:

They adore people and are extremely loyal. Being part of the terrier family, they also like rats: Wilma was labelled as a pit bull terrier. Pit bull terriers tend to be on the shorter side. They can be smaller, and are typically more agile:

They are typically stockier with huge muscles. She even has a bit of filling out to do, but just stay out the hocks on tiny, little Wilma:

Pit bull terriers are known for being very fast to their mass and slow to train; both reasons that they are so readily used in negative ways.

While pit bull was originally meant as a case of negative term focusing on dog-fighting, we are proud to have pit bulls and desire to read people what an amazing breed they truly are.