Comments on: Is the pitbull a dog breed?

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:25:31 +0000

So sorry for your loss. Thank you for taking the time to comment on my blog. Thank you for sharing a bit about your sweet Koda.

By: rose

rose — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:45:20 +0000

my sweet koda i had for 13 yrs she was a stafford terrier pitbull mix and the sweetest girl. i had to put her down as she got sick i held her like a baby and talked to her until the end. my heart is broken. i am 70 yrs old and she was my friend my companion to me and my deceased husband. she had big cow eyes and her love was eternal. she looked at me withose eyes and i knew it was her tim. she did not have a mean bone in her body and i am lost without her. people stop giving pitbulls a bad name. treat them with love and they love you back. koda you are truly missed

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:29:18 +0000

Well, they are the same. Not sure how to argue other than to say you should read my post. How are they different??

By: xhafer

xhafer — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:39:36 +0000

u r wrong cos the American Staffordshire terrier is a 360* different dog from Pit bull.
they don’t even look as the same dogs
the amstaff is something different and is not a pit bull but the amstaff in my opinion is the begining of the pit bull so u cant say that they r the same is a huge sin to make such a mistake!!!

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:59:41 +0000

The American Staffordshire terrier and the American pit bull terrier are two different names used for the same dog by two different clubs. Your vet and the rescue are confused about that, but many people are.

Glad to hear your are adopting rescue dogs!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:14:23 +0000

I adopted a Staffy four years ago and my vet and the rescue I adopted him from both agree that a Staffy and a Pitty are two different breeds.

Vet recognized “George” as a Staffy the minute he met him.

Both are great dogs. I don’t think I’ll ever own anything different and will always get my dogs from rescues.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:36:14 +0000

Buster Brown sounds like an awesome dog. I would love to get a Staffordshire terrrier someday. Thanks for sharing more info on this wonderful breed.

By: Buster Brown

Buster Brown — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:16:33 +0000

In March of 2007 I adopted a male Staffordshire Terrier and his name is Buster Brown. As a puppy classified him to be a “Pit Bull”. His temperament and playfulness is amazingly excellent. He loves all people and other dogs even on first meetings. As he began to grow no one thought of him as a ‘Pit Bull’ except one day my next door neighbor felt his 5 Lb dogs where being threatened which wasn’t the case at all. I also have a 7 year old male Boston Terrier and a 15 year old Pug. My Staffordshire is not the boss by any means. When my neighbor called him a pit bull I was highly offended. My comment to him was Buster Brown is not a pit bull he is a family dog. There are more cases of poodles, German Shepherds, Labradors, and other large with longer rap sheets but because the term pit bulls is thrown around so flagrantly people who are not experts should learn a little more before making such negative comments. That’s like saying all Mexicans are gang members or all Muslims are terrorist’s.
Buster Brown has more friends (human) then most people. All he wanted to do was play with the neighbor dogs. Heck that’s all he ever wants to do is play. He gets his butt wiped by my 12 pound pug all the time.
So excellent article and I highly recommend a Staffordshire Terrier to anyone who wants a very loving, affectionate, fun, high energy family dog.

Best of luck and hopefully this article will help you to decide to get you own Buster Brown.

Buster Browns daddy.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:23:48 +0000

KL, thank you for your comments and opinions. Unfortunately there are a lot of misunderstandings out there about the American Pit Bull terrier, and because of that this post needed to be written.

It is unfortunate that people abuse the word pitbull.

By: KL

KL — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:52:12 +0000

Sorry for tripple post but it is not possible to edit and make additions to the posts above:
Important:
One thing to remember as a general rule (could be unsignificant exceptions though, but note; rare exceptions):
For a dog to be called pitbull it has got to be registered in ADBA(American dog breeders association) or BFKC (Bona fide kennel club).
If it is not it is _not to be considered a pitbull, at least not if you are buying from an advertising peddler.
Without that registration it is generally a mix, a non pure bred dog with unknown background. And with known/unknown I don´t mean that you know the names of the parents etc. You have to have info about many generations back and know something about those dogs for many generations ago, and also about the outcome of those dogs.
The mixes are often unhealthy both physically and mentally. You will increase the difficult situation for the apbt breed if you breed these dogs or promote them in any way.
And you should imo not consider a pit bull terrier if you just “want a dog”. The dogs, in this situation as they are, deserves an owner who have special interest in the breed and respect them for what they are. It´s not like toying with or buying a cocker spaniel or something similar.. these mixbreeders no nothing about their dogs. And you should never consider a dog from someone who knows nothing about them.

Be smart; just run i the opposite direction as fast as you can if someone want to sell a “pit” without pedigree to you.