Sentences with phrase «english pit fighting»

Not exact matches

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The men who match pit bulls in fights today do not bother with such formalities; they refer to their animals as bulldogs — a nickname which should not confuse pit bulls with the pug - faced and bowlegged English bulldog, a distant relative, or the bullterrier, another relation whose bloodline was softened long ago by crossbreeding with the English Terrier.

They explain the popular attribution of the breed's origin to a cross between bull - baiters and terriers as a retrospective confusion with the breeding history of the English Bull Terrier, which is a totally distinct breed that was never successful at pit fighting but whose origin is well - documented.

Examples: English Bulldog, Pit Bull Terrier, Bull Terrier, Cane Corso, Dogo Argentino; Boerboel My Favorites: Pit Bull These are a sub-group of the Mastiffs; more trainable, especially the bull terrier breeds Fighting dogs: Some pits are game bred, meaning they will fight if another dog gets in their face.

Like their English Bulldogs relatives, early Boston Terriers were bred for pit fighting, and were much larger and heavier than they are today, weighing up to 44 pounds.

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a medium - sized, short - coated breed of dog of English lineage and may be considered to be within the pit bull type cite web cite web cite book HistoryBefore the 19th century, blood sports such as bull baiting, bear baiting and cock fighting wer...