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Overseen by Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU) researcher Matt Wolcott, the project is intensively genotyping and collecting accurate records for male and female reproduction, growth and tropical adaptation traits in Kaiuroo stud bulls and females during the next three years.

This will be supported by displays of intensively recorded young bulls and females from the Kaiuroo seedstock herd, which bear out the breeding objective of producing highly reproductive, fast growing animals which consistently comply with the organic market.

«Essentially we found that the marked lack of agreement observed among shelter staff members in categorizing the breeds of shelter dogs illustrates that reliable inclusion or exclusion of dogs as «pit bulls» is not possible, even by experts,» Levy said.

We strive to portray bully breeds in a positive light by helping members and their dogs become Pit Bull Ambassadors within the community.

Another breed that came from the same lineage as APBT and is often incorrectly categorized as «Pit Bull» is the American Staffordshire Terrier, as recognized by the American Kennel Club.

The correct name for this breed is the American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) as recognized by the United Kennel Club.

Being bred for both temperament and physical attributes, these bulldogs were expected to ground a bull by grasping its nose and pinning it to the ground.

Directly below: Smaller Breed ear crops (pit bulls, boxers) Dam «Zaia» of Dunaways Dobermans, ears by Dr. Crowe

Out of the 82 original dogs in the study, seven inflicted bites - one caused by a pit bull (did not break the skin), two by the other dog breeds (that did not break the skin) and four from the other dog breed (did break the skin).

The modern incarnation of the Brazilian Bandogge is a recently created protection breed, developed by crossing the American Pit Bull Terrier with the Fila Brasileiro and the English Bullmastiff

Answer by apbt54 For one it has been stated already, pit bulls are not guard dogs, They were bred for fighting and baiting.

In an Oregon county, Pit Bulls are killed en masse in a shelter with an avowed No Kill goal by misusing temperament testing as a de facto ban on the breed.

The American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) is a breed registered by the United Kennel Club.

We must educate people that the Pit Bull's misfortunate is in finding themselves the favored breed of the dog fighter at this time in history — a distinction shared at one time by the German Shepherd, Doberman, and Rottweiller.

Dogs of these breeds are rarely used by dog fighters, yet the stigma of past history remains and the breeds are included in pit bull bans and restrictions.

One in five dogs genetically identified with pit bull breeds were missed, and one in three dogs lacking DNA for pit bull breeds were labeled pit bulls by at least one staff member.

Since pit bulls are typically targeted based on physical appearances, the lecture complemented the new research on breed labeling conducted by Dr. Julie Levy, Director of our program.

Typical breeds of dogs affected by MI include Dachshunds, Toy Poodles, Mini Schnauzers, Chihuahuas, Cocker Spaniels, Boston Terriers and Bull Terriers.

A variation in the breed, defined by a specific breeder as the Razor Edge pit bull, has since become its own bloodline and is now distinguishable from the typical American pit bull terriers by certain characteristics.

We have come a long way in busting the myths of breed discrimination, but there is a lot of misinformation and education to be done and by simply marking «pit bull» you have eliminated adopters from some communities, put a potential adopter in jeopardy of losing their home insurance, and limited the number of potential adopters.

The shelter points to a study cited by the Animal Farm Foundation, a nonprofit that works to promote pit bull dogs, that reports breed labels assigned to shelter dogs by staff members are incorrect at least 75 percent of the time.

The term «pit bull» doesn't refer to an individual breed of dog that is recognized by the American Kennel Club, but instead refers to several breeds that are considered to be part pit bull.

High titer vaccines commonly produce full protection by age 12 weeks (though I recommend carrying vaccination out to age 16 weeks to be certain - an especially good idea for breeds predisposed to infection such as the Rottweiler, Doberman pinscher, and American pit bull terrier).

The real reason why they have been bred with a flat face was for them to avoid being pinched by a bull.

High titer vaccines commonly produce full protection by age 12 weeks (though we recommend carrying vaccination out to age 16 weeks to be certain - an especially good idea for breeds predisposed to infection such as the Rottweiler, Doberman pinscher, and American pit bull terrier).

Pitbulls (sometimes written as «pit - bulls») are a breed that is surrounded by speculations and controversy.

Like all dog breeds, American Pit Bull Terriers are susceptible to complications caused by internal and external parasites such as ticks, fleas, and worms.

But after the breed was recognized by AKC, the show dog (the Staffordshire Terrier) and the working dog (the American Pit Bull Terrier) were developed along different lines and can now be considered separate breeds.

I live in Ontario and my two pit bulls were almost put down by the city officials simply because of their breed.

Answer by Quinn Dogs are not supposed to be overweight; especially bull dogs... bred ones often develop breathing issues & being overweight is not helpful at all.

Many Pit Bull attacks being reported by news outlets are either committed by a dog of some other breed or by a Pit Bull Terrier who was provoked.

Governments that have adopted BSL — such as the Montreal City Council, led by Mayor Denis Coderre — target specific breeds (primarily «pit bull - type» dogs) by imposing restrictions on owners or simply banning them outright.

After four year old Ayen Chol was killed by a dog (characterised as a Pit Bull, but probably a large cross breed) in August of 2011, Victoria's State Government responded to public outcry and rushed through legislation which made it an offense for an owner to keep a restricted breed dog which not comply with the following conditions:

The US organisation Maddie's Fund financed a study into breed identification by shelter staff, specifically looking at the ability to identify Pit Bull type dogs.

While Bulldogs were originally bred purely for fighting and grew in fame owing to their intense, blood - thirsty fierceness during the hay days of Bull - baiting and other dog - fighting sports, they were later bred by admirers into calmer, family dogs to save them from extinction once bull - baiting was banned from the streets of RBull - baiting and other dog - fighting sports, they were later bred by admirers into calmer, family dogs to save them from extinction once bull - baiting was banned from the streets of Rbull - baiting was banned from the streets of Rome.

Unfortunately many of the pit bulls and pit bull mixes you would come across in city shelters or similar locations, have been bred, kept and trained as fighting dogs, or were kept as guard dogs by drug dealers to be aggressive to any humans other than their owners.

The often discounted issue is that few pit bulls are bred for health and temperament and rescues may or may not display the joyous unpredictable deadly behavior intended by the dog fighters.

Moreover, veterinarians commonly identify dogs as pit bulls — rather than one of the three recognized breeds — by their physical characteristics.

During the last eight - year period that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied fatal attacks by breed (1991 to 1998), pit bulls were estimated at 1 percent of the U.S. dog population.

Despite dozens of statistics published yearly by various sources citing the Pit Bull breed as the leading cause of bites in the country, these reports are often unreliable.

********************************************************************************************************* The pit bull's unusual breeding history has produced some bizarre behavioral traits, described by The Economist's science editor in an article published a few years ago, at the peak of a heated British controversy over dangerous dogs that saw the pit bull banned in England.

BOB JOHNSTONE, Cincinnati, OH city attorney We have amassed what I consider an overwhelming amount of information that demonstrates to me that pit bulls are, by far, responsible for more fatal or serious attacks than any other breed.

Of those six to eight million, one in four animals surrendered to shelters is a Pit Bull, likely because these dogs are falsely listed as «world's most dangerous breed» by a number of unreliable media outlets.

In the three weeks following those two grisly June incidents in California, more than 300 pit bulls and pit bull crosses were turned in to the Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control Department, most of them by owners who no longer wanted the responsibility of keeping them, or who had simply become frightened of their own pet by the breed's reputation.

The purpose of a pit bull ban is to eradicate mauling injuries and deaths inflicted by pit bulls, the breed involved in more than half of all severe and mauling attacks.

The breeds most commonly referred to as pit bulls are the American Staffordshire terrier, which is the term used by the American Kennel Club, and the American pit bull terrier, the term used by the United Kennel Club.

You all should know that there has been more bites from Golden Retrievers then Pit Bulls, which by the way consists of many different breeds.

February 1999, Los Angeles County, CA Fily Araujo, < 2 Fatal pit bull attack CDC stops tracking fatal dog attack data by breed.

DAVID E. BLOCKER, BS, MD, Dog Bite Rates and Biting Dog Breeds in Texas, 1995 - 1997 Bite Rates by Breed page 23 One out of every 40 Pit Bulls (2.5 %) and about one out of 75 Chow Chows (1.4 %) generated a reported human bite each year (Table 29; Figure 7).

The Bull Terrier breed was basically established by breeding the more cumbersome English Bulldog with the English Terrier.