re: I accidentally adopted a pit bull (mix) FINAL UPDATE: p. 15

Glad you found him a good home.

That couple will be loved beyond imagination.

Anything with Terrier or Bulldog is in the Pitbull type category.

I bet there are people here that lose their shite over pitbulls who don’t even know they own one.

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That couple will be loved beyond imagination.

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And eaten at a moments notice.

I was always told that there's only 1 real "pitbull" And that it was the American bull terrier which is a mix between 2 other dogs that was bred solely for pit fighting but the guy who told me that could be wrong. Idrk.

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That’s retarded

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Is it?
If most people would educate themselves and not just fly off the handle on a message board, they would understand where the term Pitbull comes from.

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Not only do American Pit Bull Terriers need better public relations, but there is also a lot of confusion between the actual breed and the dog “type.”
Pit Bull is a description for a type of dog, but American Pit Bull Terriers are a breed. Other breeds that rightfully fall under the term “Pit Bull” include the American Staffordshire Terrier, the American bulldog, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Any dog in the bully breed can be classified as a pit bull, and all are derived from dogs that were originally a cross between some type of bulldog and a terrier.

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Couldn’t of said it better

ETA: I adopted my two as terriers. DNA test later revealed they were AM staffs. I was never a Pitbull person, but they turned out to be the most loving dogs I’ve ever seen.
I have a different outlook on the type as a whole, now.

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We did find him a good home and were 100% up front with the people who took him in re: pitbull.

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That's a really cute pup. All I can say is thank you for doing the right thing and finding a good home for him rather than be an a-hole and drop him off at a shelter as so many people do.

Glad he has a good home.

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, I just think the temperament of that particular dog doesn’t suddebly change due to the fact that the owner discovered it is part pitbull.

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You are right. But that can be said for any domesticated animal. It's not really about temperament though. It's about instincts and ability to seriously harm, which will always be present.

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It's about instincts and ability to seriously harm, which will always be present.

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I’d argue that those instincts are present in every breed of dog.

The only instinct I’d truly worry about with the described puppy in the OP would be the protector instinct. I’d worry that the dog would bite someone or some dog it deemed as a threat to the family. I wouldn’t worry about it turning on the family itself.

Anyway, I’m doing all this arguing for pits with the full knowledge that I would never adopt one. My reasoning for never adopting one is because I don’t want a dog that everyone is afraid of.

My particular breed of choice is the labordore retriever. They are the sweetest dogs in the world.

My brother has an 8 year old black lab abd my 1 year old son absolutely loves her. He pets her, grabs her tail, climbs on her when she’s laying down, and all she ever does is wag her tail and lick him on the face.

This dog doesn’t have an aggressive bone in her body but one time a cat came to close to my son when we were in our yard and she went nuts on it. She’d have killed that cat if she caught it.