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Is An American Staffordshire Terrier A Pitbull?

Discussion in 'Dog Discussion' started by sydking, May 17, 2010.

  1. sydking

    sydking Pup

  2. Colossus

    Colossus Big Dog

    a APBT is bred for performance and working, a Amstaff is bred for Show. IMO that makes them 2 separate breeds. but the fact is that they are "related"
     
  3. Colossus

    Colossus Big Dog

  4. chessfighter

    chessfighter Big Dog

    The APBT was bred to work, in one way or the other. The AmStaff like Ali said was bred as a show dog. They are very much different dogs.
     
  5. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    Both are Ferraris' but one is lacking the engine (In most cases).
     
  6. Blau

    Blau Big Dog

    "pitbull" ain't a breed.
     
  7. junkyard

    junkyard CH Dog

    just to let everyone know, the reason for this is because in Queensland Australia, the Apbt is and has been a restricted breed for a while, the local council is now passing law where the Amstaff will also be restricted and banned because they deem them to be the same breed. it has come from a court case that has gone on for over five years where a Amstaff was seized as they deemed it to be a pitbull. they are counter acting and are trying to pass this new law as we type this out.
    As of today, the council in question has stopped all new registrations for SBT's and AST's and any crosses of the two. there are upto 600 people in the council in question who are at risk of having their dogs seized and put to sleep. 600 dogs is enough , but when this council first passed the law against the APBT many other councils followed suit and the bsl has spread into all of the councils in the state in question.
     
  8. lqaddict

    lqaddict Big Dog

    Two different breeds end of the thread.
     
  9. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

  10. tony413

    tony413 Big Dog

    haha f**king love it
     
  11. Erie Outlawz

    Erie Outlawz CH Dog

    There is plenty of info online between the differences of the two breeds which WAS the same breed like 50-60 years ago but threw selective breeding they are now 2 different breeds.
     
  12. Lee D

    Lee D CH Dog

    i call everything that aint a solid example of the APBT a "pit bull" ....why not, the morons in the media call a half lab a "pitbull" anyway. an APBT is a wporking dog that you knows its ancestory and trust the man you got it from. and dont throw that paper BS at me either
     
  13. Erie Outlawz

    Erie Outlawz CH Dog

    Wait are you really gonna sit there and say they are the same breed and when i do use the term pitbull i always mean APBT but when someone says they got an American Staffordshire Terrier i always just say Staff and lol dont throw the paper work at you lol thats what makes em different in this country the largest dog registry is the AKC to them there is no such thing as a Pitbull but they sure recognise The Amstaff why because like 60-70 years ago the AKC wanted to register the APBT but they didnt like the name Pitbull so they same up with a more politically correct term the Amstaff. And let a certain number of dogs be registered as Amstaff this aint no secret all this info is somewhere online and in books lol!!!
     
  14. Lee D

    Lee D CH Dog

    my point was a "pitbull" is a generic term, and we need to call an amstaff an amstaff. an am. bully whats it is also. get specific folks, or the GP will never know the difference
     
  15. Tigerlines

    Tigerlines Banned

    the name game ...:D.....breed politics,..is for breed clubs...:D
    sbt,isbt,ast,apbt,........who cares.................if its a good one, its a good one..!
    untill proven otherwise
     
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  16. Lee D

    Lee D CH Dog

    thanks for the history lesson, i didnt know that:rolleyes:, but im referring to NOWADAYS, not 60 years ago. im addressing the current problem with misidentification that hurts my breed due to the uneducated morons out there with mutts the call them APBTS to peddle.
     
  17. catchdog

    catchdog Top Dog

    well isnt that a staffie in yer pic lee?
     
  18. Lee D

    Lee D CH Dog

  19. Erie Outlawz

    Erie Outlawz CH Dog

  20. catchdog

    catchdog Top Dog

    nice peds, looks like a mastiff tho
     

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