Far-L

So many dogs are labeled "pit bulls" but in fact are not actually pit bulls. For example, many people see English Staffs, the dog of "Our Gang" and the Victrola poster dog, and think they are "pit bulls" and they are not. In fact, those were bred to be good family dogs, not fighting dogs. I have two mix breed dogs - one that is a boxer lab mix and many people think it is a pit and it is not at all.

I go to leashless parks daily. The only dogs I have ever seen attack other dogs with intent to hurt are not the pits, the pit mixes, etc, but the varieties of Shepherds people would also incorrectly lump together as "German Shepherds" as well as wolf mix huskies and akitas.

So, the logic also fails on the fact that "pit bull attack" statistics incorrectly identify many dogs as "pit bulls", which has become a sort of generic catch-all term, thereby greatly skewing the results.

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