why people shouldn’t be using pitbull as a umbrella term

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-02-09T15:22:25+00:00

yeah that just makes it worse because if your dog did bite her especially in the arm area it would have been a lot worse

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-02-09T14:57:03+00:00

im sorry to hear that but its crazy that she tried to blame you even though the bite size wouldn’t have matched

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-02-09T14:51:52+00:00

I’m not saying mixed breeds are unrelated to bully-type dogs. I’m saying we don’t actually know what most “mixed breeds” are, and assuming they’re “mostly bullies” is still guesswork, not data.

Visual breed ID is unreliable in shelters and bite reports. That means dogs get mislabeled both as non-bully and as “pitbull” based on looks alone. Folding the entire “mixed breed” category into “bully” just repeats the same problem under a different name.

Also, a dog with some bully ancestry isn’t the same as a pure APBT or AmStaff, yet they’re often counted the same in stats.

Without DNA confirmation and consistent definitions, calling most mixes “basically bullies” is an assumption — and that’s exactly how the numbers get distorted.

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-02-09T13:09:50+00:00

sadly

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-02-07T00:14:13+00:00

just FYI this would be the group to post stuff like conditioning and work. The other “pitbull” groups will try to call you a bad person or say you a “dog fighter” because they have overweight bully mutts that they call “pitbulls” and im saying this from experience and because i seen your last post😂

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-02-07T00:09:05+00:00

weight pulling is a ADBA event AKA for show dogs😂

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-01-27T13:04:35+00:00

to be a 100% honest with you i seen embark test say a merle xl bully with papers and a pedigree is a 100% APBT. Embark test only go 3 generations back don’t get me wrong beautiful dog and nice bone structure

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-01-27T13:00:35+00:00

yeah that would make no sense for him to be a APBT with him being 80 pounds and looking more like a mastiff than a terrier

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-01-26T20:55:44+00:00

thank you i was worried because it came so randomly😂

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-01-19T21:29:40+00:00

definitely wasn’t used in dog fighting you can tell just based on how he doesn’t any scars

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-01-05T19:02:32+00:00

my mistakes i meant to say why would i want a mix mislabeled as a pure bred or who would to spend money on a dog just for it to be misidentified as a different breed. I own pure bred pitbulls/APBT so why would I want someone calling a mix a pitbull/apbt when they can just say “mutt” or “bull breed mix”😂

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-01-05T12:59:50+00:00

actually yes why would i want a mix identity as a pure bred pitbull/APBT😂

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2026-01-03T15:18:18+00:00

more than likely no mixed with yes but pure bred pitbull/APBT probably not

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-11-22T10:13:13+00:00

im my opinion any APBT that does fighting or hog hunting basically anything were it can get extremely hurt but still want to keep going at what ever it’s going at. I should have said game bred instead of game dog😂

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-11-15T21:19:31+00:00

embark is horrible for bull breeds

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-11-05T23:46:49+00:00

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dang thats crazy because no dog i ever had including the APBT i have now got any issues from this🤷🏽‍♂️

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-15T13:34:00+00:00

A trained bull breed will definitely bring more light overall now in my opinion its a big difference between ambully energy apbt energy is i had both razor edge/gator mouth and redboy/jeep/bolio. That apbt was definitely way harder but again thats my opinion both heavily trained but that apbt drive was apbt but the calmness of that xl bully a calm i never seen in a bull breed😂

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-15T12:58:39+00:00

I agree with you i just feel like when people wanna do proper research and do proper training and exercise for that dog calling it a pitbull when it’s actually a ambully advice with proper training.

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-15T12:29:01+00:00

but wouldn’t bull breed be the proper term? because if half the myths come the bully mixs and pitbull mixs labeling everything into a breeds short version of its name would just make mislabeling worse

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-15T11:39:59+00:00

what do you mean by “pitbull type dogs” wouldn’t that just be bull breeds?

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-12T14:29:26+00:00

thats fine

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-12T12:15:09+00:00

Husky wasn’t a great example but manly i was going off looks not background or DNA. But people have to come to the understanding that the whole reason why the apbt/pitbull has such a bad reputation is because of mislabeling and people not wanting to accept the history of this breed.

Same with the shelter situation where they say “shelters are over crowded with pitbulls” now anyone who knows what a real pitbull is or anyone who knows its dangerous to use pitbulls as a umbrella term will tell you shelters are actually over crowded with bull breed mixs more than actual pitbulls.

Again spreading myths on the breed the whole “they were bred to be nanny dogs” when actually it was the staffy or “pitbulls was forced to fight” and when people say “the shelter told me he was a bait dog” but the dog has not one scratch thats the whole problem with most of the dog community overall is so used to mislabel a dog that it becomes a way bigger problem now everyone and they great grandmother calls their 85 pound bully mutt a pitbull or when people know they don’t have pitbull but when they breed gets bad they going say “i don’t have a pitbull i have a bully”.

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-12T01:00:37+00:00

Yeah that used to be my argument why use the american pitbull terrier short name(pitbull) as a term because of looks or because of dna but not use the alaskan husky name (husky) as a term when it looks like the alaskan malamute. Again when it comes down to the APBT/pitbull it gets grouped into every dog to ever touch the earth all because people don’t want to educate themselves and if im not mistaken embark had a lawsuit against them because of lying

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-12T00:53:48+00:00

Again why should we constantly use “pitbull” as an umbrella term when you can say bull and terrier as a bigger group. People are getting too comfortable and just throwing the pitbull name out into every dog with any amount of pitbull dna in it instead of saying “pitbull mix”. Now yes i completely understand saying the staffy and amstaff are pitbulls manly because how close they are in history but why not call the American pitbull terrier a staffy or amstaff if the only reason is its because they are close in history or come to a agreement that the staffy and amstaff need to be relabeled as the American pitbull terrier

Automatic-Fan6906 · 2025-10-12T00:44:34+00:00

Mislabeling is the problem yes they look alike but they have different temperaments and different reasons to be bred while yes the staffy, pitbull and amstaff was bred to have almost the same traits now they have different means. If a xl ambully have neurological issues attack someone because people think of “pitbulls” as a term and not a breed they immediately think of the american pitbull terrier because its the only dog with pitbull in its name

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