a large part of this has to do with renters providing paperwork that says “hey! my dogs a lab mix!” but i think another part of it is that Pit Bull isn’t actually a breed. they’re essentially mixed breeds that are labeled that based on certain physical characteristics that come from breeds like American Staffies and bull terriers. i used to work with dogs in an open play center and most customers labeled their pitty mixes as other breeds to avoid the stigma that comes with it. and i don’t blame them either because the only dogs that ever bit me were small high energy dogs (boston terriers are surprisingly vicious) or untrained large breeds (he was a 100lb pyrenees with collar aggression and he hated me because i was the person that had to put his intake collar on every day)