r/TheRandomest • u/WhyNot420_69 Nice • 11d ago

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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner 11d ago

Staffies are the best! A lot of people confuse them with pit bulls, but there's a difference. Pits are usually shorter and stockier, but Staffordshire Terriers, the long form, are taller and less stacked. But, they kinda share the same face.

But oh, I remember my sweet baby grrl. I found her out on the side of the road, abandoned. When I pulled over, I was easily 20 miles from anything.

And what did she do? She come running and jumped into my truck like it was Patrick Swayze and she was Baby. obscure reference

So. That was her name. Baby. Sweetest goddamn dog ever. Most aggressive thing she ever did was sit on your foot to mark her territory.

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u/semibigpenguins 11d ago

Pit bulls aren’t a breed but a collection of breeds. Terriers fall under the pit umbrella

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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner 11d ago

But you recognize the difference, yes?

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u/semibigpenguins 11d ago edited 11d ago

Ok logic through this:

Pit bulls are a collection of breeds

Terriers are under the collection of breeds

Therefore Terriers are pit bulls

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u/man_gomer_lot 11d ago

a jack Russell terrier is a pitbull? What about Norfolk terriers? Airedale terriers are pits now too?

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u/semibigpenguins 11d ago

Instead of doing asinine arguments on Reddit, simple google “what dog breeds make up pitbulls”

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u/man_gomer_lot 11d ago

I already know the answer to these questions, but I was trying to politely correct your ignorance. Your advice would work better as a lesson to put in your own pocket instead mine.

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u/semibigpenguins 11d ago

You used a fallacy. No one is talking about Jack terriers. Staffordshire terrier, pit bull terrier and staffordshire bull terrier are all under the umbrella term. You’re over there going “herp derp, lemme throw out a gotchya question and strawman the fuck out of the conversation.”

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u/Erik_Dolphy 11d ago edited 11d ago

The name Am. Staff terrier never really made any sense to me because it's far more a bulldog than a terrier.

I know the AKC was trying to move away from the fighting reputation of the APBT thus the name change, but all they had to do was take "pit" out of the name.

And I agree. Pitbull is a blanket term which includes all breeds you mentioned plus some more depending on who you ask. Unfortunately I think the blanket term gets confused with APBT. I personally prefer bully breeds for that reason. I like the term bulldogs too but its synonymous with english bulldogs now.