The blue pitbull
The pitbull is not a specific breed of dog but a name for a type of
dog that share common physical and behavioral traits. The classes of dog
breeds that constitute the pitbull are American pitbull terrier,
American bulldog, Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire
terrier and any other purebred or breed crossed with any of these
breeds.
Over 1,000 years ago in England,
bull dogs were bred and used in the blood sport of bull baiting, a
British pastime that involves tying a bull to the stake and setting
these specially bred and trained bull dogs to attack them with the
primary objective of seizing and holding the bulls by the nose as this
was the most tender part of the bull. The bull dog breed was selectively
bred into a powerful muscular breed with tremendous jaw power and the
ability to bite and hold on with unyielding tenacity that even when they
were violently tossed in the air by the bull they will not let go
except their teeth got broken.
In 1835 the
blood sport was banned in England due to public outrage and bull dog
owners and breeders moved into a new sport called “ratting” where they
continued with their betting habit which involves putting a number of
rats in a pit and bets were made on how many rats the bull dog could
kill within a specified time frame.
In
order to increase the number of rats that a bull dog could kill within
the shortest time frame, the bull dog breeders sought to increase the
bull dog’s prey drive, quickness and agility by crossing the breed with
the terrier (these agile and energetic breeds were specifically bred to
hunt rats, rabbits, foxes and even badgers and will even burrow into the
earth in search of these prey). The crossing of the bull baiting bull
dog breed with the terrier was the birth of the now famous (or infamous)
modern day pitbull terrier.
After ratting
came dog fighting and pitbull, the ultimate canine gladiator, was the
breed of choice that was used for this new blood sport. At this point
the pitbull breeders continued their selective breeding which they began
with the bull dog and bred the pitbull into the ultimate game dog (a
breed that will fight to the last drop of its blood). Dog fighting
involves two dogs (usually pit bulls) fighting in front of spectators
with bets placed on them.
The pit bull come in different coat colors such as blue, red, black, chocolate, brown and moo moo. The personality and/or behavior of the pitbull is not influenced by the coat color. It does not matter if it is pitbull blue, red nosed or chocolate it has no bearing on the dog’s personality and/or behavior. A pitbull is a pitbull regardless of the coat color.
The pitbull blue nose breeders have successfully marketed the blue nose as some special breed of the pitbull purely for monetary gains.
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