The nose looks too long for a Pit to me but a lot of Pits are crossed with something else. The dog in this picture looks just like the Catahoula Leopard hound/Rotty cross I had. Everybody thought both of mine were Pitt’s too but they weren’t even close. A couple of cyclists were riding past my house once and my dogs were running along the fence. One guy said, “Is that a Pit Bull?” The other guy said “if that’s a Pit it’s the biggest da*n Pit I ever saw”. Catahoula’s are big, brindle and spotted but the head is a little different than a Pit.
I saw something once that had several pictures of what most people call Pit Bulls and said to pick out the Pit. Only one was a Pit. I’m not saying they aren’t Pits, I’m just suspecting that they aren’t.
Yes, I admit I don’t know. The deceased and her friend apparently refer to them as pit bulls, and they kind of look like at the very least they could be pit mixes.
I personally think they are potentially dangerous for un-trained people to own, and the problem (as another poster said) is that for every dedicated and trained person who owns them and can control them, there are probably ten times that number who buy them as a symbol, or because they heard they are good protectors without either understanding or accepting the responsibility for owning them.
I think if you are knowledgable and accept the responsibility of owning them and keeping them in line while knowing the potential hazard, that is probably okay to me, but...there is no way to determine who is and who isn’t responsible or qualified.
Just my opinion.
A that size it strikes me they are another breed. The American Pit Bull Terrier is the breed most often called a “Pit Bull.” The size standard for that breed is about 45 lb. for males. The American Staffordshire Terrier, with the standard for males being 75 lb. Then there comes the American Bulldog at about 100 lb. I’ve seen all three breeds, either in person or by pictures. Those dogs are too big and don’t have the right conformation.
A that size it strikes me they are another breed. The American Pit Bull Terrier is the breed most often called a “Pit Bull.” The size standard for that breed is about 45 lb. for males. The American Staffordshire Terrier, with the standard for males being 75 lb. Then there comes the American Bulldog at about 100 lb. I’ve seen all three breeds, either in person or by pictures. Those dogs are too big and don’t have the right conformation.