[kanawa]

I posted to a comment about breed misidentification.
I took the name for the link from the first line in the article.
It would have been more correct to say 'When is an AmStaff not an Amstaff?

The fact is it was reported to be an AmStaff.
Here's my AmStaff...

The fact is it was not an AmStaff as reported.
I know all the Amstaffs in this area.
Believe it or not when the BSL was introduced into this province
there were only 19 AmStaff in the whole province.
There are all sorts of "pit bull type" dogs in Ontario but unless you have a registered purebred then all that can be said is you have a mutt.

This mutt was examined by the Humane Society (which btw is nothing like the HSUS)
and they determined it was a mix of a "Whippet, Great Dane and even some Dalmatian"
You can say it's wishful thinking to say it doesn't have "pit bull" blood in it.
I can just as easily say it's wishful thinking to say that it does.
Which only goes to show the arbitrariness of BSL when based on a dogs appearance.

[HairOfTheDog]

I don't like breed specific legislation and my point doesn't speak for legislation...

My point was about the wishful thinking of some agenda being either furthered or derailed by whether this dog is a pit bull. You can guess it's part panda bear if you want, there isn't a whole lot of difference between those two dogs.

[Wristpin]

Now an Am Staff isn't a Pit Bull?! That's a snow job...This only reason the name exists is due to the AKC's refusal to register "Pit" Bulls.

Pit Bull Talking Point three

4.8 million Pit Bulls only killed 15 humans in 2005

There is no such breed as a Pit Bull

[Darnright]

Years ago, there was a dog in my area, that looked exactly like an Irish Wolfhound.

It was a crossbreed of the following 2 breeds:
A Komondor father

A Great Dane mother