This just struck me as a strange thing to say while your mother is being attacked. Why identify the fact that they were full bloodied and the "red nosed" type? Most people would just say pit bulls and not go into details. It's like identifying the gun that someone is shooting you with.
Good catch - clearly the breeding was more important than the behavior.
There have been so many threads on this subject recently and each one contains such opposite opinions. Good dogs, bad owners and every combination. I give up! Would never own one. My neighbor has a one-year old full-blooded blue pit bull. He seems gentle - but I’m sure he’s beginning to sense my growing apprehension...good dog...good neighbor..good bye;)
You'd have to know the area. Around here, saying "pit bull" is like saying "dog." I suspect one reason they got so popular is because if you had a dog that wasn't a pit bull, chances were it would get eaten by one eventually.
If you go outside of developments and neighborhoods, the dogs are almost exclusively pit bulls.