Because some people cannot tell breeds from one another to save their life!
pit bull terriers are the largest of all the bull terriers and was bread from staffishire bull terriers when they were taken over to America and the name pit bull from fighting in the pits the English bull terrier is middle of the road in size
Terra relates to things pertaining to the earth i.e Terra firma -and these breeds traditionally display an hereditary propensity for digging and rooting about in soil and the earthen burrows of small creatures such as rats and mice etc.
The difference between Pits and American Staffordshire Terriers is a difficult one. Basicly they were the same breed before. Time changes things and now they are different for breeding them for looks.
Yes
Staffordshire Bull Terriers were bred in an age where Bull baiting and Dog fighting were still seen as 'sports'. Bull baiting is when a tethered bull has trained Dogs set on it so that onlookers can bet on either how many Dogs the Bull can kill or how long it takes for the Dogs to kill the Bull. A similar blood sport was using bears. Dog fighting was organised in pits where people would bet on which Dog would win; this is also how the Pit Bull Terrier originated. Luckily, these 'sports' have been illegal for more than a century. Unfortunately, organised Dog fights still take place illegally in some countries. Today, Staffordshire Bull Terriers make great pets and family members.
Yes, & a Bull Dog can kill a Pit. Pits are not worse.
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Pits were bred from the white terrier, which is extinct, and the English bull dog. There is no connection to Italy, that I know of, anyway.
because they are mean
I would say excitement. In my past experience with Pits, which is broad, they seem to recognize their own breed. Not Am Staff's, to bull terriers, or american's to stafforshires, but to their own. They seem to cross the Brindle, Blue nose/Red nose thing, but not to other breeds the same as they do their own.
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The US does not. Certain people in it do, as well as BSL. And this is because when Pits bite, they latch on. Terriers are determined dogs.