sandgrubber Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) All this fuss about pit bulls. I'm curious. How many of them do people think there are? Are there any credible statistics? (I stated 'pureblood' rather than 'pedigree' because I don't think the AKC recognises pit bulls). Edited August 27, 2011 by sandgrubber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Pure Pit Bulls? Scarce as hen's teeth I'd say... Anything that looks like a badly bred Stafford/AmStaff - or a cross of same? Lots... ... and unfortunately quite a few of those are owned by people who aren't concerned with giving their "breed" a good name... *sigh* T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Wouldn't the answer be none as the fact is, you can not bring certain breeds into this country and the Pit Bull is one of them. How do get a pure bred Pit Bull into the country, other than by illegal means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan3 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Wouldn't the answer be none as the fact is, you can not bring certain breeds into this country and the Pit Bull is one of them. How do get a pure bred Pit Bull into the country, other than by illegal means. There was an existing population prior to restriction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasha Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 How long is a piece of string? No-one would really know the answer to that. You only aren't supposed to Import them. There was already pitbulls here before this rule came in so there was already pitbulls breeding here. There is more registries around that can give pedigrees than just the AKC BTW. Doesn't mean a dog is any less purebred or pedigreed just because the AKC doesn't issue the papers. I think there are a lot of curious people but unfortunately the real answer will never be known IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 You are also not supposed to breed them (companion animals act) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) Wouldn't the answer be none as the fact is, you can not bring certain breeds into this country and the Pit Bull is one of them. How do get a pure bred Pit Bull into the country, other than by illegal means. There was an existing population prior to restriction. I have been led to believe that this is not the case. I have not been shown any records to prove the case so I stand corrected if this is so. Two pure bred Pit Bulls were brought legally into this country many years ago and both went to the Gulf Country. To cut a long story short the dog was shot on the chain as he was so savage and totally unmanageable. The bitch was never bred from and also shot to get her off the shoulder of the owner as she had pinned him down. Just your trivia for the day :D Edited August 27, 2011 by oakway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdie Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) . Edited September 17, 2011 by Purdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 A lot of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgiemum Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I think the general public think they are everywhere, I got asked today, if my rhodesian ridgeback was a pitbull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinabean Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I think the general public think they are everywhere, I got asked today, if my rhodesian ridgeback was a pitbull. And I got asked if my Boxer was a Rhodesian Ridgeback...go figure! It seems that the general public struggle to recognize what I thought were well-known purebreeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoTree Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I think it would be simply impossible to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinabean Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I think it would be simply impossible to know. Yes, I've got no idea. Sandgrubber, if you add 'Don't know' to the poll options, I'd choose that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottnBullies Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Two pure bred Pit Bulls were brought legally into this country many years ago and both went to the Gulf Country. To cut a long story short the dog was shot on the chain as he was so savage and totally unmanageable. The bitch was never bred from and also shot to get her off the shoulder of the owner as she had pinned him down. Just your trivia for the day :D Where did you get this Info from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoTree Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 It would be like saying how many Labs are in Australia etc. No one could give a figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan3 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Wouldn't the answer be none as the fact is, you can not bring certain breeds into this country and the Pit Bull is one of them. How do get a pure bred Pit Bull into the country, other than by illegal means. There was an existing population prior to restriction. I have been led to believe that this is not the case. I have not been shown any records to prove the case so I stand corrected if this is so. Two pure bred Pit Bulls were brought legally into this country many years ago and both went to the Gulf Country. To cut a long story short the dog was shot on the chain as he was so savage and totally unmanageable. The bitch was never bred from and also shot to get her off the shoulder of the owner as she had pinned him down. Just your trivia for the day :D Are you suggesting that these were the only two purebred APBTs brought legally into this country? I don't know their history with the ANKC, I didn't think there was one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Hey slow down will ya, So many questions for a bit of trivia that happende over 35 years ago. The dogs were brought in to breed better Pig Dogs. I did say they were in the Gulf Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan3 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Hey slow down will ya, So many questions for a bit of trivia that happende over 35 years ago. The dogs were brought in to breed better Pig Dogs. I did say they were in the Gulf Country. I wasn't having a go, it just wasn't clear to me There are definitely APBTs here, I'm not sure how (or if) they are registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Hey slow down will ya, So many questions for a bit of trivia that happende over 35 years ago. The dogs were brought in to breed better Pig Dogs. I did say they were in the Gulf Country. I wasn't having a go, it just wasn't clear to me There are definitely APBTs here, I'm not sure how (or if) they are registered. Can't help you there at all. Pit Bulls have been on the banned list for long now now, I'd have at a guess the originals would have been long gone and if in the hands of shooters they may only exist in the derivatives of their off spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuffles Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 If you came to Canberra you'd see an awful lot of them. Even the ones I've met that have been owned by bogans have been nice dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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