Rather than use the mix for flushing out vermin, however, they were pit against bulls (get it?) in a horrid, cruel “sport”, which thankfully is now banned everywhere. Sometime in the 19th century, folks got the bright idea to mix bulldogs with terriers to give the offspring more muscle. ‘Terra’ the Latin for ‘earth’, is where the breed gets its name. Underground, the Terriers would worry and harass the vermin to the point where the pests would prefer to take their chances outside their burrows – straight into the ambush set by the humans. If that meant following the quarry down to the ground, then let it be. Terriers were bred to hunt and follow vermin. Just because none of this is baffling enough, back in the 1930s, the AKC renamed the American Pitbull Terrier the American Staffordshire Terrier.

The two share so many traits and qualities that argument often rages if the two breeds are not, in fact, the same. The Pitbull is frequently mistaken for American Staffordshire Terriers (Amstaff, or Am Staff). The Pitbull is about 19 inches tall and excels at sports involving weight-pulling and agility. The American Pitbull Terrier forms the other part of the American Bully lineage. Johnson and Alan Scott were the two men who saved this breed from going extinct during the mid-20th century. You see it here in its correct spelling.) (Unfortunately, many sources misspell Scott’s first name ‘Allen’. Johnson, and the Scott Bulldog is named after Alan Scott. The Johnson Bulldog is named after John D. The Performance Bulldog is smaller and more agile than the Classic and usually sports a white coat. The other type of Bulldog is the Performance Bulldog, also known as the Standard Bulldog or the Scott Bulldog. The classic Bulldog, also known as the Johnson Bulldog, comes white with red or brown patches. It has a muscular, no-nonsense appearance and is excellent at physical activity because of its extraordinary athletic ability. The American Bulldog is a solidly built dog and stands around 25 inches tall.

The American Bulldog forms one part of the American Bully’s lineage. Tip: Just remember that an American Bully is a type of Pit Bull – but that although it is often called a Bully Pit, it is not actually a Pit Bull – and you’ll be fine.Īs noted throughout this article, the American Bully is the admixture of two proud purebreds.

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