Pit Bulls Are Bred to Eliminate Their Prey

Although many people think Basset Hounds are cute, not everyone has the personality to handle a dog that becomes blind and deaf to his surrounding when it picks up a scent. In the same line of thought, if animal-aggression is a trait you are not willing to deal with, "Terrier" type dogs are not be the best choice for you. All Terriers were created to eliminate their prey. From the tinny Yorkshire Terrier, originally bred to hunt and kill rats, to the ultimate canine gladiator, the "American Pit Bull Terrier", bred to defeat a canine opponent in the ring. 




Many breeds were engineered by men for specific work via selective breeding. In the case of Terriers, the original goal was to produce dogs capable of destroying vermin. Other hunting dogs will retrieve, track or flush the game, but most Terriers eliminate their prey. Those Terriers had to be courageous, strong, and very driven, as well as compact and agile enough to fit in small spaces and tenacious enough to face off ferocious critters, sometimes larger than them. 


Sadly, some heartless individuals who thrive on blood sport started developing some of these breeds for entertainment and greed. The American Pit Bull Terrier is the victim of this sick need for violence, blood, and money. Remember that training and socialization will not change the dog's genetic make-up.


 In order to perform in the pit, Pit Bulls were bred for their endurance, heart, and never ending tenacity despite pain and exhaustion. Specific fighting abilities such as a good mouth, strength, agility, structure, ect, were also implemented in the breeding program.

ABPT fanciers call the combination of those characteristics "gameness" and for many, gameness is the essential quality of the breed. Sadly, the APBT's gameness is the result of hundreds of years of a cruel practice called "gametesting". A gametest is when the breeding stock is tested via a nasty dog fight and only the dogs that don't quit are bred (if they survive).

This terrible practice has produced dogs with unmatched determination and stamina, but also unfortunately, with an important predisposition for dog-aggression. In many cases, these dogs will not recognize normal submission signals that another dog may give to end the hostilities. Some may have also lost their natural survival instinct and will not know when to stop before it's too late.

Not all Pit Bulls are closely gamebred, but all APBTs have gamebred ancestors at one point or an other in their background.

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This boy was known to this dog, and went to borrow a blender from the dogs owner, a neighbor:

It pounced at the boy, biting him repeatedly on the right hand and arm and viciously ripping off a chunk of flesh from the back of his head. 

From their home a few feet away Kenny’s father Kenneth said he could hear the boy’s pained screams for help. 

The critically injured boy was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Centre where he underwent six hours of life saving surgery.

A four-inch piece of skin from Kenny’s scalp was found in the yard by deputies, who gave it to paramedics in the hope that it could be reattached but they were unsuccessful.

Kenny will require extensive skin restructuring operations over the next few years, as well as hair implants, to repair the damage, Kenneth told the Charlotte Observer.