Commonly referred to as a “pit bull” dog:
American Pit Bull Terrier: 85.3% passed
American Staffordshire Terrier: 83.9% passed
Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 88.0% passed
Average: 85.7%
Other breeds in chart:
Golden Retriever: 84.6%
Labrador Retriever: 92%
German Shepherd: 83.7%
Mixed Breed: 85.4%
Border Collie: 80.6%
Scores as of December 2008. As you can see, “pit bull” dogs do great in temperament tests!
The point of this is not to say that pit bulls are “better” than other breeds, but rather to illustrate how inaccurate of an image has been portrayed of pit bulls.
Go to http://www.atts.org/index.html to see more breeds’ scores, to see how many of each breed were tested, etc.
w00t w00t! Great chart :)
ReplyDeletehappypitbull: I accepted your comment but I don't see it on here... Thanks for the information! I will read up on HB79 :)
ReplyDeleteStellaStar: You know it! Yay
Brilliant post - don't you get tired of people buying in to stereotypes and hype? I have met many great Pit Bulls...
ReplyDeleteLife With Dogs: Thank you for the comment. I do get tired of that! But that's why I'm here I guess :)
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