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Pitbull is NOT an umbrella term

The American Pitbull Terrier is one breed, they were bred solely for the purpose of dog on dog combat (dog fighting) they are dog aggressive and animal aggressive but not human aggressive. The breed was created after bull baiting was outlawed. Theres many different bloodlines, some popular ones are Colby, OFRN, Turtlebuster, Eli, Jeep and Mayday. The AKC did not accept the breed because it didn't want to be associated with dog fighting. The UKC and the ADBA recognize & accept the APBT. The APBT is not a cookie cutter breed and was bred for performance over looks. They are not nanny dogs and they are not "trained to fight", its purely genetics. The news outlets mislabel any block headed dog as a pitbull when most of the attacks and maulings that happen are usually american bully mutts and mastiff mixes who happen to have irresponsible owners. Stop using pitbull as an umbrella term. Its a disgrace to the breed. Stop mislabeling dogs. 2600:6C5E:483F:32F3:8CAA:1CDA:C63A:41EB (talk) 15:31, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 December 2025

Change theblien9f pitbull being an umbrella term. Its not. Pitbull is a breed, the American pitbull terrier, and not a group of many other breeds. ~2025-41222-22 (talk) 13:02, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Aston305 (complain/compliment) 14:03, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 January 2026

Change "Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Bully" in the image box at the top of the page to "American Bully, Staffordshire Bull Terrier"; The footnote says "Clockwise from top left," but read that way, the dog breeds are not in the correct order. ~2026-33966-8 (talk) 10:19, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for pointing that out. I checked the individual image files, and made the correction. --Tryptofish (talk) 14:41, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 February 2026

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