thread: Lets clarify the bulldog/pitbull/bull terrier situation.

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  1. #1
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    Apr 2008
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    I love staffies!!! They have such a great smile!!!

  2. #2
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    Jun 2007
    Melbourne, ready to meet peeps IRL
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    sorry I dont mean to say that all rat dogs are mean and nasty just that I was only ever bitten by they and never the big bad pit bulls...

    sorry bad name I call them by Rat dog I mean cha ( shoot I cant spell their names to save myself hence why I call them rat dogs ) you know all the " IT " girls have them in a bag....

    I am sure as with all breds there are good and bad just like humans really...

  3. #3
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    Apr 2008
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    Tali- do you mean chawuwahs (sp?)

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    Jun 2007
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    yep Stupid name its so hard to work out how to spell it....

  5. #5
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    Apr 2008
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    i agree!

  6. #6

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
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    FWIW I think the thingg is that if you get bitten by a little fluffy dog (AKA a rat) chances are you will have some nasty scars but you will live to tell the tale but if you get bitten by a big mastif kind of dog you just might get killed.
    That's one of the reasons that I got a small dog. I think that any dog will bite if it is pushed too far so I may as well have one that won't do to much harm if it is pushed beyond tolerance.
    Then again bull terriers and bull dogs have high pain thresholds so their tolerance may be greater.

  7. #7
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
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    Aaah, I geddit. I was kind of hoping that it was a typo and you actually had a catdog. I'd like one of those.

    Chi's are mental, they scare the bejaysus outta me too. DS went to pat one the other day but I collared him before he got to it - the owner didn't mind when I told him they can be a bit mental cos she agreed.

  8. #8
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    Nov 2008
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    I have a female staffy named Staffy lol Im so imaginitive but Id have to say the best dog Ive ever owned would have to be a rednose Pitty named Tank. Unfortunately due to council laws in brisbane he was taken from us and given a "pitbull test" where they do allsorts of tests on him to verify that he is a pitbull and not an american staffy and when the test came back positive we had the choice of relocating him so we brought him an airfare to Sydney where he stays with family now. Staffys are from the same bloodline as pitbulls and have the same characteristics just no where near as much game.

  9. #9

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
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    Some Chi's are nice but they can be a bit over-protective. I went to scholl with a girl who owned one that scared me rigid lol.
    I've always thought a rat dog was any of the small, ankle high dogs.
    How did we get from boofas to rats lol?