There’s been about a century or more of poor breeding in there between now and then. Enough bad breeding+switching to Breeding for different traits can completely screw over a breed. At least until someone or a group of someone’s. Cares enough to try and breed the other traits out of the line. Which is a fairly lengthy commitment most people don’t have the time or resources for these days.
Not to mention technically speaking Pit Bull at least in modern vernacular is a catch-all for several breeds that are similar in ascetic appearance. But different in other fashions including temperament.
...I have a book from the 1800's titled "Cyclopedia Of Dogs"....
...each breed has a "personality nickname/description" ...
...for the American Pit Bull Terrier the nickname is "The Canine Nanny"....
...the article went on to describe the characteristics of a Pitty, especially how good they were around children...
...the downside of its personality was," it was useless as a watchdog"...
There’s been about a century or more of poor breeding in there between now and then. Enough bad breeding+switching to Breeding for different traits can completely screw over a breed. At least until someone or a group of someone’s. Cares enough to try and breed the other traits out of the line. Which is a fairly lengthy commitment most people don’t have the time or resources for these days.
Not to mention technically speaking Pit Bull at least in modern vernacular is a catch-all for several breeds that are similar in ascetic appearance. But different in other fashions including temperament.
This is correct.