My 30 pound dog was attacked by three unleashed pit bulls

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228. not exactly...

Respectfully Recursion, these dogs are not bred for appearance like most doggies, and they've been around far longer than any "standard", a concept which was created to determine a winner in Dog Shows -- which are a fairly recent development historically speaking.

No, Bulldogs are, like other performance bred dogs such as Greyhounds, bred for a specific task. Looks are completely secondary. The people who breed them for fighting don't care what color they are (or are not), how high they are at the shoulders, etc.

Because the purpose for which they are intended tends to favor certain physical characteristics, they tend to all fall, broadly speaking, within a certain range looks-wise. These physical characteristics - a muscular build, relatively large head, etc., were selected for and enhanced in the the showdog now known as an Am Staff.

But what true Pit Bulldogs are being bred for is impossible to see because it's inside their head. It's only observable in a dog fight.

BTW, these animals don't have to be "trained" to fight, hell, they love to fight. That's the whole idea.

Yes, they are the subject of much rumor, fanciful tales and urban legend which, as with many other bad ideas, certain elements of our countrymen have been all to eager to try for themselves and hastily put into effect -- thus leading to the situation in which we now find ourselves.

Once again, I'm a dog lover and own only a little girl Chihuahua, yet I can easily imagine the horror Mangoman and his poor doggie went thru, and can just picture her being brutalized in such a fashion. I do it every time I go for a walk.

But those creatures that attacked Mangoman's dog were some mixed breed bully types with real bulldog in their background somewhere, no doubt. There's some rough dogs around. Wolves too.

However, if they'd have been the real deal they'd have been too busy fighting each other to even notice Milo. Hell, kept off-leash like that, one of them would have eventually killed the other two back at the trailer long ago.

Peace.