Meera Pal is a Northern California-based writer with a background in journalism and books. She covers ... editors' opinions or evaluations. American pit bull terriers, also referred to as ...

The American pit bull terrier may have a bad reputation, but under all that muscle is a heart of gold. Learn more about what makes this misunderstood dog so lovable. is a type of dog, but the ...

The American Pit Bull Terrier—a breed often portrayed as highly aggressive—consistently ranked as one of the least aggressive dogs, with the exception being toward new dogs, where it was still ...

As Karen Delise details in her book, in the 19th century ... defines it as “an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying ...

Pit bulls have often been blanketed as one breed but there are actually four different breeds. They include the American Bully, the American Staffordshire Terrier, the Staffordshire Terrier Bull ...

The American Pit Bull Terrier is technically the only true pit ... a Sports Illustrated senior editor and author of The Lost Dogs, a book that documents Vick’s dogs and their path to redemption ...

but a category that includes American pit bull terriers and Staffordshire terriers — aren’t genetically pit bull-types at all. In fact, according to a new study, in animal shelters it ...

L.A. animal shelters are flooded with the dogs, which can include the Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier and American pit bull terrier, among other breeds. Some local ...

like American pit bull terriers, Staffordshire terriers, Staffordshire bull terriers, American bulldogs. ‘Pit bull’ is now a label for any medium to large, muscular, short-coated dog with a ...