American Pit Bull Terrier Facts
American Pit Bull Terrier Facts
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| Interesting American Pit Bull Terrier Facts: |
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| American Pit Bull Terrier can reach 17 to 19 inches in height and 30 to 85 pounds of weight. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier has short, stiff, shiny coat that can be white, grey, brown, red, blue, black-colored or brindle. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier has oval or almond-shaped eyes, half pricked ears and strong, muscular body. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier is very agile dog that can easily climb on the fence. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier was initially created to fight with animals such as bears and bulls in the closed pits (hence the name "Pit Bull"). |
| American Pit Bull Terrier was also used to aid in hunt, drive livestock and serve as companion on the farms in the past. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier is loyal, brave and determined dog. Because of these features, it was used as mascot on the USA army recruiting posters during the WWI and WWII. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier is known as "nanny dog" because it likes to spend time with children and take care of them. American Pit Bull Terrier is suitable for apartments (it does not tolerate cold weather very well). It requires regular walks and exercises each day. American Pit Bull Terrier likes to spend time with its family and does not like to be left on its own. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier is not the best guard dog because it easily builds friendly bonds with strangers. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier can be very aggressive toward other dogs. It requires proper socialization from the early days to learn how to behave near other dogs. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier is famous for its powerful jaws which cannot be pulled from the flesh of the victim after the bite (until it decides to let go on its own). This fact is actually a myth. American Pit Bull Terrier has powerful jaws, but compared with Rottweiler and German Shepherd, it has "weak" bite. |
| Thanks to widespread media scare, American Pit Bull Terrier is banned in 12 countries in Europe, as well in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Canada and many USA cities. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier is often used as service and therapy dogs and as rescue dog. Thanks to its keen sense of smell, it can be easily trained to detect bombs and drugs. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier is healthy breed, but it can suffer from hip dysplasia, allergies, hypothyroidism and congenital heart defects. |
| American Pit Bull Terrier has an average lifespan of 12 to 16 years. |
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