Idiot.

Took Dempsey for his usual walk in the park this morning & he was sniffing frantically around the grass after a bitch in heat ( ) when an elderly guy walks over and starts to compliment Dempsey. He said what a lovely looking dog he is & how he looks very solid. Dempsey put up with him stroking him for a few seconds & then carried on sniffing.

Then the guy starts on about the DDA and how these dogs (ie Dempsey) were misunderstood & not nasty the way some people make out. At this point I'm getting a bit confused but don't actually say anything. Then he says "They really should never have been banned!"

So I said "They haven't been - I think you mean the APBT"

He says "Yeah, right" & gives me a knowing look.

I say "Um, Dempsey isn't a pit bull, he's a bull terrier"

Then the guy taps the side of his nose, smiles sweetly & says "Oh, right. Ok. If you say so. I understand" and walks off.

I'm left standing there thinking wtf?

There are some really stupid people in the world Caryll. When I was walking back from the canal with Tilly the other day an old dear stopped, walked into the middle of the road with her handbag rat thing and picked it up , saying I'll let you get past. I smiled at her and said why is he vicious ?? She replied no but he had his back ripped out by one of them a year ago and he is nervous of them now, it wasn't a Staffy it was a Pit Bull, I just smiled and walked on .....................................

I can excuse some peoples ignorance, opened my eyes with Moo, but Dempsy, lol, was it dark

Yes, you get like that after a while........you smile & walk on!

janey wrote:
I can excuse some peoples ignorance, opened my eyes with Moo, but Dempsy, lol, was it dark

Nope! It was 8.30am!

omg, that has got to be the best one yet! how could anyone think Dempsey is a pit bull

Well, believe it or not, when he was younger I was stopped several times by the police & they asked me if he was a pitbull! Give you a lot of confidence in the police, doesn't it?

That is pretty bad, they of all people can't afford to be ignorant. Maybe he was a retired officer lol.

Words fail me, just told this and his lauging as am i. som epeople are so stupid its funny.

I must say dempseys a very rare looking american pit bull hahaha x

I am sorry but the one thing right away you can tell the difference with dempsey is the longer snout/ the way the head is shaped. I'm not the smartest person sometimes, but i could tell you that theres is no way dempsey is an apbt, by anymeans

Some people wouldn't know what a Pit Bull looked like even if it was to bite them on the ar5e

Millie&Bella wrote:That is pretty bad, they of all people can't afford to be ignorant. Maybe he was a retired officer lol.

This happened several times with different officers - mainly youngish officers. In the end I told a friend who is a cop to have a word for me. It didn't happen again after that!

I mean, even a fool can see that Dempsey isn't a pitbull!

My brother-in-law is a police officer and it has made me wonder if he could spot a pit bull or type, what the training is like. I think he would be able to tell the difference between a bull terrier and pit bull, might need to quiz him on that

I cannot understand how anyone can not recognise a bull terrier when they see one. They are such an obvious breed. Its easier to have a Staff or Amstaff mistaken for a pitt but really! Dempsey is such a fine example of this distinctive breed.

Wow. That is one mistake I don't think many make...

I think the problem lies in the way the police are trained to recognise 'types'. Also, although most people would know a white EBT when they see one, many still don't know that you can get coloured ones!

In the man's defence, I used to think English Bull Terriers were Pitbulls. I dunno why, I just used to think Pitbulls were the ones with the long, pointed faces. Which led to my being confused a lot when I'd see them, thinking "why is that person allowed a Pitbull but not other people?"

On the plus side, he's mistaken, but at least he has nothing against the dogs.

I know it's not a recent topic, but still

missed this one the first time around

That was actually quite funny, couldn't help but smile at the complete ignorance.
How some people cannot tell a bull terrier and a pit bull apart is beyond me

I can understand him not knowing one breed from another - I'm used to that! It was just that he then hinted that I was just saying that Dempsey's an EBT so that people wouldn't think I'd got a pitbull!