why do people feel the need to use the term,'pitbull'

As I have seen on.here by a few people, they have had people come up to them and ask if their dog is a pitbull.....today I had the very same thing....loki is 15-16 weeks old, and he is quite leggy at the moment, but I have no idea why people say this....and now I'm paranoid he's gonna be to tall and.typed

I think it's because they have no idea what they're talking about. Loki looks good to me, very similar shape to my old boy Floyd at his age and he wasn't called anything but a Stafford. As you know they grow dodgy! Different day, different look is what you have to have in mind.
Put Floyd 2000-2013 in the search bar above and check him out.
I'm convinced Loki will be a stunner.
Pete.

It's so annoying!!!! Seeing as I went through a court case with my friend last year through BSL it makes me paranoid!!! I will have a look thank you

this is my girl beau i get asked nearly every time we go out with her is she a pitt bull my answer is NO SHES A STAFFY CROSS

Its just peoples ignorance - don't worry x

There's to many programmes showing dog fighting and iresposable so called dog owers who spoil it for us dog lovers us bull breed owners get tarred with the same brush with these idiots

janey wrote:Its just peoples ignorance  -  don't worry x

Can only echo this statement really

markrobo wrote:There's to many programmes showing dog fighting and iresposable so called dog owers who spoil it for us dog lovers us bull breed owners get tarred with the same brush with these idiots

Agreed.

Awww beau is gorgeous, it's hard to not be really angry with it all, it scares me half to death to think he.could get taken away, stupid bull crap law,

All you have to do is have dog sence and ur dog behaves you will have no probs beaus just gone 8 months so she has pleanty of learning but shes coming on great and so well behaved

Yeah it is ignorance   

Its so annoying when someone says it and even worst when they own a staffy themselves.
Lula at the moment seems to have a big body and little head and don`t get me started on her ears. My daughter thinks they are adorable but they have a life of there own   
Lula looks huge on photos but she not and only weighs 12kg

Best to just ignore the idiots

Hmmm yh someone I know is a bit like that
....it's annoying, he's currently hanging out of his bed half asleep....

Lokis ears are right on top of his head!!!

More often than not it's the people who are the least informed, have read tabloid newspapers or are just plain ignorant of the fact that Staffies come in different shapes and sizes.  Meg was a gangly pup, it can take a few years for them to mature and finalise shapes.  I have seen both sides of both non-owners and owners who have been biased against Staffies and also those who love them, but these people are usually have owned Staffies or know someone who has owned one.  Me, personally, would not have any other breed of dog.  Treat these people with the contempt they deserve because I have found that no matter what you say, they know best.

After having loki, yes I know he's a snappy Croc sometimes, but he's wonderful!!! Someone I know went through some stuff with her staff and BSL and now every gangly staff that comes along, the words 'looks like a pit' comes out....it annoys me.

What happened with ur friends staff

My friends staff, got attacked by a Yorke unfortunately he fought back and killed the Yorke, the police went gonna seize him, but they did a week later, and the typed him as a pitbull and went to court but the court continued with a destruction order.

Beau has a red nose so that automatically makes her a pitbull according to most people lol.

Thats right alan thars all I here I just say so has a chocolate labrador!

I am frequently asked what Bacchus is because he is pied so not typical of what the uninitiated think of as a staff. This suits me fine because they have usually approached him and made friends before the prejudice has a chance to kick in. On the subject of BSL, this law is absolutely ludicrous. Anyone who has met a pit bull in responsible hands knows what beautiful, gentle dogs they are.

Exactly Reuben there's nothing wrong with pitbulls. Just stupid law horrible owners and breeders and even more stupid people that don't even know the difference between a pitbull and a lab.

I love pitbulls I've met some myself!!! It's just a terrifying aspect that someone could come and take my dog because he might look.like one.

The law sounds crazy, i didnt even know anout the law untill i came on here. So what happens if you have one off them xxl am bully dogs that are pitbull crosses? Are they legal since they don't really match the carastistics off a proper apbt as there so much bigger etc. but a staffy x lab can be taken away for looking like a pit. How can this even be legal

You can't have any dog that would have the charactistics of a pitbull or a actual pitbull in England, there is an exemption process, but then the dog will have to be muzzled in public, tattooed, always on a lead, neutered, and not to be held by anyone under the age of 16. It's a bullshit law, but unfortunately the minority has.ruined it for the best of us.