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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Pitbull mix looks 100% Pitbull to me.The rescue said he is a mix of a , which made us feel a safer, I have to admit. They said he was part foxhound. But who knows? When he was really little, his ears looked big and we thought that is where we are going to see the Foxhound. He had not other characteristic that we could see that looked foxhound like. Well he grew into his ears and now looks literally like the dog on the wikipedia page for American Pit Bull. It could actually be a photo of him there is such a likeness.

We're not giving him back because he seems sweet and we have had him almost a year now, but I'd be disappointed if the shelter just said "pit bull mix" to get him adopted. We're afraid to do the Wisdom panel because if it shows purebred pit that could have implications on things I'm told like insurance or in places with BSL.

But is it possible the shelters are just sitting around saying, "pit-bull lab mix" or "pit bull hound mix" based on no real knowledge of the dog's background?

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Most of the time shelters do not actually know the lineage of the dogs that come in. They will either go with what the surrendering individual told them or take their best guess based on appearance. They aren't going to know and cannot be expected to know with any certainty what the breed makeup of an available puppy is.[/quote]

Exactly this! When we adopted our puppy from the shelter we were told he was a cocker spaniel. He ended up being a pit/hound mix. Luckily, I didn't care either way. [/quote]

Let the pits die in the shelter. Adopt from a rescue that has non dangerous dogs.[/quote]

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