I am far too drained to document the past few days so instead i will copy and paste something i wrote about a topic very close to my heart. The background to this post is that America Pit Bull Terriers are "restricted" in Australia, basically that means that you must desex them and it's illegal to breed/sell them. This is just a fancy term for a ban, once they die out, the breed is erraticated from the country, in theory of course. This has led to countless backyard breeding of "purebred APBT" and they're sold through FB groups or through dodgy advertising that alludes to the breed without disclosing it. From what i've seen, the majority of these pups are not purebreeds, they've clearly been selectively crossed with bigger breeds to try and attract more money. Buying a dog underground doesn't seem like the sort of thing many people would do unless they had ulterior motives for needing to own an APBT when the American Staffordshire Terrier is virtually the same breed, and is still LEGAL! I'm not inferring that they're being sold for use in dog fighting, that's a very rare practice in this country, but they're definitely being marketed for their BIG TOUGH appearance by the people who're selling them, which points to a more likely reason of people wanting them as a status symbol. By definition, the APBT is lighter than the AST, usually no more than 30-35kg, they're not as wide although just as strong, and often taller and have a higher agility level.. the dogs being sold as purebreed APBT are 60-70kg and often have bulldog bred through to give them bigger muscle size. How does one sell a dog as a purebreed when it's illegal to breed them? How do you provide papers to people paying up to $2000 a puppy? People are being ripped off for a mutt and the "breeders" are destroying a breed BASED ON THEIR OWN GREED. It makes me sick and well, here we go, here's ANOTHER rant, i posted this on the wall of a group used mostly for advertising litters for sale, it's only a matter of time before it's deleted:

 Personally i think it's irresponsible to breed and sell "APBT" where you are all well aware that they are illegal and in some states can be seized and ultimately put down. Secondly, this leads to the problem of being able to PROVE that the dog you are selling them is of APBT line 100%.. This is very difficult to do if you're breeding a dog illegally. Thirdly, PERSONALLY in MY OPINION, AST and APBT are so similar that DNA testing cannot distinguish them from one another, they're also so mixed up and often "tainted" with other breeds due to the allowance of duel registration and backyard breeders faking parentage to sell pups at a higher price and to try and create bigger, stronger dogs that can be passed off as purebreeds. AST is RARE in the US, i don't think this is actually the case, more likely is that the APBT has the notoriety that a percentage of the people who own these dogs, want to associate themselves with, so they recognise their dog as a pitbull no matter what bloodlines they've come from. There is no denying that the APBT show lines vary from club to club, the ADBD standard is closer to what I perceive as an APBT, and the UKC and ABKC standards are definitely more AST looking.. All of this aside, they're all recognised as APBT and if they're accepting AST as APBT, what gives everyone the right to abuse someone else of doing it the opposite way?
This argument could go on for ever, everyone has their own opinions on what the truth behind all of this really is, but at the end of the day, fighting and abusing each other about it is going to do nothing for the breed/s.
PERSONALLY i believe that it is safer to identify both of these breeds as AST in Australia and fight to end BSL. I have no doubt in my mind that the government will (and is trying to) push for the official ban of the AST and they will get their own way eventually.
If you want to get technical, "APBT" AND "pitbull" are on the restricted dog list in Australia, and unless you can explain how this doesn't umbrella the AST onto the list, we're virtually on borrowed time until they start enforcing this wider restriction.

Before the abuse against me starts, i'd like to clarify that this is MY OPINON that i have formed ON MY OWN MERIT after hours upon hours of research. I do not breed dogs, i am not a dog expert, i am not a person who thinks an APBT is better than an AST, i am not a purebreed NAZI. I am just the owner of a lovely 5 year old "pitbull", i don't know his ancestory, i don't care if he's either or a mix, but I do know that i love him more than life itself and i would be absolutely heartbroken if anyone took him away from me.

What gets me the most is that all of these arguments are forgetting one small detail, behind the bickering are hundreds of thousands of babies wanting to be loved no matter who their great great great great great grandmother and grandfather were. THEY DON'T CARE ONE LITTLE BIT! They only care about YOU and ME and all they ask in return for their love, is for you to fight for their futures, rather than their bloodlines.

What is the point of constant bickering amongst the people who claim to love them the most, if there is no "them" to argue over anymore?