40 Times Pit Bulls Mixed With Other Breeds, And The Result Was Absolutely Pawsome
Pit Bulls receive a lot of bad press. But aggressive dogs aren't born -- they're made that way. Maybe they weren't socialized as puppies, maybe their owner abused or starved them into adulthood. Luckily, there's a good, uplifting case for each of these sad ones. And Bored Panda is ready to prove it.
To show you that any dog can be absolutely adorable -- no matter how much Pit Bull is in their genes, we compiled a list of some of the cutest mixes this breed is responsible for. From energetic pups to wise old-timers, continue scrolling and meet the gang!
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Interestingly, 'Pit Bull' is an umbrella ter that includes several breeds: American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and American Bully.
Bronwen Dickey, author of Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon, is one of the people who attempted to show that negative views about pit bulls have often been shaped by misunderstandings. In the process, however, Dickey has unwittingly become a heroine for the pro-pit bull community and the target of threats and harassment from those who see her as an apologist for a vicious animal.
"People who have studied Pit Bull attacks, like Jeffrey Sacks at the CDC, have shown that when it comes to fatalities caused by Pit Bulls, the breed identifications are often not accurate," Dickey told National Geographic. "The title 'Pit Bull' has expanded so dramatically over the years that people are lumping any dog with a large head and short coat into that category rather than separating out each of the Pit Bull breeds."
Dickey also pointed out a study on fatalities between 2000-2009 in the journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association which found that in over 80 percent of those cases there were four or more significant factors related to the care and control of the dog. "These were dogs that had not been socialized; were large and sexually intact; and had no relationship to the person who was killed. In other words, perfect storm of factor upon factor."
Moreover, even the "these dogs are bred for fighting," argument is only partially corrent."It's true that the original breed, the American Pit Bull Terrier, which originated in 1889, was developed for fighting. But the three other breeds that are lumped into this category have always been dog show conformation breeds," Dickey said. "They don't have that heritage. The fact that they get lumped in is part of the problem because we’re basing things on what they look like and not necessarily what they are."
Pit Bull + Lab
Pit Bull + Rottweiler
Pit Bull + Great Dane
Pit Bull + Pug
My non-glassesed eyes thought that said pig, and failed to conprehend how a pig could make such a magnificent creature.
Pit Bull + Golden Retriever
Pit Bull + Alaskan Husky
Pit Bull + Dachshund
Pit Bull + Shar Pei
Pit Bull + Dachshund
Pit Bull + Dalmatian
She’s very smart, calm and gentle. And holy crap, she’s grateful to be in a home with carpet. Biiig fan of carpet. My daughters named her Pepper.
Pit Bull + Dalmatian
Pit Bull + Chihuahua
Pit Bull + Bassett
Pit Bull + Chihuahua
Pit Bull + Spaniel
Pit Bull + German Shepherd
Pit Bull + Chocolate Lab
Pit Bull + Chow Chow
Chow Chows have a reputation for being agressive if not properly socialized, combining that with a Pittie's jaw strength would definitely require alot of work/responsibility for the owner.
Pit Bull + Corgi
Note: this post originally had 89 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
Were there any pitbulls crossed with shih tzus on this list? I've always wondered what a "bull shit" looked like.
it didn't make the final list, so here pit-bull-m..._700-1.jpg
Oh my gosh!😍
I had to go to get my sunglasses, blinded by cuteness! You're a monster!!!! TAKE THAT IN YOUR FACE! PEW PEW! (i hope that dictators and president dictators talk that way. PEW PEW! ) sius-crocr...f182cb.jpg
IKEA i swewed and swewed but this is shit, your children are not sewing right! how dare you!
I saw one? Did you look at the whole list?
To be honest, I didn’t. Need to look again.
GLOW WORM, so you need a back up from a french woman?
I do have took a look , knowed them for more than 9 years , it's a joke you dumb. You have the right to park where you want didn't you? Because IT IS MORE CONVENIENT???????? NO, just NO! ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IT IS FORBIDDEN ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLES TO UNDERSTAND?
he would back off. If i'm really honest i carry a chain, as a 1,60m, 45kg woman. I never used it, a chain!
You are maybe the reason why travellers are not welcome. And i'm happy that you get closed doors. Because you are a trash. Maybe if you behave, people will behave really well.
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It is obviously a joke!
This is disappointing. I feel like this is promoting breeding, which is never ok. Many of these dogs will suffer from numerous health issues because some idiot thinks it "cute!". C'mon people! Stop.
i'm really glad that you got upvotes! maybe the world is changing?
I sincerely hope so.
I feel the same way, Bored Panda did it again. Some of those crossbreeds (a large breed with a small) are particularly unethical and cruel.
Won't this be an improvement since this is outbreeding? Isn't a beagle crossed with a pit better off in gene diversity than a beagle with a beagle which concentrates deleterious genes?
Some of these will be worse for it. And the majority of breeders and buyers don't consider the health of the mix, they only care about looks.
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John Smith haha
Think about the spazzy disaster that is the Labradoodle
No, it is not an improvement. The breeders are despicable, cruel, greedy, evil "breed".
Not really. If someone is promoting . Lets say it's dangerous, like all the people trying to breed. It is serious.
2/2 it can be reversed if there's enough of the original stock left) But you always have to take into account that other things come together with the new desired trait. Like in the German Shepherd, they tried to outbreed the problem with the hips (in Germany), but there were other health-issues that came to light. The hips are better now... they have different problems now (like heart-problems, problems with the elbows and so on - though I'm sure they were there before, too) If you only ever breed one breed with a different one, you can create very nice-lookiing dogs, but once you breed with the offsprings, things get lost again. So many "Breeds" like the labradoodle are not a breed because they just take Labrador + Poodle and that's it. It's a mix. Just costs more.
Sometimes, it can actually be, true. But just randomly picking one dog and putting them together with another from a different breed is not "breeding". That's just "producing puppies". If you wanted to better the breed, you'd need full health-checks and also a good look into the parents and grandparents. How old did they get, what issues did they have - stuff like that. Then, if you wanted to actually change the breed long-term, you'd have to make sure the things you want to change stay inheritable. If you want longer noses or less wrinkles for example, you'd need to make sure that the offsprings can also breed to that trait. And of course you can't just do it one time, you'd need more dog-couples to make a stable, large gene-pool so the new breed won't one day be completely related to each other. It's a SHIT ton of work to make a new breed, and it's a bit easier to breed for a body-type (it's easy to create atrocities like the pug and the very-wrinkly Shar Pei, and it can be 1/2
Absolutely not. No pedigrees no way to monitor health of parents. You dont know much about dog breeding if that's as ill you know.
Fataah Ewe' easy
Fataah Ewe' Good response!
Pit bulls have serious health issues, notably joint and hip issues with some needing hip braces to walk and being in frequent pain. Mixing them with healthy breeds creates health risks for the pups. Mixing them with unhealthy breeds like chihuahuas is no better than having a purebred of either parent. Breeding unhealthy traits into dogs to make them "cute" is vanity and animal cruelty.
Pitbulls are one of the healthier larger breeds out there. Hip and joint issues are common in almost all large breeds. And this promotes breeding as much as any other pictures of dogs.
Were there any pitbulls crossed with shih tzus on this list? I've always wondered what a "bull shit" looked like.
it didn't make the final list, so here pit-bull-m..._700-1.jpg
Oh my gosh!😍
I had to go to get my sunglasses, blinded by cuteness! You're a monster!!!! TAKE THAT IN YOUR FACE! PEW PEW! (i hope that dictators and president dictators talk that way. PEW PEW! ) sius-crocr...f182cb.jpg
IKEA i swewed and swewed but this is shit, your children are not sewing right! how dare you!
I saw one? Did you look at the whole list?
To be honest, I didn’t. Need to look again.
GLOW WORM, so you need a back up from a french woman?
I do have took a look , knowed them for more than 9 years , it's a joke you dumb. You have the right to park where you want didn't you? Because IT IS MORE CONVENIENT???????? NO, just NO! ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IT IS FORBIDDEN ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLES TO UNDERSTAND?
he would back off. If i'm really honest i carry a chain, as a 1,60m, 45kg woman. I never used it, a chain!
You are maybe the reason why travellers are not welcome. And i'm happy that you get closed doors. Because you are a trash. Maybe if you behave, people will behave really well.
This comment has been deleted.
It is obviously a joke!
This is disappointing. I feel like this is promoting breeding, which is never ok. Many of these dogs will suffer from numerous health issues because some idiot thinks it "cute!". C'mon people! Stop.
i'm really glad that you got upvotes! maybe the world is changing?
I sincerely hope so.
I feel the same way, Bored Panda did it again. Some of those crossbreeds (a large breed with a small) are particularly unethical and cruel.
Won't this be an improvement since this is outbreeding? Isn't a beagle crossed with a pit better off in gene diversity than a beagle with a beagle which concentrates deleterious genes?
Some of these will be worse for it. And the majority of breeders and buyers don't consider the health of the mix, they only care about looks.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
John Smith haha
Think about the spazzy disaster that is the Labradoodle
No, it is not an improvement. The breeders are despicable, cruel, greedy, evil "breed".
Not really. If someone is promoting . Lets say it's dangerous, like all the people trying to breed. It is serious.
2/2 it can be reversed if there's enough of the original stock left) But you always have to take into account that other things come together with the new desired trait. Like in the German Shepherd, they tried to outbreed the problem with the hips (in Germany), but there were other health-issues that came to light. The hips are better now... they have different problems now (like heart-problems, problems with the elbows and so on - though I'm sure they were there before, too) If you only ever breed one breed with a different one, you can create very nice-lookiing dogs, but once you breed with the offsprings, things get lost again. So many "Breeds" like the labradoodle are not a breed because they just take Labrador + Poodle and that's it. It's a mix. Just costs more.
Sometimes, it can actually be, true. But just randomly picking one dog and putting them together with another from a different breed is not "breeding". That's just "producing puppies". If you wanted to better the breed, you'd need full health-checks and also a good look into the parents and grandparents. How old did they get, what issues did they have - stuff like that. Then, if you wanted to actually change the breed long-term, you'd have to make sure the things you want to change stay inheritable. If you want longer noses or less wrinkles for example, you'd need to make sure that the offsprings can also breed to that trait. And of course you can't just do it one time, you'd need more dog-couples to make a stable, large gene-pool so the new breed won't one day be completely related to each other. It's a SHIT ton of work to make a new breed, and it's a bit easier to breed for a body-type (it's easy to create atrocities like the pug and the very-wrinkly Shar Pei, and it can be 1/2
Absolutely not. No pedigrees no way to monitor health of parents. You dont know much about dog breeding if that's as ill you know.
Fataah Ewe' easy
Fataah Ewe' Good response!
Pit bulls have serious health issues, notably joint and hip issues with some needing hip braces to walk and being in frequent pain. Mixing them with healthy breeds creates health risks for the pups. Mixing them with unhealthy breeds like chihuahuas is no better than having a purebred of either parent. Breeding unhealthy traits into dogs to make them "cute" is vanity and animal cruelty.
Pitbulls are one of the healthier larger breeds out there. Hip and joint issues are common in almost all large breeds. And this promotes breeding as much as any other pictures of dogs.