Staffordshire Terrier vs. APBT

What is the real difference? Id really like to know, the only difference i can see is that APBT seem to have bigger heads? I could be wrong but that's the only difference i can see from pictures. If anyone could fill me in on the differences if any that would be great, i have been searching around for a while and really haven't found much information. thanks guys!

 

Performance genes.

 

so thats really all then? No obvious physical differences or anything?

 

one is bred for performance and one for show.

 

to expand on what twistedmettle stated staffordshires breeding program changed from the original way that these dogs were bred which was performance based to a show dog based way of breeding which these dogs originally were never bred for.in other words while apbt was bred with really no consideration at all for looks and only for performance the staff was bred to look like a performance animal which belive me is not the same and if you want a real apbt you should avoid any-blood with staff in-it

 

it doesn't matter either way with me, i just purchased a 3month old staffordshire and im just trying to learn about the breed. I don't plan on turning him into any kind of "game" dog or whatever its called. Can staffordshire terriers be trained to work like a apbt if need be? Is it just that they don't have the aggression that the apbt has? Sorry for all the questions i just like to learn.

 

theres a huge difference in looks if you put them up side by side because theyre not bred for performance

 

duckmike I thik thats too simple a def cause castillo is show bred but IMO they are apbt's.

http://d988256.u38.infinology.net/images/Copy%20of%20tweetieidahomay2005.jpg

Below:
APBT

American Pit Bull Terrier Network

Best example google game apbt for a newbie is lil bit

Game apbt lil bit image by Marty2k6 on Photobucket

Game apbt lil bit image by Marty2k6 on Photobucket

http://www.stillwaterkennels.com/- New Folder (2)/Customer Pics/MartysLilBitVelcro.jpg


STAff

American Pit Bull Terrier Network

Labeled incorrect as apbt but its a staff
http://www.grimeskennel.com/images/doc/Doc.jpg

just go to this website

American Pit Bull Terrier Network Pit Bull Encyclopedia A to Z about the APBT

and play around...

 

Best example of an apbt that's BLUE
controversial but if there was a blue one this is it

http://www.dooziedog.com/dog_breeds/american_pit_bull_terrier/main.jpg

by converse best example of a blue staff

http://breederinfocenter.com/images2/20060114023616_100105_5.jpg

http://www.cruisinkennels.com/pictures/Blue%28fullsize%29.jpg

http://www.puppysites.com/deluxe/diamondbarkennels.jpg

http://cdn.pedigreedatabase.com/dogs/classified_images/6521.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/ofthelittlerascals/Cirkle Cs Simon R Blue Scott.jpg

Thicker structure: exaggeratory: less form; beautiful animals just not PIT's

Not as Athletic

Football player vs Bodybuilder

Because of the UKC there are alot of Pit Amstaff mixes... Example my avatar http://www.bulldoginformation.com/american-pit-bull-terrier-red-nose.jpg

is as mastiff a pit as acceptable more than that and it's an amstaff 100 and no longer fits function

 

Pics of my personal dogs are similar to lil bit...

 

so basicly the apbt is the strongman of the breed and the Stafford is the bodybuilder of the breed. The pits have the muscle and the drive to use it but the staffs have all the looks but not the drive that a apbt has correct?

 

red and other color amstaffs... The heads and necks on amstaffs are thicker... they would get destroyed one on

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/dogs/i/american_staffordshire_terrier.jpg

http://kelticwarrior00.com/graphics/amstaff.jpg

Imageshack - milagrasbigboiofhotshotgi6.jpg

http://www.puppysites.com/deluxe/divinityamstaffs.jpg

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NF_bd0MO2DU/0.jpg
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/920/10022306.JPG
http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pets/akc/2009Q1//akc_amstaff_bloom_xl.jpg
http://www.olmar.purebredpuppy.com/Tommy.jpg
http://www.dotcomamstaffs.com/Cauzie_page_pic.jpg
http://www.everythingamstaff.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/srckys_amstaffs_budweiser.jpg

Now no one ask this question again ...lol

 

Nah pits are more like special forces/greenberrets/Navy Seals/boxers

and AMstaffs are BodyBuilders/Or just fat asses...Can even be strongmen Just cause u can squat 900lbs dont mean

Holyfield
Pavlik
Tyson
Ali
... can't whoop u

 

castillo dogs are not gamedogs. they have good drive but dont compare to real gamedogs. They were bred with size in mind.

 

i looked at some of the dogs shown above and saw nothing that looked game just a-lot of fat block-headed dogs

 

looked game ?? so they have to look game to be game ? interesting :rolleyes:

 

careful you dont get banned..............they looked mighty fine to me, honest.

 

I have to wonder how these people who can't find basic breed info on the internet, can find, join, and post on this forum? Is it just me or does that sh!t seem strange?

Anyway, that's the kind of info you should have found out WELL before u got a dog. So you don't know squat about AmStaffs, but you're the proud new owner of one! I mean the AKC. Website will tell you about the amstaff...

Idk man...

 

the sad thing is this is the majority of what most peeps do ! get a dog that they know nothing about , thats why the dog pounds are full , when that pup grows up & acts like it supposed to they cant handle it !!!

 

But how can you resist those shiny blue pups! they are a rarity these days!!