FOX Files Preview: How Pit Bulls Are Misidentified

[perseus]

Feb 7, 2013 8:41:50 GMT -5 michele5611 said:

Feb 6, 2013 22:15:19 GMT -5 perseus said:

I agree and until you enlarged the pic #3 was definitely looking more dobe mix like to me. I hadn't noticed at first they said they were all purebred dogs either. There just wasn't enough detail in those little thumbnails for my old eyes. I think there were a lot of people who have a better than average idea of what an apbt is that picked 6 because of the side profile. Guess they proved a point, right??? ???

I have not been able to enlarge the pictures but the thin muzzle was questionable on #three....looks like jack russell. I also, missed the whole all dogs were purebred disclaimer...too busy with my conspiracy theory ;D

Going to check now and see what the correct answer is!

fyi on the enlarging - you have to vote then when the new page loads those small pics become "hot" and you can click on them. You get a very different perspective - it is interesting.
jeez the comments just keep pouring in - i tell myself don't look but it's like roadkill

[megan]

I initially thought #6 because I've seen a handful of these breed tests where they take a APBT that is really young, or at an odd angle, and use that to show that people can't ID the breed because they look for cropped ears, a certain color, or a crazy muscular dog, etc. and those are not good indications of a dog's breed. That's not to say that people CAN identify the breed most of the time with the right angle, but I have seen "misleading" pictures used to show people that they often are incorrect in identifying APBTs.

#3 looked the most like an APBT to me, but I wasn't 100% convinced. Something about the width of the face wasn't right. The forehead looked right, but the muzzle itself looked more narrow. But again, that could be related to the angle the picture was taken. But it's also very hard to tell because we're just looking at headshots. A dog's body size, condition, and shape can play a big part in determining the dog's breed as well.