Amstaff vs Pit Bull: Personality and Behavior. Both the Amstaff and the American Pit Bull have excellent potential as family dogs. Deeply devoted and adaptable, these breeds adjust to children well.

Pit bulls can’t catch a break. Thanks to decades of bad headlines and half-baked rumors, these dogs are still battling ...

Researchers analyzed the behavior of 89,352 dogs from 132 breeds and produced a ranking for which types of dogs are the most playful.

Before being branded as the Al Capone of dogs, pit bulls reigned as one of America’s most beloved pets. ... “Different breeds tend to have different biting styles,” Dodman says.

In general, pit bulls aren’t aggressive with people but are “less tolerant” of other dogs than many other breeds, says Pamela Reid, PhD, vice president of the ASPCA’s Animal Behavior ...