Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
It's not a mystery. Any quick look in the classifieds will show multiple ads for AST puppies. Sounds like a responsible journalist being accurate. The dog looks like an AST to me. Nothing wrong with accuracy and precision in journalism. The writer could have provided a phrase like, "a pit-bull type breed," I suppose, but it seems irrelevant. Maybe the AST breed is more well-known here, I don't know.
I respectfully have to disagree. if you actually read the article, the author says "American Terrier"; not sure about you, but I'm not sure what an American Terrier is. The original t.v. report said pit bull, and I would be inclined to think that was the right term as they were interviewing the owner.

Sorry I'm being nit-picky, I just really hate the fact that pit bulls are so maligned. If it were a situation where the dog attacked the burglar, they would be happy to report it as a pit bull, even if it were a staffie, but since pit bulls are bad dogs and couldn't possibly do anything to save property or family, they report the dog as a staffordshire terrier.