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Hi Danielle. Based on the one photo and from a sharp angle point of view, I would say Lucy appears as though she very well could be a pit bull type. There's really no way of knowing if she is full blooded anything or not, without a pedigree and/or registration from a respected breeder and registry, but she is a pretty and very lucky girl.

The AB and APBT likely shared some blood with bull and terrier breeds in England a couple of centuries ago. Today, perhaps the biggest noticeable difference at such a young age, if coloration is similar, is the size of the pup. I would imagine that generally the AB pup is larger than the APBT pup at the same age. I base that on accepted purebred adult size dogs with the AB being generally the larger dog. But that is subjective as well, since different bloodlines result in a range of different size adult dogs.

I'm sure as Lucy matures (puppies change a lot) her defining characteristics will emerge. At her age, many bulldog type pups across several breeds, look similar. For instance, here is a picture of a young AB that many would have difficulty trying to decide if the pup was an AB or APBT if it were not positively identified and the similarities with Lucy are subtle but quite noticable ...


American Bulldog ~ to click on a larger view of the above picture

If they could only just tell us LOL