[alanamosteller]

I guess what I am trying to ask is you know how people tend to generalize and put all sorts of dogs under the category of Pit Bull?
Well do people put boxers in the category?

Also what are the big differences between an:
American Pit Bull Terrier
American Bulldog
and a Boxer?

A child actually asked me this down at the shelter over the weekend and I really didn't have a good answer. All I could tell him is they were all different breeds with different traits. And they were all individual dogs with individual personalities. And when he pointed out that they all looked similar. I explained, just because they all look similar they were all bred for different reasons.

Then I sent him to talk to someone more knowledgable then me. The kid had a lot of questions. He is doing a project at school. And he picked the boxer, the bulldog, and the pit bull to talk about. He came down to the shelter to find information and pick a type of dog to do his project on and decided to do the differences in breeds. (right now at our shelter we have 2 American Bulldogs, 1 boxer and 2 pit bull mixes, which he found more interesting than the countless beagles, chihuahuas, and poodle mixes. He said he has a Boxer at home)

I thought it was a really neat topic. So I am hear to ask the same thing he asked me.

Thanks