ʻO ka American Pit Bull Terrier he ʻano maʻamau. Hoʻohui ia i nā mea like ʻole incongruous: hakakā ʻano a me ka poise, naʻauao a me ka pāʻani kamaliʻi. He kūpaʻa ʻo Pitbull i kona haku a ʻaʻole hōʻike i kona kiʻekiʻe ma luna ona. Ua hoʻokumu ka pua iā ia iho he kiaʻi kūpono no nā kānaka. He ʻano koʻikoʻi kona mau ʻelele: ʻo ka mea mua e hopu ai i kou maka, ʻo ia ke ʻano ʻokoʻa o ke poʻo, nā papalina ākea, ka ʻāʻī "bipi" ikaika, ka umauma ākea, a me nā ʻiʻo i hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻia. Ua ulu ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i ke aloha ʻole i ka pit bull, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he huhū, a i kekahi manawa hoʻoweliweli ʻo ia i ka poʻe a puni iā ia ma kona helehelena. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke ʻano o kēia ʻīlio he mālie a aloha. Hiki ke ulu aʻe ka huhū ma hope o ka noho lōʻihi ma kahi wahi paʻa liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ke kānāwai o nā mokuʻāina he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ka European Union, pāpā i ka hānau ʻana o kēia ʻano, ma kekahi mau ʻāina, ua manaʻo ʻia he mea kaua anuanu. Ke hele nei me ka pit bull, e nānā pono ʻaʻole persona non grata kahi āu e hele ai.