# What kind of dog is this?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 29, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467 "2011-08-29T04:47:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Mother\_Popcorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mother_Popcorn)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/1 "2011-08-29T04:47:15Z")
[http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/284262\_107603709335761\_100002583976288\_66463\_5951147\_n.jpg](http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/284262_107603709335761_100002583976288_66463_5951147_n.jpg)
What kind is it? What are the general characteristics of this type of dog? (Smart, stupid, crazy, calm, etc?)
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### Author:  [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/2 "2011-08-29T04:54:14Z")
Looks like a bull terrier puppy.
[http://www.akc.org/breeds/bull\_terrier/](http://www.akc.org/breeds/bull_terrier/)
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### Author:  [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/3 "2011-08-29T05:20:29Z")
I agree that it’s a bull terrier - that nose is pretty distinct!
I don’t know much about the breed, but this site is spot on with my dogs (a Boston and Chinese crested).
> **[English Bull Terriers: What's Good About 'Em, What's Bad About 'Em](https://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/reviews/bullterriers.html)**
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> The most honest dog breed review you'll ever find about English Bull Terrier temperament, training, personality, behavior, pros and cons.
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### Author:  [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/4 "2011-08-29T12:03:35Z")
Indubitably a bull terrier.
Under the “education” tab [here](http://www.btca.com/) there’s a lot of information about them.
Fun dogs! They were trendy for a while in the late 1980s when BT “Spuds Mackenzie” was featured in Budweiser commercials.
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### Author:  [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/5 "2011-08-29T14:31:49Z")
Here’s [another writeup](http://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/bull-terrier) that seems solid.
They are a bully-breed dog (the same general grouping that contains pit bulls, bulldogs, and more distantly, boxers). As such, you can expect an active, playful, muscular, goofy, people-loving, indoor dog.
You can also expect some jurisdictions to ban them.
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/6 "2011-08-29T15:40:40Z")
See the end of Patton, as George C. Scott walks into the sunset.
A lot of the dogs are born deaf, BTW. Plus, in my experience they fight like motherfuckers whenever given the slightest provocation, far more than straight-up pits.
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### Author:  [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/7 "2011-08-29T15:47:28Z")
Yup, Bull Terrier. I have only known one personally, and she was mostly sweet, but VERY dog aggressive. And when she played fetch you did NOT reach into her mouth for the ball, you waited until she dropped it at yiour feet, if you liked your fingers attached to your hand, that is.
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### Author:  [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/8 "2011-08-29T15:50:00Z")
Ack…beaten to the punch.
All the above are correct.
That is a Bull Terrier. AKA [Spuds Mackenzie](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=1070&q=spuds+mackenzie&gbv=2&oq=spuds+mackenzie&aq=f&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1856l6303l0l7384l15l15l0l7l7l0l207l1293l0.7.1l8l0) of Budweiser fame.
Easy to spot. That nose is distinctive.
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### Author:  [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/9 "2011-08-29T15:55:40Z")
> [@PapSett](#):
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> Yup, Bull Terrier. I have only known one personally, and she was mostly sweet, but VERY dog aggressive. And when she played fetch you did NOT reach into her mouth for the ball, you waited until she dropped it at yiour feet, if you liked your fingers attached to your hand, that is.
Terriers as a class are notoriously “little” dogs who think they are big. The Bull Terrier is not so little though but the attitude is there.
As for the case you are talking about it is all about training and socializing the dog. Any dog can be a good dog with proper training.
In short the above is a human fault.
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### Author:  [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/10 "2011-08-30T07:22:06Z")
Spuds Mckenzie aside, the breed is probably known as “Bullseye”, Target’s mascot.
At least this is how my daughter knows these dogs! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/594467/11 "2011-08-30T20:01:35Z")
> [@PapSett](#):
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> Yup, Bull Terrier. I have only known one personally, and she was mostly sweet, but VERY dog aggressive. And when she played fetch you did NOT reach into her mouth for the ball, you waited until she dropped it at yiour feet, if you liked your fingers attached to your hand, that is.
I’ve only known one - and she was totally sweet. Not too bright, but totally sweet.