do american pitt bulls have webbed feet?

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Answer by Lapis Lazuli
Submitted on 11/27/2004
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I had a papered blue brindle pitbull that was dually registered, APBA and UKC. He did NOT have webbed feet. I have a pitbull now, that the owner swears is purebred without papers, and although at first glance he looks like a pure pitbull, he is NOT. He has webbed feet. Several breeds have webbed feet. Newfoundlands, Otter Hounds, Labrador Retrievers, to name a few. Basically, dogs that are known water dogs have webbed feet to help them swim. The webbing between their toes does not help with stability. So if your pitbull has webbed feet, what you have is a pitbull x. The dog is not purebred, and if you paid money for a purebred pitbull, you have been ripped off.

Answer by Fact
Submitted on 5/19/2006
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First off several breeds of dogs do have webbed feet. They would be many of the hunting/water breeds. Labs, Weims and such. American Pit bulls are not the worst swimmers in the canine world that is far from fact. Though many are the equal of doggie rocks. Still many can in fact tread water rather well and on the flip many don't. That is true of several breeds. The actual breeds that are in real danger with water would be the extremely flat faced and short legged breeds. Such as pugs, bassets etc. They are quite easy to identify as the body configuration makes it obvious they are at a disadvantage in the water. So if you have a dog with webbed feet? Rest assured at some point there was a mix. It could even be generations back. There was some sort of sporting water breed in your dogs family tree.

Answer by druid jo
Submitted on 7/7/2007
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Pit bulls are not known for their webbed feet. In fact they are not one of the official webbed breeds. They do have spaced toes that have skin between them and this should not be confused with webbing. If you would like to observe webbing on a dog and see what it truly looks like I would suggest that you look at a Newfoundlands feet. They are the largest breed with webbed feet. The webbing is in no way for stability or for balance, it is for swimming. All water breeds have webbing, as do Akitas, Toy Poodles, and Red-bone Coonhounds. If your pit does have webbing you may want to consider the fact that it is a new breed and what was your "Pure Blood" actually bred from. There are no official standards for this breed yet for this reason. The breed is not well enough established in its own DNA to have standards.

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Question by lizzy
Submitted on 10/23/2003
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do american pitt bulls have webbed feet?

Answer by qtgurl
Submitted on 11/5/2003
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yes. They have webbed feet to help their stability

Answer by Carly
Submitted on 12/23/2003
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yes, well mine do atleast

Answer by PAT
Submitted on 1/31/2004
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MINE DOES TOO ALTHOUGH I'M STAYING IN DENIAL AS TO HIS PURITY. I WANT HIM TO BE A MIX!

Answer by moondog
Submitted on 2/6/2004
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my rot- pit mix does and will probably pass his water rescue training easily at one year old. pits are very strong swimmers and this activity reduces joint stress while giving a great workout especially in a young developing dog

Answer by laughytaffygurl16
Submitted on 3/10/2004
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yes they do becuz i can one help their stability and two they can swim better!

Answer by Zebo
Submitted on 4/8/2004
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you are dumb asses american pitts dont have web paws,if your does its not a pure blood pitt

Answer by seven
Submitted on 4/8/2004
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Zebo is a real american pitt bull owner.Dont own the breed unless you are willing to understand them.paws dont give stabiltity,and if its mixed its not a Pitt but a mutt.If the paws are webbed,you have a duck not a pitt.

Answer by n/a
Submitted on 4/14/2004
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mine do not have webbed feet so I'm saying no to this question

Answer by Ilovepittbulls
Submitted on 4/30/2004
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My pitt bull does not have webbed feat and my mixed does not have webbed feet . Where in the world did that idea come from?

Answer by PRPLHRDMJ@AOL.CM
Submitted on 5/4/2004
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THIS QUESTION RAISED MY INTEREST, SO I ASKED AROUND THE AVERAGE JOEs HERE AND GOT.....SOME DO, SOME DON'T!!! SHOOT, I HAVE A 1/2 JACK RUSSEL, 1/2 ? AND SHE HAS WEBBED FEET. MY CONCLUSION, WEBBED FEET = MIXED BREED.

Answer by lmao
Submitted on 5/22/2004
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pitbulls are the number one breed most likely to drown. there weight per size makes most swim as well as a bowling ball.some can swim well,but it is rare and usually the result of a fat dog.swimming is the one thing this breed does not excel at. anyone who says otherwise, is speaking only opinion.

Answer by bvcjr83@yahoo.com
Submitted on 5/28/2004
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pitbulls do have web feet its for stability and movement. ive raised pitbulls for over 10 years and i know this for a facted!

Answer by Doggone crazy
Submitted on 6/19/2004
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I've never seen any dog with webbed feet. We're talking about dogs here not ducks.

Answer by hash420_22@yahoo.com
Submitted on 6/20/2004
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i own a pure and mix,my mix has rot in him so i think it comes from the rot,cause my pure didn't have web feet,and pure bread Pitt's have a hard time swimming cause all there muscle causes them to sink,fat cause them to float,it is possiable for pure bread pitts to have web feet though cause it could possiably be 97% pure and 3% other but still is considered pure bread

Answer by DpittbullA
Submitted on 9/27/2004
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I used to work at a pet store and we bred pittbulls. We had two blood lines we worked with which was corvino and alligator. The alligator bloodline pitt's feet resembled an actual alligator's foot which is webbed.

Answer by thorsmom
Submitted on 11/20/2004
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I WORK AT A VET. HOSPITAL AND ADOPTED MY PIT FROM THERE--SAW BOTH OF HIS PARENTS WHO ARE BOTH PURE BRED AND GUESS WHAT MY GUY HAS WEBBED PAWS!!!!

Answer by BRUNO
Submitted on 2/27/2005
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I HAVE AN ALLIGATOR PIT. THEY DO HAVE WEBBED FEET. MINE IS BRINDLE AND 11 MONTHS OLD. HE IS OF A PURE BLOODLINE. ALLIGATOR PITS ARE VERY RARE AND HAS THE DOMINEER OF A LAB. THEY ARE GREAT HUNTERS AND THE WEBBED FEET ARE TO HELP THEM SWIM WHEN HUNTING FOR GAME IN THE WATER SUCH AS DUCK OR OTHER WATER FOWL. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT MY PITT HAS WEBBED FEET AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO ACCORDING TO HIS BLOODLINE.

Answer by siccsuspect1
Submitted on 4/13/2005
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the food chain prey and predators n hunters hunted they all have 4digits upon there back legs no dew claw is like having stealth mode

Answer by Sub
Submitted on 7/17/2004
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My pit puppy has webbed feet but i think they grow out of it

Answer by Pit puppies have webbed feet.
Submitted on 8/6/2004
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PIT BULL/AMSTAFFS appear to have webbed feet but not as webbed as a duck to the dumbass who made the comparison. Its extra skin that helps them swim and claw curved surfaces allowing more freedom for each claw to move independently. Im not sure if they 'grow out of it' or not.

Answer by kingkong
Submitted on 9/28/2004
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Pitbulls are not a recognized breed so pure american pitbull is rather vague. so until the breed is purified and recognized the I think some will have webbed feet and some won't. Personally I would like to see them with them so it will be something they can have other than being good fighters. That seems to be all that those assholes like zebo care about witch ruins there reputations keeping me from be comfertible with having them off leash witch mine is able to do without killing everything.

Answer by ace
Submitted on 10/9/2004
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theres no such thing as a pure bred pit as people say pittbull and other bull breeds are mixed to be what they are now so some might have webbed feet some may not alldepends on what dogs there origin was bred from to make them pittbulls now read up on the dogs what you keep and find out about what bullbreeds were bred to make your pittbulls today

Answer by Mnluna
Submitted on 11/12/2004
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I was told that if a dog like a German shepard had web feet/paws, it was part wolf cause wolf's have web paws

Answer by KristinMO#1
Submitted on 12/7/2004
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As a breeder I have come to notice more and more pit bulls having big ulgy rat web toes! The site of these feet make me sick and turn me away from breeding the pit bull. The reason why this is happening is because when a dog becomes popular more people begain to breed,and this messes up the breed because people dont know what they are doing. If you have a pitbull with web feet get it fixed and do not breed it. These things are also caused from inbreeding. It's us breeders that are ruining the pitbull breed.

Answer by 14 pitt bull
Submitted on 12/22/2004
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I have a pure bread A.P.B.T. and yes he has webbed feet and all others i have seen do also

Answer by localfrank
Submitted on 1/16/2005
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my baby has webbed feet and she is a mix- still dont have an answer as to the question posed yet. I believe that the 2ndary breed is pug. Do pugs have webbed feet? Thanks for your attention Super F-

Answer by Nick
Submitted on 2/19/2005
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Mine is a pit bull and boston terrier mix and she has webbed feet.

Answer by angel86
Submitted on 3/16/2005
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I wouldn't say they have webbed feet but all dogs have skin in between their "toes" and if that's webbed than both my pitbulls have webbed feet

Answer by JenMSteele
Submitted on 6/26/2005
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There are currently 25 different waterbred breed of dog. Full Webbing is a dominant feature of waterbred dogs and is often passed on in mixes and crosses. Purebred Pit Bulls do not have full webbing. Full webbing is webbing that extends to the tip of the dogs toes. Most dogs do have some sort of skin that can be mistaken as webbing between their toes, but true water bred crosses will have full arch to tip webbing on both their back and front feet.

Answer by hotstuff31986
Submitted on 7/8/2005
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I have 2 Pure Breed Champion Pit Bulls and nether of them have webbed feet.

Answer by rachel
Submitted on 8/3/2005
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do any of you really know what webbed feet are? really now, every body here has a different opinion and no facts! All dogs have webbed feet! the shapes are what differs a "good" swimmer from a "bad" swimmer. Also some dogs have more webbing then others, most of them being sporting dogs. so of course pit bulls have webbed feet, they might just be webbed more or less then other pit bulls and that is beacuse there is no they have no standerd. which is why they are not recognized by kennel clubs, just like border collies! 8)

Answer by lol
Submitted on 8/3/2005
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wow ive never seen such stupid answers!!!!!!! rachel is right, all dogs have webbed feet! ....oh the one for stability, that was good..lol idiots! thats why pits have bad owners, they know nothing!!!!

Answer by crissie
Submitted on 8/14/2005
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No pitt bulls do not have webbed feet, how i know this is that i have the most cutest pure bread american pitt bull that has eva been born!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer by kawasakizx636
Submitted on 9/8/2005
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I heard that pitbulls don't have webbed feet, and if yours does, then its a stratford terrier.

Answer by Heidi Tan
Submitted on 11/1/2005
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American pit bulls need those web feet for stability and to swim well. Their feet are indeed very important to them.

Answer by William Wallace
Submitted on 11/22/2005
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Your Cakes are Beat Indefinitly!

Answer by mingher
Submitted on 2/19/2006
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Most dogs have webbed feet,Akita Brussels Griffon Chesapeake Bay Retriever Chinook Field Spaniel German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer Irish Water Spaniel Labrador Retriever Leonberger Mi-Ki Miniature Poodle Native American Indian Dog Newfoundland Norwegian Buhund Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Otterhound Plott Hound Portuguese Water Dog Redbone Coonhound Ringtail Sing-a-Ling Spanish Water Dog Toy Poodle Weimaraner Wirehaired Pointing Griffon this is a list of some of them, so no its not just ducks that have webbed feet.

Answer by pittbulls are cool
Submitted on 3/6/2006
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noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!they do not that is a fact