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Ariane Sohrabi-Shiraz & Nicola Croal

Woman 'tricked into adopting Pitbull' wants to rehome puppy after being scared by 'extreme' behaviour

A suspicious dog owner believes she had been mislead into adopting a Pitbull instead of a Rottweiler Black Lab mix and has now made the tough decision to rehome him. The anonymous woman, who has owned dogs for over 21 years, voiced her concerns about the dog's "extreme" behaviour and admitted she sometimes even "feels scared looking in his eyes sometimes".

The mum shared a picture of the now 10-week-old pup to Reddit saying: "I think I may have been tricked into adopting a Pitbull. I was told he is a Labrottie (Rottweiler Black Lab mix), but one week later I found some of his behaviours odd and his looks are not similar to [any] Labrottie I've seen, nor a Rottweiler. He looks like a black Pitbull puppy."

The woman, who appears to be from the US, listed that the pup was more "stubborn", "bitey" and "clingy" than a usual dog would be while other online users argued these were all "pretty standard puppy stuff". In America, Pitbulls aren't banned outright, as they are in the UK, but it depends on state legislation whether or not they are deemed safe.

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