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During the mid-1800s, immigration to the United States from Ireland and England brought an influx of
pit bulls to America, where they were bred to be larger and stockier, working as farm dogs in the West as much as fighting dogs in the cities. The resulting breed, the
American Staffordshire Bull Terrier, also called the
American Pit Bull Terrier, became known as an "all-American" dog.
Pit bull type dogs became popular as family pets for citizens who were not involved in dog-fighting or farming. In the early 1900s they began to appear in films, one of the more famous examples being Petey the Pup from the Our Gang shorts (later known as The Little Rascals).
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