Anyone with alot of knowledge on Pitbull"s?

[Shibby]

Mine seems to be getting more disobideint as he's getting older. He's about 6 years old. I thinking there is a circle of bad training starting to develop. He's an outside dog with about a 20ft area to hang out in. I try to take him for walks but it's not enough for his hi energy levels. I try to let him run around a bit, but he always runs off. I live in the middle of nowhere and on 10 acres, but it's not fenced to keep a dog in. Today I tried to take him to the lake down the road where he likes to swim and will stay around, but on the way he jumped out of my truck. Most dogs I know won't jump out of a moving vehicle, espeacially when it about 5ft down.

[Stonecold54]

You ever watch that show called the dog whisperer? its actually good...he is a dog behavioralist and changes most bad habits rather quickly. He might have a website or something or you might see a show with a dog with the same problem.

[JUICE]

i dont know much but i do know this city is infested with them. I guess it depends how u raise them. I dont know if this is true or not, but they have bad instincts. Several people i know had to kill thiers because they turned on them. My buddies dad had to shoot his cause the dog went crazy on him one day, attacked him.

[Bouncer]

"Outside dogs" never do so well. I have had Rottweilers and so called aggresive dogs all my life and they have always been great. Its all about the way they are raised and trained. Dogs are pack animals, if they dont have other dogs around, humans become there pack. But by him being outside by himself alot of the time he has no pack and also has alot of time to get in trouble and build resentment. With his behavior going down hill and with a baby on the way, you NEED TO GET A TRAINER now. I have seen it a million times, people have a baby and the dog that has been the owners best friend for years has to go. It kills me that people dont think dogs have feelings.

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by JUICE
I dont know if this is true or not, but they have bad instincts. Several people i know had to kill thiers because they turned on them.

People have to understand that dogs were breed for a purpose. Pitbulls, Boxers, Bulldogs, and a few other dogs were breed only for bull baiting. That means agression, strength, and determination is in there genetics. When these dogs arent raised right and they arent given the proper means to get rid of there energy they can be dangerous. Im not talking out my ass here either, right now as I type this I have 2 rottweilers and a boxer all sleeping around me. They can be great dogs if people that buy them would get a clue on how to raise them.

[Bouncer]

Also, dogs dont know how to stick around and not run off. That is an instinct they have. Dogs have to be trained to be off leash so as to not run off. Have you ever trained him to be an off leash dog?

[Shibby]

Trained him very well growing up. It's actually my brother's dog. He listened to my brother very well and lived in the house with him and 2 cats. (Still ran off it it got out of the backyard). My brother had to move into and apartment for a while. The dog was cooped up in there for about 2 years. My brother walked him regularly, but I'm sure it wasn't enough for a dog with that kind of energy. He moved to another apartment complex and instead of keeping him in another small apartment, my brother brought the dog here to my mom's house. My mom's boyfriend is retired and gives him attention every day, takes him for a walk. If my mom's boyfriend has the energy he will walk our dog the extra 20 mins to the lake. There is the only place we can let him off the leash and he won't run away. Never really been taught to be off a leash outside the house so it's hard to get him to stay around now. He likes to run to other dogs and play, but he quickly becomes too aggresive for the other dogs and has/can slightly hurt them. Everyone lets there dogs rome around here so it's dangerous to just let him go now. Before the dog was in the cities so it was dangerous to just let him try and rome and hope he stayed close. People are terrified of pit bulls and in the city, and people are quick to hurt them. My brother never had his ears clipped just to make him look more harmless, but people still get scared. My baby won't really be around him much. Like I said it's at my mom house and my baby will be in an apartment in town near school or at day care most of the time. Hope this all makes sense. Getting rid of the dog is not an option and I don't know if my parents are ready to hire someone to work with him. I guess I was looking to see if anyone had any ideas after hearing the situation. Getting a trainer will probably happen if nothing else works.

[blm]

If the dog wasn't socialized with other dogs and children, you mat have evenmore problems with it down the road. Be careful. Pit's are my absolute favorite dog and they are misunderstood a lot but they are also more than capable of their stereotype as you surely know. It is key to socailize and teach them discipline at a very young age. And the bottom line is that outside dogs are rarely as close to their owner or behaved as an inside dog. Simply because they are isolated from you too much.

[Kayak Jones]

Your story is a sad but all to familiar one. For me, it's one of those "if I had a dollar" deals. If I had a dollar for every kid I've flighted to the trauma center. If I had a dollar for every parent that even after the kid was placed on the helicopter still staunchly refused to acknowledge that the dog was at fault. That of course, is just a part of the dark side. Nonetheless, pits have been responsible for the majority of the "unprovoked" attacks that I have dealt with in the last 2+ decades. You're a smart guy. Don't let it happen to your family. Trainers are great. Obedience school is great. Keeping the dog seperate from the baby is great. None of it will have made a hill of beans difference in the end if god forbid something bad happens. Not trying to scare ya or piss you off. It's just that it happens way to damn often and it was almost always avoidable.

[JUICE]

Originally posted by THE BOUNCER
People have to understand that dogs were breed for a purpose. Pitbulls, Boxers, Bulldogs, and a few other dogs were breed only for bull baiting. That means agression, strength, and determination is in there genetics. When these dogs arent raised right and they arent given the proper means to get rid of there energy they can be dangerous. Im not talking out my ass here either, right now as I type this I have 2 rottweilers and a boxer all sleeping around me. They can be great dogs if people that buy them would get a clue on how to raise them.

hey man but could dogs turn on you. Like me I got 3 huge German Shepards. We always go outside and pet them, and play with them and all. I got 2 females and 1 male. The females love me and my family and obay the whole time. There comes the male (the biggest one), pays attention to my mom, dad, and oldest sister. But all of a sudden when it comes to me and my youngest sister, the dog growls at us, mostly at me. He once tried to attack me, i ran and jumped on the trampoline. I gotta say that I got scared of that damn beast and thats ive raises him since he was a puppy. I dont think the dog likes me, so i avoid him most of the time. But with my parents he's goes crazy playing.

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by JUICE
hey man but could dogs turn on you. Like me I got 3 huge German Shepards. We always go outside and pet them, and play with them and all. I got 2 females and 1 male. The females love me and my family and obay the whole time. There comes the male (the biggest one), pays attention to my mom, dad, and oldest sister. But all of a sudden when it comes to me and my youngest sister, the dog growls at us, mostly at me. He once tried to attack me, i ran and jumped on the trampoline. I gotta say that I got scared of that damn beast and thats ive raises him since he was a puppy. I dont think the dog likes me, so i avoid him most of the time. But with my parents he's goes crazy playing.

I dont know bro because I have never been in that situation. I think it has alot to do with personality. My dogs know I love them very much and would protect them with everything that I have. But they also know that I am the boss. Like I said, dogs are pack animals. You and your family are part of the pack. It sounds like your mom, dad, and older sister are the pack leaders but you and your younger sister are lower then the dog that growled at you in the pack. Thats a hard thing to change because once the dog feels like he is the boss of you, he will fight to keep it that way.

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by Kayak Jones
Your story is a sad but all to familiar one. For me, it's one of those "if I had a dollar" deals. If I had a dollar for every kid I've flighted to the trauma center. If I had a dollar for every parent that even after the kid was placed on the helicopter still staunchly refused to acknowledge that the dog was at fault. That of course, is just a part of the dark side. Nonetheless, pits have been responsible for the majority of the "unprovoked" attacks that I have dealt with in the last 2+ decades. You're a smart guy. Don't let it happen to your family. Trainers are great. Obedience school is great. Keeping the dog seperate from the baby is great. None of it will have made a hill of beans difference in the end if god forbid something bad happens. Not trying to scare ya or piss you off. It's just that it happens way to damn often and it was almost always avoidable.

Let me ask you a question. Is it the pit itself or is it the people that dont know much about pits go out and buy one because its a "cool" thing to do. The pit grows up in a nice family but not necessarily a family that raised him the right way. The dog has tons of energy an instinct to fight and the people that you speak of do not know how to curve that as the dog grows. People think that buying a dog is simply that, buying a dog. Dogs are a complex animal, they need there mind and body worked alot like a human.

[bonebreaker]

I know this may sound weird, but you can compare raising and training a dog to children somewhat. If you don't teach, train and giude with a strong hand, when they grow older they will turn out to be a problem. People who have problem animals will usually have problem kids. BB

[JUICE]

Originally posted by THE BOUNCER
Thats a hard thing to change because once the dog feels like he is the boss of you, he will fight to keep it that way.

I never knew dogs were like that, that sucks. :(

[Shibby]

My parents are thinking about getting one of those collars that give like a shock perimiter, so when my mom's boyfriend is outside he can set it for like 100ft and work with him.