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Originally Posted by workingdog  You said that you have had this dog for a year and it is just now starting this.I would say that it has nothing to do with it's former owner and everything to do with bad breeding.Please make sure he is fixed and if you plan on keeping the dog, keep a very close eye on it. My personal opinion, put the dog down, it's just another news report waiting to happen.Before you start hating me for my remark, just know that i have owned the breed for 30# years and i say this out of love for the breed. He is young and will only get worse. sorry jmo.... |
I'm gonna second this motion...its a sad reality for these dogs but they're under such a microscope that even the mildest of dog aggression or reactive behaviors in public can have a very negative effect for the breed. It's unfair BUT our dogs need to be absolutely perfect in order to NOT reinforce stereotypes.
The bottom line is that true, bombproof pit bull temperment calls for a dog that is very confident with both people and other animals. That is, a pit bull should feel that I can lick any other dog and therefor has no need to bark, growl, or get its hackles up around other dogs. More so, and this is even more crucial to evaluating a sound pit bulldog, is its behavior toward people. A pit bull should never "freak out" with a friendly stranger.
There are two mantras that will always keep you ahead of the game:
"Never trust a pit bull to not fight"
and
"Unless proven otherwise, pit bulls view EVERYBODY as their new best friend"
Good luck, me and my dogs are counting on yah!
