People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

[StrtRacer98]

A friend of mine has a brindle pit bull, he's about a year old, and he's a really good boy.
The dog is an outside dog, and has a dog house that is under a type of car port, which stays dry, and gives him the ability to leave his doghouse and not get wet if its raining.

He's not abused or anything, he listens really well and behaves... but my friend says he's not right in the head, and I kind of can see how he thinks that. If you wrestle the dog and get him worked up by playing around, he gets semi aggressive, more-so a "wont back down" type of attitude. The dog is ridiculously strong, If you tried to grab his head, and push it to the ground for example, you wouldnt be able to, he will over-power you.

Well, heres the deal. He's moving back in with his mom, because of her health and she wont let him bring 'axle', So he claims that if he can't find a home for him, he'll shoot him. I told him i'd take the dog. Ive come to know the dog and really like him, but Im not sure how he will act towards my dog, which is near the same size as axle, but just a little smaller.

they have completely different eating habits, my dog eats a little now, a little later, some after that. and this dog, chows. Before you can even pour the food into his bowl, its gone.

So I see that being kind of an issue, along with my buddy says when axle is around other dogs, all he does is 'humps'. He isnt nuetured, so I wonder if after he is fixed if that will take care of the issue, and if this outside dog can adapt to living inside / outside and living with another animal.

[Meatyshells]

Re: People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

dogs can be trained no matter how old they are, pit bulls are very smart dogs, and make great pets.

As for feeding, feed them separately, and train axle to eat slower

[StrtRacer98]

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I think he's adaptable, and that I could train him.

One of my fears is that with his "wont back down" mentality that he could harm my current dog if they were playing.

My friend told me that axle has always eaten like a pig, the dog got into a bag of food, and ate the whole thing, one of those big bags. He'd eat until he couldnt eat anymore, then throw up and continue.

[Meatyshells]

Re: People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

teach the dog to be more calm/submissive... you should watch the Dog Whisperer lol

[T-Mill]

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I don't know how much it would cost, but you can always hire someone to train the dog. My sister had a Jack Russel with similar anger management issues where it just wouldn't back down, and I know that the consequences of the two are completely different since you could just kick the jack russel into the next room if it bit you, but still, she took it to "puppy anger management" and they trained the dog and gave her tips to keep it under control. Go to a local pet store and ask tell them your story and they could point you in the right direction in your area

[RadRacer]

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I've always been told to stay away from pitbulls, mostly because of that never back down mentality. They can be alot of fun, but there are times when they just take it way too far, and eventually end up hurting somebody; I'm sure some good training will help out a lot, but there's still the possibility.

[sac2165]

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I think you're asking for trouble. Although its pretty unlikely the dog will ever go bad, there is a reason why pit bulls are banned from alot of areas.

If something were to ever happen, and your dog were to bite someone you could get sued into oblivion for having a "perceived" attack dog as a pet. There are a million other breeds that don't have the stigma a pit-bull has, I would pass on the liability.

[truekoa]

Re: People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

teach the dog to be more calm/submissive... you should watch the Dog Whisperer lol

that show is crazy, his tactics sound logical but its just crazy when he does it and tries to explain to ppl lol

[StrtRacer98]

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Honestly, Like I said, he's a reallly good dog, very well behaved, and listens well, actually listens 10X better than my dog, im just looking for worst case scenario.

[sceneiskeen]

Re: People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

I think you're asking for trouble. Although its pretty unlikely the dog will ever go bad, there is a reason why pit bulls are banned from alot of areas.

If something were to ever happen, and your dog were to bite someone you could get sued into oblivion for having a "perceived" attack dog as a pet. There are a million other breeds that don't have the stigma a pit-bull has, I would pass on the liability.

You can get sued if ANY dog of yours bites someone.
and pitbulls arent born killers they are trained that way.

just like humans, they arent born a certain way, the things that they see and go through does that to them.

you cant call one breed of dog a bad dog. I have 2 full blooded pits, and neither one of them would ever think of biting me. I can stick my hand in their food while eating. even pull them away from them. and they dont do anything.

Its all how the dog is trained and raised.

You can train and make any dog a killer.

[StrtRacer98]

Re: People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

You can train and make any dog a killer.

Can you train me to be a killer, sceneiskeen?

[sac2165]

Re: People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

You can get sued if ANY dog of yours bites someone.
and pitbulls arent born killers they are trained that way.

just like humans, they arent born a certain way, the things that they see and go through does that to them.

you cant call one breed of dog a bad dog. I have 2 full blooded pits, and neither one of them would ever think of biting me. I can stick my hand in their food while eating. even pull them away from them. and they dont do anything.

Its all how the dog is trained and raised.

You can train and make any dog a killer.

That is probably true, but your homeowner's insurance doesn't go up if you're raising a Chihuahua.

[pace2006]

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Ironically, labs are a lot worse about biting people than pits.

Kinda eerie the way you describe that pit though, sounds a lot like a lab we have. She's intelligent, obedient, and a good dog, but is also not entirely right in the head. She's a female lab that has that "won't back down" men tality, along with the same eating habits you mentioned. Even though she is younger and smaller than the other dog, she's definitely the dominant of the two. Took quite a bit of patience and training to get her to behave properly during meal time and around the other dog. Got to make sure they understand that it's not ok to be aggressive toward other dogs or people.

[sceneiskeen]

Re: People with experience with dogs, especially pit bulls.

Can you train me to be a killer, sceneiskeen?

i cant, because i dont train dogs. But im sure someone could make that a mean *** little dog.

That is probably true, but your homeowner's insurance doesn't go up if you're raising a Chihuahua.

and our homeowners insurance didnt go up or down any when we got our pitbulls, or our lab, or our miniature dachshund.

[Blizzard242]

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Ok, first of all, you're the boss. What is a really really good way to train dogs is on a choke leash. They learn that you're the boss. You can buy ones that have limits to how much they can constrict if your worried about hurting him. But in all reality, if you love the guy you won't pull the leash hard enough to hurt him. Just simple little walks consistently so he doesn't forget. You guide him, he doesn't guide you. If he stops, you keep walking. Use 1 word consistently to discipline him while you're using the collar.. Like No, or Quit. Eventually he'll associate the word with the discomfort the leash gives and stop wtf ever he's doing with just a word.

We had a dog trainer come to our house to try and teach our oldest to not attack the other 2 new pups we bought. We paid that guy way to much for him to basically tell us to take the dogs on walks. I've got my Oliver to a point where he can walk around the other dogs without instantly trying to attack them like he used to. He get's obviously irritated by them but he's not attacking anymore and we can have them all together. At this point they have to be supervised but it's an amazing improvement from where we were.