I have 4 Pits and other dogs too. I have one spayed female Pit and I also have a 5 year old Yellow Lab. My female Pit is a rescue and I've had her two months. She's taken a dislike to the lab and has jumped on her 3 times in the last two weeks with the intent to kill. I've crated, tied, separated, everything I can think of but I really need some help with this. She will do just fine for 3 or 4 days and then out of the blue with no provocation she'll jump the lab and puts major puncture wounds on her before I can get her off. She never bothers the other dogs or cats, chickens, nothing. She does have a problem with my goats but I can keep her away from them. The lab is another story. Does any one have any suggestions? I'll try anything because she's going to have to go if I can't get this under control and I'm out of ideas. Hubby says he'll shoot her in the head with the next incident so it's pretty urgent! Thanks for any help.
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I have 4 Pits and other dogs too. I have one spayed female Pit and I also have a 5 year old Yellow Lab. My female Pit is a rescue and I've had her two months. She's taken a dislike to the lab and has jumped on her 3 times in the last two weeks with the intent to kill. I've crated, tied, separated, everything I can think of............ She will do just fine for 3 or 4 days and then out of the blue with no provocation she'll jump the lab and puts major puncture wounds on her before I can get her off. ....
SEPARATE means SEPARATE, not sometimes together and sometimes not. If they were separated, this could not happen.
If you read this http://www.leerburg.com/introducingdogs.htm
and listen to the podcast of the same name (you'll see it there), you'll see that you're making a lot of serious mistakes. You have to read this now and act on it now.
Allowing this to happen to a dog in your pack is NOT pack leadership.
If you cannot keep them 100% separated and work on training each one (separately), then your husband is right that the aggressive dog has to GO.
I don't want to sound mean. These are facts. You're endangering your dogs and you're not acting as a pack leader; you CAN learn how. http://www.leerburg.com/dogtrainingpodcasts.htm
and scroll to the groundwork podcast.
If you can't do this immediately, the dog has to be 100% separated until you have her re-homed.
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P.S. You'll do really well to buy a couple of the Leerburg training DVDs or videos, too. While waiting for them, you can be listening to the podcasts and reading some articles. That situation is an "act NOW" situation.
Rehome this dog...she is what she is, and she appears to be an alpha female that will kill her opposition. She needs to go to an owner willing to put the time in to train her and keep her safe and those in her environment safe. When you rehome her just make sure you are not sending her to someone who will try to take advantage of her breed.
Thanks Val. I imagine that's what's going to happen. I've considered putting her in a rescue but just haven't decided yet. She's only been here two months and the Lab is the only dog she has a problem with. I have 17 dogs here. I'm going to muzzle her and work with her a little more but I really don't have much hope. Then too I'm not sure she should be rehomed at all. She may need to be put down. Other than this one problem she's a great dog. I sure would like to work her through it.
A Pit Bull that exhibits DA does not need to be PTS, A Pit Bull that exhibits PEOPLE AGGRESSION does. This dog could be a fantastic animal in a single pet home or a working dog family...teach her to be a catch dog or a bay dog. Putting this dog down because she has DA/animal aggression is like putting a GSD down because it exhibits guardian tendecies. Pit Bulls were bred to have animal aggression, it can be controlled and managed, but it sounds like you have your plate full already. If you need help finding someone PM me I will get over to my other forum and ask. I am curious as to why you are hesitant to rehome...is she people aggressive?
I've been reading as fast as I can on this site! LOL there's a lot of info here. What I've done is bought a muzzle and she wears that now when she's out of her crate. the Lab never bothers the Pit it's the other way around and the Pit was here 6 weeks before she ever bothered the Lab. I don't know what set off the fireworks but for the last two weeks it's been havoc. I'll keep them separated or muzzled for a little while longer till I can work with Jolie this fall and then I'll have to just go from there.
Pits do turn on any where from 4 mo to 2 years. When they turn on they come into their animal aggression. Some pits will only exhibit this aggression to those they feel threaten them in some way, some like to mix it up with who ever. I have one of each. This as you describe is normal Pit Bull behavior...unless you have not included every thing.
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