Sorry. It is small on my computer...weird. I am getting PM's fine, too...weird again. Unless it's your outbox that's full??? Didn't that happen before?

It's huge on mine.

I cannot send you a PM, although I just sent one to someone else OK. But I will definitely try to delete my own.

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Actually, if you read further on, Ed recommends a method for if you find yourself alone.

Right...that's what I said...don't use the back legs method by yourself...I'm confused now...

Is my sig pic ok now? The original is only 480X640 which still should fit on the page...and I downsized it...unless it hasn't refreshed since I did that...

Fixed!

Thanks.

(The PMs ... not the sig pic. )

Sig pic is fixed too!

Back to thread ...

Jenni, your sig pic is HUGE on my pc. Did you get one of those hippo Pits? Please tell me you didn't.

Edited by Alex Corral (12/18/2008 05:17 PM)
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That news video clip is Horrible! , the owner has no CLUE!! HE thinks he knows pack mentality, but knows jack SH.t, his yard is like a fighting pit to begin with and for him to have (what looks like) 3 males with 2 females running together all day tells me a lot about this dog owner. He is a complete MORON and should have his dogs taken away! The Lady in the wheel chair should move , such a dangerous situation...I don't get why people want so many dogs ,yet they can't even control one...

I have been on the fence but I am going to throw my two cents in. I have an APBT and an AST. Here is the difference between my dogs, my Pit is cold, he will not fight unless he is forced to, then it is "till the end", my Staff is all aggression, she will start but I doubt she is in it for the long haul, she has never been aloud to get that far. My point is my Staff has been through 2 years of intense training for ME to help her control her DA. The biggest obsticle was for ME to learn to manage her DA and for her to see me as the Leader that will not tolerate the bad behavior. I never forget what she is, and I know she fights everything that makes her a Pit Bull breed to respect me in situations with other dogs, so I in turn respect that and am careful of the situations I put her in.

It is a rule for me and her, when we are approached by another dog, she is a submissive position to me, and I am the barrier to the other dog. For her it can never be anything else, it is the same all the time unless the other dog is not under control. If the dog is of no threat she is up by her collar, her mouth away from the other dog and her eyes on me, and again I am the barrier to the other dog. If the dog is a threat I suppose I would have to let her defend herself, or make a break for a safe place - have not been faced with that situation yet.

If you are not sure your Pit Bull knows exactly what is expected from you, you cannot control the behavior, and any lesser dog you put in it's path is in danger.

If you are absolutely sure your Pit Bull knows the DA behavior is unacceptable and still continues to exhibit it, the dog is not respecting you enough to overcome the behavior, a dangerous situation.

What ever you do be honest in your assessment of the dog, be fair to the dog and those in it's environment. Make sound decisions based on the facts and not what you hope or wished it was or will become. IMO a DA Pit Bull is a natural thing, a well pack structured Pit Bull is an amazing thing, and a Pit Bull that simply is not wired to be around other dogs should be acknowledged and delt with accordingly.

Much luck to you, remember the actions of a single Pit Bull effects the rest.....make sure your Pit Bulls actions show your committment to the breed and those in your environment....Safety and Responsibility first!

I’ve been following this thread for awhile, and debated whether or not I should post anything b/c you’ve got really smart, experienced people posting on here.

You’ve got aggression issues. You haven’t experienced a full-blown fight or attack.

Also, I don’t know how to say this without sounding silly, but I’ll say it anyways.

I have a dog that has attacked another dog (and I’m certain she had attacked before I adopted her). I can’t bring the dog experience of some of the other people on this thread, but I can tell you this – however awful you think it would be to have your dog attack another dog – it doesn’t even begin to come close to the reality of how awful an actual attack is. It is a million times worse than anything you can imagine. Honestly, I felt like I was having an out-of-body experience. It is up there, with my father dying, as horrible traumatic events of my lifetime. It was an accident, but I doubt I’ll ever forgive myself. Not to mention the shame that comes with it. And I’m the owner of the dog who attacked, not the dog who was attacked. I can’t even begin to imagine how awful it would be to be on the other side of the equation. You have the potential to be both.

All I can tell you is, it is not a situation you want to be in. You don’t want it for you, for your family, for the dog attacked, or for the dog who does attack. I have a dog who enjoys attacking other dogs – she is now under strict controls and precautions at all times, and will be for her entire life, no matter how well she does in the work I do with her on her aggression – you don’t want Bleu to learn to enjoy attacking. Nothing about the situation is good, and I’m sure you, in your mind, think that an actual attack would be horrible – but please, believe me, what you imagine doesn’t even begin to stack up to the reality.