What exactly does, "A GSD, dobe, mal centered trainer will ruin a good apbt fast." mean?

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Originally posted by El Pres:
Training a stable apbt for protection sports is not dangerous contrary to some of the posts here. Protection sports ie sch., if trained correctly by a pit savvy trainer are seen as merely a game by the dogs and therefore do not pose a threat of rewireing the dog to bite man. That argument is nonsensical. It is important...imperative that anyone with an apbt that wishes to try these sports find a trainer who is both pit savvy and a lover of the breed who understand the intricacies of the apbt mind and temperament.

El Pres,

Very good post and I'd have to agree with a lot of what you've said. I'm not sure you meant by "trained correctly by a pit savvy trainer to think it is merely a game". I don't mind those kind of pits but I also do think it is not wrong and it is very possible to still have a very stable pit who can work well in aggression also. His stability will allow him to discriminate the situations he's in. I do think it should only be done,if done, by responsibly commited apbt owners ONLY.

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Originally posted by VanCamp:
What exactly does, "A GSD, dobe, mal centered trainer will ruin a good apbt fast." mean?

You know certain individuals respond to certain things in a certain ways. Breeds are breeds because of certain general characteristics they all share. It still doesn't mean that every dog is not an individual, they are. In general, these above mentioned breeds have been worked much more commonly in the area of protection work. Certain techniques have been developed for these breeds because they respond well to them. It still doesn't mean that just because this worked for a shepherd it's not going to work for a pit bull, it very well can work. But then you have certain individuals that do certain things because it's just been done that way with the more common protection dogs. Someone who is sound in dog behavior and training should have no problem training an APBT. It's the resources that have been developed and used on GSD's (for example) that lead people to believe that just because a GSD reponds to a technique in this fashion so will a APBT. Same thing as training different breeds period. A lot of them have their general qualities. In the protection work it's common to work rottweilers with a lot of prey stimulation because they have a natural defensiveness to them whereas the GSD can respond better to defense work at young (younger than rottie) age because they have a lot of prey to compensate. I'll stop rambling NOW. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />