So my dog bit my girlfriend...

[rydahog]

was curious, are both pets spayed,neutered? also mixing male/female may not be best for you. I have pity,and small dog,,both females no issues..good luck and hoping the best for you..

[MannyC]

Originally Posted by rydahog

was curious, are both pets spayed,neutered? also mixing male/female may not be best for you. I have pity,and small dog,,both females no issues..good luck and hoping the best for you..

Female is, male isnt yet. It is a priority though.

[outlaw2]

Dog For Sale

Free to good home. Excellent guard dog. Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more drug pushers, thieves, murderers, or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat. Most of them knew Jethro only by his Oriental street name, Ho Lee Schitt. This settles the issue...Not a Pit

[Jay_LHD3]

Pit bulls have a bad reputation for a reason…period. Is it the breeds fault? No. If I’m walking my dog and a pit comes running around the corner unrestrained; I’m picking my dog up. No questions asked.

Would I own a pit if I lived with kids and had no other pets? Yes. Would I own two pits at the same time? Hell no, never. For the reason you described in the opening post. One minute they have acceptable behavior and the next they are trying to kill each other. Then the switch is turned off and they are ok with each other again.

It is good that there are people out there who care about the breed and want to change their reputation to something better. But IMHO, it is too late. Social media has shown every bad dog owner what kind of dog to get and sadly, it was the Pit Bull.

[outlaw2]

Also not a PIT...can't lock his jaws on the passenger seat

[race29]

Originally Posted by MannyC

I definately am no expert in training dogs, but I am open to suggestions and do want to become a better owner. Just curious, but are you opposed to the shock collar because you see it as cruel or because of inaffectivness?

Our trainers explained it to us this way... how does inflicting pain on anything...dog or human help correct their behavior...it might stop it for a time being but you are trying to stop the behavior by associating the behavior with pain.... that is more likely to cause the animal to become more aggressive.... what do you when something causes you pain... by rewarding the dog for good behavior you are enforcing that good behavior....in the early stages if we didn't like a behavior or he didn't stop he was put in his crate with the command of time out...he will now put himself in his crate when told time out...gives him a break...and by the way...they also told us that dogs don't remember for more than a few minutes what they've done so ifyou dont catch them in the act it's too late to address.... so in return time out is only for a few minutes...it's the repetion of the action that teaches them.... sometimes he'll come right back out adn do it again and back in time out he goes....it doesn't take many time to realize the result of his action...he loves stealing socks....so that always resulted in a time out...he will do it occasionally now but just if he really wants my attention because he knows i'll go after it but he ends up in time out...he wanted my attention so by putting him in time out he didn't get my attention he got solitary..lol...anyway not a professional but I've learned alot with this dog.....

[rmpackers]

Wow, first you say she is the "sweetest dog in the world" and then you talk about her "kill mode"!!! And you call other people uniformed? Real glad I don't live any where near brain cells like you two.

[MannyC]

Originally Posted by rmpackers

Wow, first you say she is the "sweetest dog in the world" and then you talk about her "kill mode"!!! And you call other people uniformed? Real glad I don't live any where near brain cells like you two.

Thats easy... watch... Your a smart guy for buying a Camaro, but you do stupid things like posting what you did.

See that easy

[MannyC]

Originally Posted by race29

Our trainers explained it to us this way... how does inflicting pain on anything...dog or human help correct their behavior...it might stop it for a time being but you are trying to stop the behavior by associating the behavior with pain.... that is more likely to cause the animal to become more aggressive.... what do you when something causes you pain... by rewarding the dog for good behavior you are enforcing that good behavior....in the early stages if we didn't like a behavior or he didn't stop he was put in his crate with the command of time out...he will now put himself in his crate when told time out...gives him a break...and by the way...they also told us that dogs don't remember for more than a few minutes what they've done so ifyou dont catch them in the act it's too late to address.... so in return time out is only for a few minutes...it's the repetion of the action that teaches them.... sometimes he'll come right back out adn do it again and back in time out he goes....it doesn't take many time to realize the result of his action...he loves stealing socks....so that always resulted in a time out...he will do it occasionally now but just if he really wants my attention because he knows i'll go after it but he ends up in time out...he wanted my attention so by putting him in time out he didn't get my attention he got solitary..lol...anyway not a professional but I've learned alot with this dog.....

I can definately see what your saying, but I guess its just different types of parenting in my opinion... kind of like parents that spank their kids vs parents that send to time out. Both effective(I know thats arguable) but different styles. Im not saying beat/shock them for everything they do because usually a stern tone will do the trick, but thats what Ive seen to be effective for immidiate corrections. Im willing to take the time and train them correctly or seek help, but the collar is in place for immidiate corrections.

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by MannyC

Im feeling a camaro/pit bull meet coming on...

Will it be at 4:20 PM ???

[PETRA]

I stopped reading responses when I got to #2 of pit bashing. Makes me insane.

All dogs have instinct to fight and protect what is theirs. Being a pit does not automatically make them more agressive or mean or whatever; asshole owners who want a mean dog are the reason for pits having such a bad rep.

Dogs in the same household are going to eventually fight for alpha. I'm willing to bet that's what these two were doing. It sucks, but sometimes its best to just let it happen. Its natural. But if you need to break it up, I agree with the hose idea. That way no one gets hurt too badly.

I hope your GF doesn't fear the dogs after this to where you need to find one or both of them new homes... guess I should read the rest of the posts to see if this has already become an issue....

I am glad your GF was not hurt more.

[8cd03gro]

I'm not going to dance around it. . . take your girlfriend to get an IQ test and reconsider your relationship. Has she ever stuck her foot in a wood chipper to see what would happen?

[coolman]

In case anyone cares, my wife was bitten very badly by our 10 month old (at the time) Golden Retriever. Yeah that's right a Golden retriever and still a pup even. All she was doing was taking his collar off before we went to bed and he snapped. So it's not just pit bulls that snap. We ended up taking the dog back to the breeder we got him from.

[2ndgenz28]

any breed can be bad, some dogs are just nuts.

My Shelty Shepherd had 8, all but 1 were good dogs.

And it was the one my dad took cause it had big feet [sign it will be bigger]
but it was just psycho, I would not turn my back on the dog. I drove him to get put down, and they didn't have the appoitment in the book, I refused to leave with him.