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Hi!
My boyfriend and I recently aquired a pitbull puppy named Rocco. He needed a home and we are suckers for animals. He is getting along OK with our Border Collie. I think that Jack (the BC) is teaching him the ropes. We got him terribly young at 5 weeks old but he is about 9 weeks now and a bit over 17lbs. Our BC is around 5 years old, so dealing with a puppy is a adjustment for him and us too. We got Jack from a Border Collie rescue a year ago and came to us well trained with a few fears that we have been able to help him recover from. But puppy life is a whole different ball of wax. Here is some pics of them. We know he is a pit, but not 100% sure about a APBT or a Staffordshire terrier. I haven't been able to find a definate answer about the difference between the two , any thoughts would be appreciated.





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Thanks! Its definately been an interesting and tiring month. He is my first "puppy", my boyfriend has had puppies when he was younger, but I guess he didnt have to "take care" of them back then so wasn't quite as prepared as I thought he was gonna be! Both of his sisters have pitbulls or pit mixes so we are familiar with the breed in general, just not the housebreaking!! Thank goodness we have wood floors :D He is finally at the stage where we really is starting to understand and listen, compared to when he was 5 weeks and really couldn't have been expected to comprehend to much. He is starting to respond to the sit command and his name. I'm really working with getting him to come when called. It gets tiring chasing him around our yard when we want him to come in. This little stink runs pretty fast for being so clumsy.
 
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Welcome to BDB! He's a cutie. Definitely get a crate - it will save a lot of wear and tear on your nerves, cut down on the cleaning, and keep your baby safe when you aren't watching him.
 
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We do have a crate for him. Thats where he goes at night to sleep or if we just need him to chill out if he is getting overly rambucious and chomping. During the day we gated off the hallway for him. I just felt to guilty keeping him in a crate during the day. He actually is doing pretty well with the potty mess now. Usually I just have to clean up a spot when I get home and he has been keeping the poop outside. PROGRESS!!!!!
 
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He is so young that he should be in his crate at all times unless he is being directly supervised
by you. They think of it as a protective den and they like being there. Each time you bring
him out, take him outside immediately. This is what teaches him to potty outside. His crate is what
protects him from all the stuff he will chew up and swallow. You are doing him a favor by keeping him
in there when you cannot watch him.

It is hard to tell at a puppy age what he is, but he looks more pit bull that Staffie. Staffies have
shorter legs. I have a Border Collie/Springer Spaniel and my Clara is always trying to dominate her.
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Make sure that you are training your new pup from the start not to bully the other dogs and to respect their
stuff. He will try to claim it as his own and then protect it from the other dogs. It is just their way.
 
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Ah, gotcha about the breeder wanting him to go and other reasons. The good thing is that you do have other dog to help teach him bite inhibition and such. About the trying to catch him, I know how fast they are, so remember that they'd rather chase you than be chased. When you want to catch him and he is playing hard to get, make some crazy noises then run away from him. They'll often come to you then and you can get ahold of him. Doesn't work with all dogs, but worth a try. You'll teach him to come eventually, but in the meantime, can help to run in other direction, lol... good luck. He is such a cutie.
 
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Thanks for the advice. Over the past coupe days I have been enticing him to come inside from our back yard by putting a treat in his food bowl and calling his name while showing him the bowl. He has been responding well to that and running to the back door. Most of the time now all I have to do is call him and he will come running. I still give him a couple of those training treats when he comes in on command.
I feel bad leaving him in the crate for 8 hrs while we are at work. I wish I was able to make it home and back during my break to let him out and spend some time with him. I tried it and it just isn't possible.That is why we blocked off the hallway for him and crate him when we are sleeping. I'm sure its gonna make potty training him a bit harder. Once I get home I let him out of the hall and we go outside and then eat. Then he is out for the rest of the night because we are watching him. Right now we are out of town for the weekend and boarded him with our vet. I'm curious to see how he is gonna be when we get home.
We are looking forward to taking him to training and socialization classes. We have a place by our hous ecalled Alex's Brookes School of Dogs that we brought Jack to when we got him. Jack was scared of tall bald men, and very nervous. Plus he wasn't fond of other dogs. This place did wonders for him. Jack has no problem putting Rocco in his place when he wants Rocco to leave him alone. Sometimes it seems that its stressing Jack out having to do this. We are not sure if we should intervene for Jack, or let him do it. Jack is like 5 years old and never been around a puppy. He likes things to be calm and quiet which Rocco isn't :wink: They do play with eachother, especially outside and in the basement which is nice to see. But if Jack isn't in the mood for Rocco and Rocco tries to get up on the couch by Jack, he will growl at him. Sometimes Rocco barks back but mostly he moves away. Should we intervene when Rocco barks back? I know that dogs need to work things out on there own, but I feel that there is a fine line between them working it out and behavior that we as the leaders don't want. We are just not sure when its been crossed.
I agree about the long legs, I was thinking the same thing. I just can't wait for him to get a bit bigger. He has grown so fast! We have only had him for a month and he is close to getting to big to hold. Its kind of a bummer as he is my first puppy(probably our last because I don't want to do the puppy thing again. No clue to the extent of what we were getting into!, :lol: ) I wish he would stay smaller just a bit longer.
 
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