I would worry about your dog, skittish and pit bull is a very bad cobo Read the nilf thread. I just wouldn't take him in public. walk him at night and such.
wrknrott said:Either get professional training help from someone that deals with aggressive behaviors or put the dog down.... either case you must take responsibility as to not cause anyone further to be injured! :?
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I agree..get someone to come to your home.LegendsMami said:Maybe you can get him in on some one on one classes first before you put him into group. They may even have a class thats 3 wks of private 4 wks of group or something like that.
I have no idea what a shock collar would do to him. He's never had to experience it. I'm just sick of the skittishness and honestly if it weren't a conern to so many of you bull dog owners, I wouldn't think that it was a big deal. Obviously I have a lot more on my hands than I have time or money for. I may have to give him up for adoption to a family who has the necessary funds to care for him like he needs. I am a full time college student at a private college with bills on top of that. I don't really have too much additional money to have someone come into my home privately. I think that just keeping him inside until he's old and dies isn't the solution either. I'd love to be able to trust him enough to take him running the 4 mile block around the local stone quarry with me. But I can't even do that.the BIG&thelittle said:I agree..get someone to come to your home.
I would not let you attend one of my group classes if you neded a shock coller to control your dog.. the liability would be huge
To pawn this unstable dog off on another family is not a good option, and how would you feel if her bit a child? Eather try to fix his problem yourself or put him down, just my thoughtsKatieBug said:I have no idea what a shock collar would do to him. He's never had to experience it. I'm just sick of the skittishness and honestly if it weren't a conern to so many of you bull dog owners, I wouldn't think that it was a big deal. Obviously I have a lot more on my hands than I have time or money for. I may have to give him up for adoption to a family who has the necessary funds to care for him like he needs. I am a full time college student at a private college with bills on top of that. I don't really have too much additional money to have someone come into my home privately. I think that just keeping him inside until he's old and dies isn't the solution either. I'd love to be able to trust him enough to take him running the 4 mile block around the local stone quarry with me. But I can't even do that.the BIG&thelittle said:I agree..get someone to come to your home.
I would not let you attend one of my group classes if you neded a shock coller to control your dog.. the liability would be huge
I don't have kids. It's just every random person who brings their kids to my mom and dads house that he has to play with. He is fine in his environment for sure. But the thing is that I have called all the local dog trainers and no one has returned my call. It has been about a month and a half that this point and I think that because he has some pit bull in him, they're reluctant to do anything.Cookies Mom said:I'm not saying that you can't work with him, but giving him to someone else isn't a good idia. you know how he is with your kids, in the invierment he is in now! but read up on the nilf system. you might just have to work hard on him.
Why would you be disturbed at the thought of putting down a skittish dog instead of giving it to another person. What I have read it's get help for him if you keep him, but don't just give him to someone else. put him down if you can't handle the problem yourself. there are enough BSL's If a pit bull is skittish has bitten an old lady,already and you don't trust him yourself thenyou can't just give him away. that is irresposable don't you think. If you think he's a problem get all the training books you can find,Crazy-J said:I'm actually quite disturbed at the response in this thread.
It's very easy to say put him down when it's not your dog. He has been a part of our lives for some time now. Although I had no part in his upbringing as a puppy, he is not a "bad dog that is on the verge of attacking everyone" like he is being portrayed. He is a nervous dog. Define nervous?
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