The Roxus Files

Hi, and congratulations on getting a pit bull! My Apollo apparently has a lot of the Razor's Edge bloodline. I can't say how much, the guy we purchased him from claimed it and I never took a good look at his papers to see if it would give me any indication.

To answer your question, I have never once been fearful of my dogs, and I'll try to give my explanation of why somewhat brief. XD I nearly wrote a story the first time I tried to answer this.

I got my first pitbull, Mase, when I was about five years old, and he never snapped, nipped, or even barked when he wasn't supposed to. My dad used to have Mase play a game where Mase would lightly hold down his hand with his teeth. My dad wanted to see if Mase would still hold down if someone else's hand was with his, so once he grabbed my hand and put it on top of his. Instead of trying to nibble on my dad's hand like he normally did, Mase turned his head away and refused to.

Roxus, while he barks at men, has also never snapped or bitten or even nibbled. He is extremely gentle, loves children, likes to sit on laps like he's a lapdog, enjoys walking in between legs and even understands the phrase "give me a kiss and a hug". He'll lower his head down and let us kiss the top of his head before he puts his head on our shoulder.

Apollo is my lazy bum, he likes to sleep, lean against you, and also sit on your lap. He absolutely adores cats, and enjoys trips to the veterinarian's office because the cat they have that lives there plays with him. The vet, really confused about this, had even taken the time to ask us if he liked cats, because he couldn't understand why he liked their cat Goldy so much. Like Mase and Roxus, Apollo has never once nipped or snapped past that early puppy teething stage.

Because I had helped train all of these dogs, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that they would never, ever hurt me, my family, or my guests. When I was in middle school, I had a friend who was terrified of dogs and actually didn't want to come over because I had Mase at the time. When she finally came in and played with Mase, she decided that she really liked him and wasn't afraid of him, although she still feared dogs, even chihuahuas. When I got Roxus, she suggested the name, and visited a lot and took a huge liking to him as well.

My brother's friend purchased a pit bull puppy, who was a beautiful fawn, and brought it home without telling his mother. She was incredibly fearful of the dog for a while even though it was a puppy, just because it was a pit. He quickly managed to wiggle his way into her heart and stayed there. When my brother's friend was ready to move out, he couldn't take the dog because his mother loved the dog so much and wanted to keep him.

My name is Rox, I'm a four year old American Pit Bull Terrier. My mom told my sister that I deserved my own blog because I'm apparently really silly, so she decided to give it a shot.