#dog-aggression

So yeah, don’t ask me why this person is bringing these dogs to a leash-free dog sport with multiple dogs running at once.This is completely irresponsible behaviour from someone that many (upon seeing Boom mislabeled a “Pit Bull) consider an example of a good bully breed owner.

I’m talking about another situation on another site, but that’s the one I found in the meantime that refers to her comment about Jager.

Update: Found one involving Hennessey, looking for the othershttp://www.discussworldissues.com/forums/pets-forum/218500-hennessy-took-one-breed.htmlHandler says that the attacking dog was “lucky it wasn’t Jager”, implying that Jager has attacked or been in fights before at these events and that she is knowingly running a DA dog in flyball.

Muzzle the dog, enter it in work or sports (not with the hopes of eliminating dog-aggression, but to give it something exercising to do), accept the fact that the dog will never be safe around other dogs.

What I was saying was that if dogs had to be forced to fight, DA dog breeds wouldn’t go out of their way to fight. Meaning you’d have to force them and they wouldn’t rush to a fence or lunge on their leash of their own free will when on walks and passing a dog. :)

If the dogs were forced to fight, dog-fights would not revolve around “scratch-and-turn” contests. There would be no scratch-lines, and the walls of a dog-fighting pit can be easily jumped as well. DA bully breeds would not go out of their way to pick a fight with a dog on a walk.On top of that, if dogs could be forced or trained to fight, dog-fighters would have a hell of an easier time just grabbing two black labs for $50 each off Craigslist and running a fancy million dollar black lab Fightclub empire.

 I would advise waiting until you are in a one-dog-only home with no small animals before getting a bully breed

 Depending on who you get your dog from or what pedigree he has, he may be really DA or not so much. Dogs who have recent gamebred ancestors and might pass the DA onto your pup, but it’s not always guaranteed.Whatever the case is, many people with multiple dogs in the house who own at least one bully breed operate on a "crate and rotate" method of housing, and seem to have success with this. Some Pit Bulls are dog-aggressive from the start but others don’t show any aggression until they’re older. Usually around sexual maturity (1 to 2 years of age), the dog-aggression will kick in, or not at all. Even if your bully breed shows no aggression ever, it’s unwise to let your guard down as this trait can pop up at any time. Own a breakstick or two, carry it with you, use it.I would not suggest letting your Pit Bull go in a dog park. Dog parks in general aren’t a really good place for dogs in the first place (I know, kind of weird to say that!) because people seem to just let their dogs run rampant without checking in on them or stepping in when things get out of hand. As a result, scraps happen and bad behaviour is encouraged or ignored (rough playing, ignoring obvious signs of extreme stress, dogs humping other dogs!!!!!) Don’t allow your Pit Bull to play with other dogs unsupervised. These dogs don’t make a lot of noise before a fight, and you don’t want to be eating dinner to look out the window and see your dogs in a brawl on the lawn. I would suggest using positive re-enforcement methods of dog training to train your dog to enjoy the contact of other dogs. This doesn’t guarantee that your dog won’t be DA, and certainly won’t curb DA genetics, but it can help your dog learn to be okay with approaching other dogs to say hi, and how to play with them correctly. I would suggest checking out Sophia Yin’s clicker training videos on Youtube :)I’ve got a post here about what I consider to be responsible Pit Bull owner traits: http://notapitbull.tumblr.com/post/97899541897/so-out-of-curiosity-what-type-of