Thread: UKC American Pitbull - Free To Good Home

Originally Posted by Pitbull2GoodHome

Originally Posted by leemo

Originally Posted by Kurgen

He's a nice looking dog who sounds like he's been well trained.

Good luck with finding a new owner but expect loads of postings about how dangerous he is etc.

Not to rain on anyone's parade but yes pitbulls are dangerous and they're also one-man/family dogs, which can make them rather unpredictable and volatile when offloaded, especially if it had already bonded with previous carers.

Anyone considering your kind offer should take care to run it in slow and patient.

I have never had this experience. There is a gigantic nitch in the dog market and SO many dogs are classified as "Pitbulls" when in reality they are just mutts that look like terriers. As soon as a "terrier looking dog" bites someone, OMG ITS A PITBULL KILL IT. Nobody ever takes into consideration of what actually happened when the person got bit.

My parents always had Dobermans and Pitbulls and I got bit in the face by one of the dobermans when I was a real small boy. Had to get a few stitches under my chin and on the forehead. The dog was sick and sleeping on the dog bed and I jumped off the couch onto the dog WWF Style and scared the shit out of it. It reacted and bit me. Nobody in my house, the emergency room, or anywhere thought the dog should be put down. Par for the course if you are going to have a large breed dog.

My dog is just a dog. Not a lion or tiger or something. Not a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. Anyone with experience with larger breeds living in the house can handle him. Just a matter of positive reinforcement. Maybe some hot dogs or grilled chicken.

Doesn't matter what you did to 'frighten' it, my book has no justification for a dog being goaded into attacking children. Not blaming the dog, just the owner, either for a training failure or for failing to identify and address a flaw that could taken your face off or worse.

I have never had a 'violent' breed but all of my dogs from puppy were used to having babies do what babies do with hands in eyes and mouths and ears, climbing and other irritants, especially when they were hungry or tired, and bore it with good grace because one was a dog and the other human. Another thing they learned early on was that if a human wants what they are playing with or eating they would give it up with no second thought. And no, they were never bullied into it, but treated it as a game earning the praise that dogs thrive on.

Sorry, I don't go for the excuse that you - or any kid - had it coming.

My land will have a block wall around about 1/2 rai where the house is and a chain link fence along the back border where we own the other 3.5 rai with no neighbors on that side. It was always my intention to do this even before I had the pit bulls.

Now I would keep any dog I care about inside at night and let them have the run of the house. I have always had large dogs and even a Great Dane that slept between my girlfriend and I a lot of the time. He was a big baby and stupid as a mud fence, but I really liked that dog. It killed me to put him down at the age of 5 when he got cancer.

Anyway, I would recommend anyone having a western breed dog to keep them inside at night and watch them closely during the day.

Originally Posted by leemo

Originally Posted by Pitbull2GoodHome

Originally Posted by leemo

Originally Posted by Kurgen

He's a nice looking dog who sounds like he's been well trained.

Good luck with finding a new owner but expect loads of postings about how dangerous he is etc.

Not to rain on anyone's parade but yes pitbulls are dangerous and they're also one-man/family dogs, which can make them rather unpredictable and volatile when offloaded, especially if it had already bonded with previous carers.

Anyone considering your kind offer should take care to run it in slow and patient.

I have never had this experience. There is a gigantic nitch in the dog market and SO many dogs are classified as "Pitbulls" when in reality they are just mutts that look like terriers. As soon as a "terrier looking dog" bites someone, OMG ITS A PITBULL KILL IT. Nobody ever takes into consideration of what actually happened when the person got bit.

My parents always had Dobermans and Pitbulls and I got bit in the face by one of the dobermans when I was a real small boy. Had to get a few stitches under my chin and on the forehead. The dog was sick and sleeping on the dog bed and I jumped off the couch onto the dog WWF Style and scared the shit out of it. It reacted and bit me. Nobody in my house, the emergency room, or anywhere thought the dog should be put down. Par for the course if you are going to have a large breed dog.

My dog is just a dog. Not a lion or tiger or something. Not a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. Anyone with experience with larger breeds living in the house can handle him. Just a matter of positive reinforcement. Maybe some hot dogs or grilled chicken.

Doesn't matter what you did to 'frighten' it, my book has no justification for a dog being goaded into attacking children. Not blaming the dog, just the owner, either for a training failure or for failing to identify and address a flaw that could taken your face off or worse.

I have never had a 'violent' breed but all of my dogs from puppy were used to having babies do what babies do with hands in eyes and mouths and ears, climbing and other irritants, especially when they were hungry or tired, and bore it with good grace because one was a dog and the other human. Another thing they learned early on was that if a human wants what they are playing with or eating they would give it up with no second thought. And no, they were never bullied into it, but treated it as a game earning the praise that dogs thrive on.

Sorry, I don't go for the excuse that you - or any kid - had it coming.

Again, par for the course if there are going to be large breed animals living in a house with children. They ARE animals. And I never said that any kid had it coming. All I'm saying is that it can happen no matter how trained the dog is or what breed it is. These things have to be considered and if anyone can not understand this, then should probably not have one in the house big enough to inflict any kind of damage.

I had a neighborhood brat kid that liked to come over with his friends and play with my dog. Kick a ball around and Dallas would run around trying to get the ball. Well, one day I'm sitting there and it gets quiet outside so I go out and see what these kids are doing. The one boy was sneaking up on my dog from the rear and snapping a fucking rubberband on his balls. His dog nut sack. No shit. Couldn't believe it. Dog didn't do anything but he didn't like it. It's shit like that that makes bad things happen and then people blame the dog for being aggressive. Wtf.