Thread: UKC American Pitbull - Free To Good Home

Me and the Wife are moving back are trying to move back to the states, and the process is involving quite a few trips to the US for a month at a time, then back to Thailand. Our house is in the boonies near Prasat, Surin, and its incredibly difficult to find trustworthy (to me) people to house sit for us and watch our dog for extended periods of time. Most people are scared of the dog or have absolutely no idea how to interact and exercise with a dog like this. I feel terrible when we have to leave him in the care of a relative and all they do is come over once a day and feed him and thats all the human interaction he gets for 2 -3 weeks while we are gone.

Ive exhausted just about every avenue I can think of, and the only thing I can come up with is to try and give Dallas away to a good home. I think thats the best, least stressful thing for him as much as I REALLY hate to do it.

Right now, I built a house here and we are on 1/2 Rai. 800 Sq. Meter. There is a block wall around the house and the dog has full run of the house and lawn. He gets walked 2-3 times a day and we are the only house on a rural dead end street. He free feeds dry dog food bought from Big-C. He is FULLY house broken and does not get on the furniture. Ever. He likes to play tug of war with the rope toy and knows the basics of Sit, Shake, Down, and Stay. He LOVES women and kids for some reason but jumps all over males (not aggressively) when they come onto the property.

My wifes nephew is like 2 or 3 years old and rides the dog like a horse and pulls on his tail/lips/ears and he does not even care. Dallas turned 2 in August, and loves people. I have NEVER seen him get aggressive towards people at all. In fact, he does not even bark at anyone when they come up to the house.

Now here are the things that need be thought about if someone wants Dallas:

He is EXTREMELY prey driven. This is the reason we can not give him to my wifes parents to stay. They have a perfect place with 6-7 Rai & block wall, but the place is FULL of chickens. Half of these chickens are cock fighting chickens and Dallas will DESTROY the place trying to get at them. He will kill them, and eat them. Feet, feathers, beak, bones, and all. Same with cats, but cats are pretty smart and just get out of his range. Any small animal is fair game to him. Even snakes. Anything really. He also goes after buffalo and cows to the point that they stress out and could hurt themselves jumping over rice paddy berms and tearing out their nose ropes. Makes for pissed off farmers.

Dallas loves to ride in the car and will just sit in there if you leave the car door open, but the prey drive thing messes it up if you are not careful. I swear he can hear a chicken from a mile away and goes full retard in the car. He is also very protective of the car and no other dogs can be around him.

He pulls on the leash pretty bad, but this is my fault. About 6 months after we got him I had to take another job offshore on a real shitty rotation and was gone for a while and the problem progressively got worse because my wife cannot control him on the lead like I can. The dog only weighs 10 kilo less than her.

So basically, Dallas is a house dog that loves people, but needs a good leader that is there all the time. He needs to be on a property that is properly walled so he cant get out, and he likes to sleep inside the house on his dog bed. Most of his negative traits can be trained/socialized out with time but its going to take someone thats got a few hours a day to interact with him and be real consistent. He can live with another dog in the house, but it will take a few days and a close eye to get them comfortable.

Anyway, if anyone has any questions or anything, feel free to ask away.... I have more pictures if anyone wants. Just let me know.

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.

Thanks man, hope I can find a good home for him also.

If he shows aggression to other animals and a change of ownership could well be a change in how the dog behaves.

Good luck finding a new owner. Looks like a lovely dog.

Originally Posted by Yasojack

If he shows aggression to other animals and a change of ownership could well be a change in how the dog behaves.

Could very well be... Unfortunately I'm not here as much as I need to be, so its hard to get any socialization done with him, and its even harder in the area that I live in to find a good, "neutral ground" controlled situation to work on it. Walk him with the lead on the street and I get about 20 unleashed soi dogs running up at him. "the street" is the soi dogs turf. I can't bring any dogs over to my place because its my dogs turf... The dynamic isn't right.

I can bring dogs over to my place but I have to exercise the shit out of dallas for a good few hours until he refuses to move anymore lol. After a few hours they will get acclimated and its usually just a matter of keeping an eye on everything for a few days. Its not bad, just has to be done right.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Good luck finding a new owner. Looks like a lovely dog.

So does this one.

Horror as four-year-old girl is mauled to death by dog from animal charity: Mother stabbed pet in desperate bid to save her daughter

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Fresh Cut Grass



Got himself a rat snake

Looks nice, but it's aggressive. ,Prolly best put down for the safety of others

Ok , we are in surin and have been looking for a dog like this , email me , [email protected].
I don't think u have enough posts for pm's.

Originally Posted by Pitbull2GoodHome

He also goes after buffalo and cows to the point that they stress out and could hurt themselves jumping over rice paddy berms and tearing out their nose ropes. Makes for pissed off farmers.

Originally Posted by Pitbull2GoodHome

Dallas loves to ride in the car

GREAT OP! Young Dallas certainly has character.

Originally Posted by Pitbull2GoodHome

Dallas turned 2 in August,

His prey drive is yet to peak. Pitbulls demand more care and responsibility than children in my experience.

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.

Who was the American guy who did the muay thai on here who had 2 or 3 pitbulls ?
that's the kind of home I'd be looking for, for Dallas

Dallas is a beautiful dog.

My neighbors adopted a full grown pit bull. The dog accepted the other dogs living in the house and has never, in all these years, given his new owners any special problems.

When I go inside the neighbors gate, he scares the shit out of me, that huge dog barreling up to me barking. Then he recognises me and jumps up on me wanting to be petted. He's really a good dog.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Good luck finding a new owner. Looks like a lovely dog.

So does this one.

Horror as four-year-old girl is mauled to death by dog from animal charity: Mother stabbed pet in desperate bid to save her daughter

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Typical. 'Pitbull' is in apostrophes in the headline indicating that it was none, and the article states "A Leicestershire Police spokesman said: 'Tests are being carried out today to establish the exact breed of the dog but at this stage it is not believed to be a breed listed under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act." That would be

Pit Bull Terrier
Japanese Tosa
Dogo Argentino
Fila Brasileiro

No matter how much they are maligned undeservedly, it's the best breed of dog one can have, and kids just love them.

Originally Posted by Rainfall

No matter how much they are maligned undeservedly, it's the best breed of dog one can have, and kids just love them.

what a load of dogshit

I had two pitbulls and they were both poisoned. I don't think the Thais are that fond of the breed and I would keep him inside at night. If my house was finished, I would seriously consider taking him. I have 4 rai and lots of room along with being away from the main road where we are now. The wife is looking at golden retriever pups and wants to get two.

If you do not have any luck in finding a good owner, let me know.

Originally Posted by leemo

Not to rain on anyone's parade but yes pitbulls are dangerous and they're also one-man/family dogs

I've not found that.

My brother in law was forced to give his pitbull, Chocolate, to live with his mum when he had to move into a smaller house and the mother in law quite often drops him off round my house when she wants to go on holiday. So that's 3 house holds he's very happy in, and he also obeys me, the brother in law and father in law.

Here's Ninja keeping an eye on things.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

I had two pitbulls and they were both poisoned. I don't think the Thais are that fond of the breed and I would keep him inside at night. If my house was finished, I would seriously consider taking him. I have 4 rai and lots of room along with being away from the main road where we are now. The wife is looking at golden retriever pups and wants to get two.

If you do not have any luck in finding a good owner, let me know.

Im not in a hurry to get rid of the dog, and I still have a few months until I really HAVE to do something. Is your house going to have a wall around the property at all?

Dallas sleeps in my office at night on his dog bed. He is a house dog through and through. I have had many arguments about the poisoning thing with my wife. The Thais like to use etheleyne glycol (Antifreeze) because is smells and tastes sweet and dogs love it.

Another reason I keep him on the property and in the house at night, is that I have had someone attempt to steal him on 2 different occasions when he is left to run around the streets. The thais look at him as a gold mine for puppies. One litter here can bring anywhere from 80,000 - 120,000 baht or more.

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.

Originally Posted by Exige

Looks nice, but it's aggressive. ,Prolly best put down for the safety of others

Prey Drive, and People Aggression are 2 completely different things.

If Dallas was even remotely aggressive to humans I would not be posting this thread. I would keep him for as long as I could and then put him down with the G19 because the vets in the area here do not "Put Down" animals. They just don't do it. I have no idea why, but they just don't do it. Maybe in Bangkok or Pattaya or something they will, but out here in the sticks where I live they look at you like you are crazy for asking about it.

Originally Posted by misskit

Dallas is a beautiful dog.

My neighbors adopted a full grown pit bull. The dog accepted the other dogs living in the house and has never, in all these years, given his new owners any special problems.

When I go inside the neighbors gate, he scares the shit out of me, that huge dog barreling up to me barking. Then he recognises me and jumps up on me wanting to be petted. He's really a good dog.

Haha sounds like what happens at my house, except my dog does not even bark at people. Just runs up and jumps on them in full excitement mode. Tail wagging so hard that it hurts when it hits your leg.

Originally Posted by Pitbull2GoodHome

Originally Posted by Exige

Looks nice, but it's aggressive. ,Prolly best put down for the safety of others

Prey Drive, and People Aggression are 2 completely different things.

If Dallas was even remotely aggressive to humans I would not be posting this thread. I would keep him for as long as I could and then put him down with the G19 because the vets in the area here do not "Put Down" animals. They just don't do it. I have no idea why, but they just don't do it. Maybe in Bangkok or Pattaya or something they will, but out here in the sticks where I live they look at you like you are crazy for asking about it.

Agree with the agression thing, my two Rottie "Guard Dogs" will jump and play with any stranger who comes in the yard but go nuts when they see cows on the road.

No vets in LOS will put down dogs....the buddha thing...