Should you leave your child home alone with a pit bull?
Dec 19, 2021 16:05:19 #
Dec 19, 2021 16:19:16 #
Ginny_Dandy wrote:
Kids are scary!
Dogs (of any breed,) aren't babysitters. For the most part Pit Bulls are no more vicious than any other breed. But just like any other breed, there can be problems with breeding methods/lack of socialization. and personality problems. Sometimes you can just get a "bad dog". It is usually a "bad" owner that is the problem
Dec 19, 2021 16:20:27 #
Ginny_Dandy wrote:
Kids are scary!
Looks more like an
American Staffordshire Terrier, a breed closely related to the Pit Bull. Most of the similar breeds are great pets if well trained from puppyhood but not a recommended breed for new dog owners or people with a soft and lazy training method I have a close friend who has a Staffordshire Bull Terrier that is a great dog, but the owners have been training protection and service dogs for 50 years as well as showing many tough terrier breeds in conformation. Don't get any such dogs unless you know what you are doing and are willing to take the time and use a firm hand with them. It is also important to be smarter than the dog and that leave out half the human population
Dec 19, 2021 16:31:39 #
SWMBO wrote:
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I agree. They're hard headed, and it's a full time job keeping them in their place.
Dec 19, 2021 16:55:06 #
Ricktloml wrote:
Dogs (of any breed,) aren't babysitters. For the most part Pit Bulls are no more vicious than any other breed. But just like any other breed, there can be problems with breeding methods/lack of socialization. and personality problems. Sometimes you can just get a "bad dog". It is usually a "bad" owner that is the problem
C'mon you guys - it was meant to be funny.
Our St. Bernard was our babysitter when me and my husband went grocery shopping. The kids called him their "big brother." BTW, he was the top working St. Bernard in obedience in 1970. He was also on our obedience club's Top Dog team when we took 3rd place over all in Southern Calif. Carl Spitz, owner and trainer of Buck in the movie "Call of the Wild" starring Clark Cable, once remarked that my dog reminded him of "my old Buck."
The keg story is a myth.
Dec 19, 2021 17:02:46 #
SWMBO wrote:
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Stafs aka pitties aren't the only problem dogs. I had a woman tell me that her Basenji nearly gave her a nervous breakdown when she was trying to train him in utility. A guy in our obedience club had a champion Beagle that he took the desert and turned loose thinking he would 'come' on command. The Beagle spotted a rabbit, and went in pursuit and was never seen again.
Dec 19, 2021 17:10:28 #
archie bunker wrote:
I agree. They're hard headed, and it's a full time job keeping them in their place.
My cat can be hard-headed at times.
A doctor bought one of my Cardigan Welsh Corgis for his family, and the dog became very protective of his food dish. I told his wife that the dog had to learn that he was at the bottom of the totem pole within the family. I told them to get Bill Koehler's Method of Dog Training. She later told me that her husband was laughing hysterically while reading the book. The doctor later told me that the dog turned out as well-mannered as his children - even carried the basket when they were harvesting the garden.
Dec 19, 2021 18:18:31 #
Ginny_Dandy wrote:
Kids are scary!
That depends upon the dog, and the kid.
Once upon a time: A friend was seriously considering getting rid of her dog, because it nipped her 4 year old son,
her son pleaded to keep the dog, promising that the dog would never bite him again,
because he doesn't hit the dog anymore.
Dec 19, 2021 18:21:41 #
Gatsby wrote:
That depends upon the dog, and the kid.
Once upon a time: A friend was seriously considering getting rid of her dog, because it nipped her 4 year old son,
her son pleaded to keep the dog, promising that the dog would never bite him again,
because he doesn't hit the dog anymore.
Once upon a time: A friend was seriously considering getting rid of her dog, because it nipped her 4 year old son,
her son pleaded to keep the dog, promising that the dog would never bite him again,
because he doesn't hit the dog anymore.
Did you notice the dog in the picture I posted? The kids used him as a coloring book.
Dec 19, 2021 19:02:36 #
Ginny_Dandy wrote:
Did you notice the dog in the picture I posted? The kids used him as a coloring book.
Did the parents allow it to happen, I wonder? Personally, I think that the "littles", and the dogs should be supervised while interacting.
Dec 19, 2021 20:14:01 #
Ginny_Dandy wrote:
Did you notice the dog in the picture I posted? The kids used him as a coloring book.
A very tolerant dog and children in need of supervision. Don't allow a dog to eat crayons, they can make a dog very sick. Also, some coloring crayons are likely to cause major skin problems.
Dec 19, 2021 20:42:15 #
archie bunker wrote:
Did the parents allow it to happen, I wonder? Personally, I think that the "littles", and the dogs should be supervised while interacting.
Have you ever raised children? Parents can be in the next room when their children are coloring the dog. Men, especially, are NOT good babysitters. But they always have advice for someone else.
Dec 19, 2021 20:45:19 #
SWMBO wrote:
A very tolerant dog and children in need of supervision. Don't allow a dog to eat crayons, they can make a dog very sick. Also, some coloring crayons are likely to cause major skin problems.
When my husband was supposed to be watching the kids, he would get involved in one of his projects and forget he even had kids. According to Pastor Mark Gungor, men have a "nothing" box in their brain where they can escape and forget what's going on in the world around them.
Dec 19, 2021 22:05:23 #
Ginny_Dandy wrote:
Have you ever raised children? Parents can be in the next room when their children are coloring the dog. Men, especially, are NOT good babysitters. But they always have advice for someone else.
Now you've insulted me.
Do your children (if
you have any) understand animal behavior?
Dec 20, 2021 02:18:32 #
archie bunker wrote:
Now you've insulted me.
Do your children (if
you have any) understand animal behavior?
Do your children (if
you have any) understand animal behavior?
Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. Just kind of repeating what I learned from experience, and what Pastor Mark Gungor taught. He wrote the book, "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage".
Yes, my kids - all 5 of them - understand animal behavior. In fact, my youngest son and his wife use their horses as therapy for veterans with PTSD.
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