New Puppy-American pitbull terrier? (pics)
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I am not a dog person but that is a cute little pup. As far as training, My daughter got a pit and had it a year. Was a good dog and very freindly but it would not do a thing as far as training. I think it was the most stubborn dog I had ever seen.
She ended up giving it to a freind that lived in the country and it got along real well outdoors with the other dogs where it could be a dog. Its about eight now and still a big baby.
Good luck with yours. Hope your training go's better.
She ended up giving it to a freind that lived in the country and it got along real well outdoors with the other dogs where it could be a dog. Its about eight now and still a big baby.
Good luck with yours. Hope your training go's better.
She has actually been pretty good on that, with only a couple of incidents(pretty horrid) so far. But she has so many toys it's unreal.
jr47, she sits, stays, high fives, shakes, lies down,(all by hand signals as well) waits for treats till I tell her ok, waits to eat till I say ok, speaks once when you hold up one finger, and speaks twice when you hold up 2 fingers. I am working on setting treats on her nose and her leaving them, right now.
She does have looks going for her, that's for sure.
Very cool, Sounds like a smart little girl. I think sometimes the one Beth had may of just been really dumb or something. I have trained a few dogs and this one just would not respond to anything.
Sounds like yours is doing really well. And you obviously know dogs or she wouldnt be doing so well. Makes a huge difference who's training and how.
I have many of those incidents. It doesn't seem to click in my dog's head despite offering a wide variety of chews and toys. I can't leave her uncrated while I'm not there to watch her. Even when I sleep. It's not really her fault. She was dumped and is a high energy dog and very very bored in my little home without a yard. I'm trying to find her a good home as quick as possible. I think the most recent victim was a 4pk of hilighters :wall: But hey, I'm a packrat when it comes to clothes. Some I have never worn. She seems to do a good job in picking out the ones I need to throw away so I don't have to make a decision myself
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dude what a cutie!
i have a female pit as well..she is 11 now...train them WELL from pups and they will be the best dog you ever had..my girl is so trained she is almost like a human in the amount of words and phrases she understands..
such a great dog if trained properly...enjoy her man
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she loves other dogs and LOVES people...her fave things to do is take a ride in the car and go swimming...she can swim for HOURS nonstop..even at 11 years old! such a joy to have in my life and she is my bestest friend in the world..i know she is getting old and i will be lost without her when she goes...i really really love my dog...
i have a female pit as well..she is 11 now...train them WELL from pups and they will be the best dog you ever had..my girl is so trained she is almost like a human in the amount of words and phrases she understands..
such a great dog if trained properly...enjoy her man
beautiful
she loves other dogs and LOVES people...her fave things to do is take a ride in the car and go swimming...she can swim for HOURS nonstop..even at 11 years old! such a joy to have in my life and she is my bestest friend in the world..i know she is getting old and i will be lost without her when she goes...i really really love my dog...
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Thanks for the compliments everybody. Bessie really appreciates it.
Lead, my girl loves car rides and water also. She picked up on the word bath, and she knows when we say shower, we go in the bath. So we can't even say shower anymore. It is amazing how smart they are.
Lead, my girl loves car rides and water also. She picked up on the word bath, and she knows when we say shower, we go in the bath. So we can't even say shower anymore. It is amazing how smart they are.
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Beautiful dogs, all of them, but of course, I'm partial to APBT'S! I've owned many breeds, but none that were as in-tuned to people as this one, or as adaptable.
What still amazes me, in a very bad way, though-is the hypocrisy that I often see here on this very board. You'd think that people who own animals which are often seen by the general public as scary, bad, dangerous, or even downright evil would be a bit more aware of just how erroneous such public perception can be, and would also realize that all of us, whether we keep tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, exotic cats or certain breeds of dog, are in the same boat. We're ALL targets of the media and the Animal Rights movement, since it's a lot easier to convince the public and the politicians that OUR animals, as opposed to the Foo-Foo dogs and Persian cats, are dangerous and should be eliminated. There's something very, very wrong when a person who owns tarantulas or other controversial, or non-traditional pet animals, is so willing to point the finger at some other person's animals and yell, "BAN THEM! KILL THEM! THEY'RE TOO DANGEROUS!", when they totally fail to realize the same people who are willing to take them up on that are just as willing to go after THEIR animals with equal determination! Just take a look over in "The Watering Hole", and you will see a case-in-point, in which a member of this board states that he/she "wouldn't be in the same room with a pit unless I had a gun", etc. It's hard for me to believe anyone like that could actually own ANY animal, especially something that most people consider almost, if not more, terrifying and dangerous as a "pit bull"! It's so sad that an animal owner is so gullible as to actually believe that every single dog incident that is blamed on a "pit bull" was actually committed by a purebred American Pit Bull Terrier, or fail to see the same hand behind the push to enact BSL as to ban "exotics", including snakes and tarantulas. Create a devil with the help of the media, generate enough public fear/hate, and then ban it...three easy steps towards eliminating animal ownership, period.
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What still amazes me, in a very bad way, though-is the hypocrisy that I often see here on this very board. You'd think that people who own animals which are often seen by the general public as scary, bad, dangerous, or even downright evil would be a bit more aware of just how erroneous such public perception can be, and would also realize that all of us, whether we keep tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, exotic cats or certain breeds of dog, are in the same boat. We're ALL targets of the media and the Animal Rights movement, since it's a lot easier to convince the public and the politicians that OUR animals, as opposed to the Foo-Foo dogs and Persian cats, are dangerous and should be eliminated. There's something very, very wrong when a person who owns tarantulas or other controversial, or non-traditional pet animals, is so willing to point the finger at some other person's animals and yell, "BAN THEM! KILL THEM! THEY'RE TOO DANGEROUS!", when they totally fail to realize the same people who are willing to take them up on that are just as willing to go after THEIR animals with equal determination! Just take a look over in "The Watering Hole", and you will see a case-in-point, in which a member of this board states that he/she "wouldn't be in the same room with a pit unless I had a gun", etc. It's hard for me to believe anyone like that could actually own ANY animal, especially something that most people consider almost, if not more, terrifying and dangerous as a "pit bull"! It's so sad that an animal owner is so gullible as to actually believe that every single dog incident that is blamed on a "pit bull" was actually committed by a purebred American Pit Bull Terrier, or fail to see the same hand behind the push to enact BSL as to ban "exotics", including snakes and tarantulas. Create a devil with the help of the media, generate enough public fear/hate, and then ban it...three easy steps towards eliminating animal ownership, period.
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I agree. Layla is not a pit but she is a shepherd mix and has a wide jaw so instantly I get "Oh my god a pit bull!" reaction. I'm fostering her and really afraid to take her to the shelter even though I can't really afford her (finally got a rescue to sponsor me though so the cost will be diffused a little). Since people assume she's pit, odds are she will either be put down immediately or hardly be allowed time for an adoption. The adoption rate of pits in shelters is next to nothing.
So true. Oh and I like your quote. In words of The Matrix, humans are a virus
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I think your kiddo is absolutely adorable! We do weightpull with our APBTs. My eldest will be competing at nationals this year, he's currently ranked 7th in the nation in his WP class.
Everyone that's mentioned the necessity for training is right. They're a very smart dog and need ways to burn off their physical and mental energies.
Here are a few of my boys:
Brogan. Placed 3rd at this WP event.
Bastien. My "literally pulled the euthanasia needle out of his vein" rescue.
Breixo (pronounced bray-shaw) in the backdrop (Brogan in the front). Another rescue.
Here's the cat that torments them all, Baldwin (he thinks he's a pitbull):
Everyone that's mentioned the necessity for training is right. They're a very smart dog and need ways to burn off their physical and mental energies.
Here are a few of my boys:
Brogan. Placed 3rd at this WP event.
Bastien. My "literally pulled the euthanasia needle out of his vein" rescue.
Breixo (pronounced bray-shaw) in the backdrop (Brogan in the front). Another rescue.
Here's the cat that torments them all, Baldwin (he thinks he's a pitbull):
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OMG, you have a Sphynx! I really want one of these sooo bad! If he torments your poor dogs too much, just send him to me-most of my dogs NEED some tormenting!
Your boy Brogan looks a lot like one of my foundations females, many years ago, a Boudreaux x Carver girl named Poise'N Ivy. Bastien appears to be one of the many "Catahoula Pits" which are often sold for huge amounts of money as "rare, merle Pit Bulls", but he's a lucky dog regardless of his family tree.
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Your boy Brogan looks a lot like one of my foundations females, many years ago, a Boudreaux x Carver girl named Poise'N Ivy. Bastien appears to be one of the many "Catahoula Pits" which are often sold for huge amounts of money as "rare, merle Pit Bulls", but he's a lucky dog regardless of his family tree.
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Ah, yes. You're telling me nothing I don't already know about Bastien. My late catahoula, Karrey, was my first cow'n dog...but I think alot of the catahoula must have been bred out of Bastien. I swear, he retained only part of a glass eye and his merle coloring. There's no extra energy or intelligence...this dog wakes up in a new world every day and thinks he's a 10# poodle. Only dog I know that tries to chew on your boob when you scratch his butt.
Baldwin will have to remain with us, I'm afraid. We're also planning to get another in the future. I've picked out a fitting name that my fiancee rolls his eyes at and that is Buck.
His registered name, of course, will have to be Buck Naked.
Baldwin came from Theresa who runs abeitagatos.com. Being a vet tech, I cannot recommend any breeder aside from her. The cats come healthy, HCM negative, extremely social and spoiled beyond belief. She's still 500 miles from me, but I'm sold on getting our next hairless wonder from her.
Baldwin will have to remain with us, I'm afraid. We're also planning to get another in the future. I've picked out a fitting name that my fiancee rolls his eyes at and that is Buck.
His registered name, of course, will have to be Buck Naked.
Baldwin came from Theresa who runs abeitagatos.com. Being a vet tech, I cannot recommend any breeder aside from her. The cats come healthy, HCM negative, extremely social and spoiled beyond belief. She's still 500 miles from me, but I'm sold on getting our next hairless wonder from her.
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More like his humans. lol.
He's very good about not scratching up furniture but since he has taken up walking across faces while we sleep...we've taken measures to be certain he's not doing any damage. lol.
He's very good about not scratching up furniture but since he has taken up walking across faces while we sleep...we've taken measures to be certain he's not doing any damage. lol.
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Ritzman...Bessie is the shizznit! Bring her by so we can visit with her and maybe take her to the big park up the road. I'm sure her and Betty Rumble will have a ball swimming in the river.!
(Just for the record...AKC does not register APBT's. They register American Staffordshire Terriers. These dogs are bred for color, size and conformation; thereby breeding out ANY useful traits at all inherent in the original breed.
ADBA and others register True APBT's.)
GLD's Betty Rumble Bumble 6yrs. Colby/Neblett/McCoy (ADBA)
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto..._1035260398602_1138218067_30098793_8795_n.jpg
I'm sure her and Betty Rumble will have a ball swimming in the river.!(Just for the record...AKC does not register APBT's. They register American Staffordshire Terriers. These dogs are bred for color, size and conformation; thereby breeding out ANY useful traits at all inherent in the original breed.
ADBA and others register True APBT's.)
GLD's Betty Rumble Bumble 6yrs. Colby/Neblett/McCoy (ADBA)
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto..._1035260398602_1138218067_30098793_8795_n.jpg
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