I need help with my pet bull!

[italian_angel223]

I have a spayed female Pet Bull. She has a wonderful personality and loves everyone and everything, animal and people except for large adult males dogs and strange men. She reacts aggressively towards large adult male dogs but only shy of adult men. She was raised around male and female cats and small dogs and adult spayed and a couple unaltered large dogs. And now she has grown toward a HATRED of large adult male dogs. But she is great with a large dog male puppy's until they hit about 6 months and then she doesn't like them anymore. Then on top of that if a strange man comes around she doesn't act aggressively but becomes particular protective of me and will sit on my feet refusing me to go near them. She gets jealous of my fiance even sitting next to me on the couch lol. Is my dog a "lesbian" :P or what why does she find "males" so threatening? The help with this strange issue would be helpful.

[14rock]

Dogs are not "lesbians" they act certain ways because we allow them to! I'm guessing when she acts aggressively towards men and sits on your feet you pet her and comfort her? Doing this is rewarding her behavior and will only further teach her its o'k to act this way. You need to contact a good trainer that is both familiar with bulldog breeds and also come to your house for training. Dog trainers are not only training the dog when they give lessons, they are also training the handler which is the most important part.

As for acting aggressively towards other dogs, she is a pitbull first and foremost and you cannot forget this. You can not "love" dog-aggressiveness out of a dog bred for canine combat as so many people believe is the case. The fact of the matter is, she is still a descendant of fighting dogs and this is something you need to accept even if she is a "pet bull". My advice to you on the issue is the same as anyone else with a "pitbull" type dog- buy a breaking stick, become familiar with how to use it in case a fight happens, and separate her from dogs she shows any signs of bad behavior towards. Never allow your dog to play unsupervised and keep her away from dogs she has a problem with. As of right now the problem sounds to be limited to large adult dogs, that will most likely all change. Chances are one day she will resort to her fighting heritage and not get along with any dogs, even dogs she has been raised around. Do not let this scare you as you need to be familiar with this breed of dogs tempermant. Dog-aggressiveness and human-aggressiveness are two total diffrent things in this breed. Because she does not "play nice" with any dogs does not mean she is going to be mean towards people (unless you do nothing of her situation with human males now).


Keep asking questions, its the best way to learn. The most efficent way to find the answers your looking for is to run a search on the forum on the topic you are dealing with. If you find it has not previously been discussed, then by all means start a new thread, PM members who seem knowledgable and ask for advice, and consult your trainer. Best of luck.


--"Never trust a pitbull not to fight"