Peoples views on training a Pitbull for protection

I have never had a game bred pit that had to be taught to protect its Master or its property. That is just my experience though..

 

Me too, I always have to keep an eye on my boy, generally he's good with people although a little more trigger happy then my other pp dogs.

..but there must have been a few dogs that were HA but so good in the pit that it was over looked...

 

my dogs are trained in shutzhund. both took to it rite away only problem is hard to train a dog from tested lines to not run @ the next dog over haha but its great their not too mean from it its like a game to em

 

Old as fuck post I know but wanted to add by 2 cents anyway. PP and Schutzhund are 2 different things, PP is based on aggression and defence drive, schutzhund is purely based on prey/toy drive with a huge emphasis on obedience. At no time does the dog ever feel threatened and at no time is the dog protecting itself nor do you teach it to. If the dog isn't obedient he will fail at any competition you try to enter him in. In PP as long as the dog is willing to bite and lets go on command you have a winner. I wouldn't train an APBT in PP but I would definitely train one in schutzhund

 

I rather use a Malinois or Mastiff for that kind of duty. But I dont mind people doing it and I would be open to it. It can be just a game for a dog, doesn't have to translate into aggression. I prefer it over having no job. Weight pull is better suited for a Saint Bernard and Treadmill comps are better for whippets and greyhounds. Even hunting is better suited for cross breeds and Dogo Argentinos. But regardless, it's better than just having a pit just to have it. Excercise > no exercise, Work > no work.

 

APBT no! training for protection never!
what a joke lol...
Watch it till the end.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=566185257078572

 

How many guys proved to be game that day ?

 

disagreed because I know the back story. and the back story is they recently stole that dog and was abusing it. so of course its going to be distressed. sorry you cant handle that the American pitbull terrier is the best breed and can literally out perform the mastiffs and other working dogs at the things they do. the pitbull is very multi abled

 

I thought very similarly Slim. As soon as I seen them taking all that time to get the collar off that dog and all that energy he is wasting in the mean time.

 

I thought of it for my own dog, as unlike most pitbulls, he can be agressive towards strangers especially after dark (no worries, he wears a muzzle as I'm not an idiot ) So I thought maybe doing protection training would allow him as well as myself to have some guidelines on that, to direct and channel the energy in a responsible way, learn commands, learn his body language in a controlled situation, etc. Also to see for sure how serious my dog is, and so that I'll be more prepared *if* it's ever needed. It might be good for him also to see guarding as a job, and find his on/off switch with that.

 

I think the APBT is capable of many tasks. Attacking humans and guarding is not what they are. Not saying they cant. Use a breed that is bred for it. A human aggressive APBT is not a wanted trait and should never be. Get a doberman,American bulldog ec.

 

I did ring sport with my old boomer frisco male who passed. For those who know not being insulting ring sport is different than protection work. My boy would run at you from across the field and if you held the bite suit in front of you and threw it he would chase it, He wouldn’t hurt a person no equipment on no bite even if I wanted him to. Could have been him personally idk. I have worked with PD decoys etc he had no human aggression in him if you had a leash u could have owned him lol. He was a expectiion perhaps... but I’m a weirdo I’m almost 50 I spent 4-5 hrs training my dogs when I was off on Mon.

 

Nope.....they are not a guardian breed. Get a guardian breed if that's what you want the dog for.

 

read my post sport not protection he wouldn’t hurt a human soul.

 

The way you made ring sport sound, it seems really pointless .

 

Not pointless but most ring sport dogs won’t do a live bite. My dog above that I noted would but put a suit on fire blanks in the air he looks like he could be on cops, you may know this if you do not trying to be disrespectful but schutzhund was only developed to see if a GSD was worth breeding, I have a Dutch Shepard who is heavy bred on KNPV dogs they will bite. It’s not useless it’s hard work to train a dog at that level of OB I respect it but ring sport and civil training are night and day.

 

I don’t even dream about my game dogs protecting me in a real life scenerio.