My Bad

I’ve been beating my self up from a situation My most recent PB was and is perfect with my Poodle (2 males)
Well I took on a rescue pup who was 5 months old, now I had 3 males at first all went well, as in sleeping as a crew playing licking, the new guy brought lots of life with him. Then I started seeing some fighting, both were to blame. In time the bigger dog PB1 gave in and I could see he was letting the smaller dog be the boss as in food family affection PB1 gave PB2 clearance and wanted not to fight any more .Play fighting and just being mellow was PB1 attitude all went well for a Month. Then last week PB1 always staying out of PB2 way was not enough. PB2 would strike out first and hard this is the way it became I had plans to place PB2
In a home. I went out for 2 hours and wife makes a mistake to show both dogs in the house to somebody even though I had them separate one in garage one in house. Well and I am not speaking in code here ,I am not home and PB2 goes for it, my wife is helpless, 30 to 40 min she tells me there at it .To make matters worst the visitor my wife was showing the PB2 dog to was a animal rescue person, she was thinking to help with adoption till she saw this that is; she ran home to get a tranquilizer hypo by the time this person gets back dogs are still at it and mellow fellow PB1 is inflicting severe damage to PB2 the fight starter ,some how finally PB2 PB1 are pulled apart and She puts tranquilizer hypo to PB2 , then says to my wife this dog is way to aggressive and started fight you need to put him down and I don’t trust the other one either since he seems aggressive also. My wife at least sticks up for
PB 1 but PB2 is taken away. when I get home I can’t believe the whole situation and call this woman, PB2 is still alive she says to me listen this dog is a menace and your other dog was not looking to stop I will give you the dog back but I will note it and you will be known for trying to adopt out a vicious dog. This will come back to you if this dog has problems I conceded since I felt she was eyeing PB1 also.
I excepted PB2s dog on dog tendencies but also had some moments when he seemed a little aggressive to people, I was working that out little by little with lots of time with people, but he was a little bit scary to some people . I feel bad I tried to help out a miss treated pup who was not socialized as a pup was locked up in a create not fed proper and around young kids in a smoked filled room , then I made a mistake and tried to keep 2 PB males together I feel sad each day but if I saw a strong tail waging friendly way to all people I would have fought for PB2. Well this is what I have to live with now. Sorry PB2 you were a fine game dog

 

im not sure you or your wife are ready for the level of commitment that comes with this breed

http://www.game-dog.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31345

 

I could but my wife not really i will stick with one dog but if you look at some of the pics well i had some thing good i lost some of it now also i have 4 kids i just should have said no to PB2 in the first place also this woman was not breed specific rescue

 

GEEZ man what were you thinking!:cool:

 

First off I NEVER keep males together. I have said this before and I will say it now. rescue people do more harm to this breed than good. They all have the best intentions in the world but no clue how to take care of an APBT. Then you are trying to save a human aggressive APBT? PUT IT DOWN!!! there are other fine animals in the shelter dying that have no human issues. Rescue one of them if you must, not all dogs need to be saved. I do a little bit of fostering and I will but down a human aggressive dog in a heart beat. It's not worth the risk to who ever you place the dog with.

What does "sorry Pbone you were a fine game dog" mean? Are you telling us you fought pbone and proved he was a game dog? I think not you should learn your APBT vocabulary. That dog is going to die because ( I guess she took the dog to put it down) you and your wife have no clue what you are doing. Sorry to be so blunt and rude but this is exactly why I disagree with most rescue people. That women who took the dog sounds like a whack job too.

It's another sad day for APBT's in the rescue world. Put the other HA dog down and stick to poodles.

 

I'd like to know the name of a rescue that is wanting to euth dogs over dog aggression. :rolleyes: I agree. I wouldn't keep a human aggressive pit bull period. If you would have did your research you wouldn't have been in this predicament. A fine example of why our breed is screwed. Owners who don't know what they are doing and rescues that are clueless. Not to mention probably a breeder that was clueless due to the HA issues.

 

He’s down now, I did not intentionally fight any dogs, and other dog breeds could have a situation too. when I saw the propensity I kept them separate my wife made a mistake and created the accident, I was doing very well with the HA he was 51/2 months old he had his moments I could have worked HA out he never did bite and was super fine with kids, but yes I had a little concern with HA I needed more time. It’s done now and I have my PB2 the mellow fellow and Poodle, and miss that white boy dog who came from unknown sorce PB dogs

Am I proud of situation NO, will give up NO, will I learn for the sake of my white boy dog ? YES

 

I have one question for you. Where were your breaksticks?

And NO, usually, HA is a genetic fault so you couldn't of worked that out.

 

1. Your breakstick was where during all this?
2. It's hard to believe you can work out HA, when you weren't able to work out DA. There were warnings against this clearly all over the site, and you ignored them.
3. NEVER TRUST A PIT BULL NOT TO FIGHT SHOULD IT SEE FIT TO

Might want to rethink keeping 2 dogs atm

 

You have to take responsibility for your wife too. This is your fault as much as it is hers. a HA dog with children are you kidding me? You are saying the dog is HA but you will let it around kids? If he truly displayed at 5 months HA he should have been destroyed. Love your PB you have now and don't get another one for a long time till you really can understand the breed.
We all make mistakes but the first step from learning from them is if you take responsibility of your actions. Don't put all the blame on your wife, suck it up and really consider what went wrong. If you think keeping an HA dog around is a good idea with kids maybe you should not do any fostering either till you learn a little about dog behavior first.

If your wife is not up to the responsibility of taking care of the dogs too then APBT's and rescue APBT's may not be good for your house.

 

Where were your breaksticks I have them but I was not home i will keep one dog but even now i have to re think some things since my wife can not handle a situation , that I could and have and would have if I was home, yes i made a mistake all in all
As a note he was very, very good with kids im telling you.

 

If your wife is in a home with an APBT, she needs to learn how to use one AND about DA and it's your responsibility to do so. Period. If she had known then I don't see this happening. You may want to rethink fostering rescue APBTs

 

i have got to wonder- what makes you think this 5 month old puppy was HA? truthfully, i believe the HA label get thrown around a bit much-if the dog wasnt biting, and living amongst you and your family w/ no issues, and was just "scarey" to some people-i have got to ? whether or not you are labeling the dog correctly

 

NEVER TRUST A PIT BULL NOT TO FIGHT SHOULD IT SEE FIT TO

So true

 

Part of the responsibility with owning this breed is to make sure everyone in the household can manage this breed.

Learn from this.

 

I would have to agree with this.

To the OP: First, you make sure the dog has no health issues. Then, you invest in a behaviorist.

 

He was extra fine with family and like I said any HA I saw was fading away it was like he did go up to a stranger and growl or could treat them like family its a bad mistake he was a good dog DA he was now its over and I have lots of soul searching and educating for my wife and me but my kids are young a breaking stick will not go over. The white boy dog is gone from me for a reason a bad misjudgment in all directions.
I gota go to work thanks all

 

Everybody in a pitbull home needs to be able to use a breaking stick.I keep them everywhere.2nd mistake was having an animal rescue person in your home.I don't trust them as far as I can throw one.

 

I'm not understanding this comment?

 

sounds as if you might have too many dogs for your situation. There are a TON of preparations that dog owners should take in owning more than one dog, especially with pitbulls.