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William
William
11 years ago

I seem to recall a podcast from awhile back where you were against pit bulls. What changed your mind? My family has a blue nose and she is sweet as can be, she just likes to jump on everyone till they pet her.

BarnGeek
11 years ago

That’s a great video.

On dog behavior, sometimes even your most trusted dogs can do things that you wouldn’t think. We had a 1/2 lab 1/4 German Shepard 1/4 Collie named Pearl who at the ripe old age of 8 years old suddenly snapped at a kitten and killed it when it got too close to her food.

She had never acted aggressive before and never even chased cats. I was horrified.

I had a blue healer once who kept attacking our oldest dog who was 11, I had to physically pull her mouth of our old dog. Then, we had 2 female border collie German Shepard crosses that wouldn’t stop fighting so we finally ended up having to find them other homes.

I couldn’t figure out where all this aggressive behavior was coming from, and then one day I was feeding my chickens their corn based grain (I had just learned about GMO’s) and I noticed that they would fight over the food, and I mean enough to get bloody. I had been raised around chickens and I never seen them act like that.

So we switched everybody’s food, the dogs get meat based non GMO food and the chickens get our own special blend of non GMO grains and I could not believe the difference! No more fighting over food and no more aggressive behavior.

After seeing that I have to wonder if a lot of the aggression we see in this country and some of the senseless horrible crimes aren’t due to the toxins that are in GMO corn and other foods.

Aniera
Aniera
11 years ago

Awe, cute moment of the day!

V8vega
V8vega
11 years ago

A good friend had 2 (male & Female) pits for several years. The dogs were totally bonded with each other until one day they got into a fight over a rawhide bone & ripped each other to pieces in the living room. He had to put them both down.

William
William
11 years ago

Ok Jack, I went back and researched the episodes to see if I misheard. After listening to your response in 207(the car days) I stand by my question/comment.
In regards to a question on what type you have and what would you recommend for home protection you said you didn’t like pit bulls because you thought there was a real problem with the breeding and what they were bred for and that you wouldn’t want them around kids. I agree with the kid comment but, I feel that way about any unknown dog and kids, even the ankle biters. If you go back and listen from 10:05 to about 10:30 you’ll hear what I’m referring to. It also happens to be right after you said you didn’t like Doberman’s.

BarnGeek
11 years ago
Reply to  William

Personally I wouldn’t trust ANY Pit Bull around kids, known or unknown. People who have young kids and get a Pit Bull are extremely foolish.

It’s just not worth the risk.

Jack was right about the breeding problems. Genetics cannot be ignored.

Gunnerscorner
Gunnerscorner
11 years ago

Look everyone it is not all about breed. Yes that has a little to do with the “killer” dogs. Every dog is defferent just like every human is defferent. A pit bull could be a super sweet dog , just like a poodle could be a killer. I am so sick of the whole breed argument. If you raise a dog correctly and socialize it correctly and train(most important I think). Then the dog will be fine. A child or person for that matter should never be left alone with a strange dog.
All of this is of course in my opinion. Everyone knows what is said about opinions.

Debra
Debra
11 years ago
Reply to  Gunnerscorner

Very well said and this process has worked very well for us too. We have five dogs, they do their “job” of protecting the homestead, but are not a danger to known and invited people ever. If we feel any guests might be uncomfortable with them, we secure them in a part of the property or home so as not to impact our guests.

Dan Hunter
11 years ago

You got to love a overgrown lick monster.

InBox485
InBox485
11 years ago

Pit bulls are notorious for having degrading relationships with other animals in the house. It is usually slow enough that the owner is in denial until a bloody mess occurs. Even then, I’ve seen owners try to convince themselves it was a one time thing. I’ve seen it work out for years, and I’ve seen it go bad after years. JMO, but pit bulls deserve a loving home and family without other dogs to deal with day in day out. They also are one of the breeds that are easy to train in some regards and are extremely difficult in other regards, so I always push for people that own them to take actual puppy classes from a professional who has long term bully breed experience.

As for the 207@10:00 reference, I’d have to agree that the answer is off IMO. German shepherds are used because they are programmable in ways other breeds reject. That is a trait that has only been preserved in a handful of lines, but the non working lines have not been degraded as much as most other former working breeds.

Dobermans take a certain demeanor of handler for any use. They tend to be emotionally codependent and have to be handled firmly but never roughly. For protection, the american lines have gone to crap by and large. That tide is turning in breed selection, and even the American lines make amazing alert dogs and are incredibly good with small children. The protection drawback is that in the process of getting them to prance the show circle, they lost a lot of protection drive and expect the handler to protect them.

Pit bulls have extensive animal hostility issues, but have consistently scored on par with labs in temperament testing with humans. Issues they have with small children is they are notoriously not gentle/graceful enough.

Jose Garcia
11 years ago

I have had three GSD. IMO, they are one of the best breeds. The dog is not needy, a little aloof, and though they are not the type to let children trample on them, GSDs have a rock solid temperament with kids and cats.

Kelly H.
11 years ago

Yeah, Charlie is a real Killer 😉

dan
dan
11 years ago

can’t tell you how many times I’ve had this argument with people. dogs are 100% who you raise them to be.

that said, some breeds may take different forms or amounts of training to become “raised” a certain way, but the statement stands.

if you’re still of the impression that “pit bulls are killers”, you are ignorant. what the media doesn’t really clarify is that MANY pit bulls are some of the most affectionate dogs out there(again, depends on how they were raised).

rescued my dog Snax from the pound, and he is a 50/50 pitbull-boxer. Best dog I have ever had. Ever. EVER. He loves to play, loves to meet new people and dogs, and loves to cuddle.

just look at the video of this killer: http://thedailyprep.com/happy-thanksgiving/ 🙂

great vid Jack,

-dan