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I agree.
A question, have you tried to train her or are you just expecting her being outside to potty train her? Because if you let outside train her its go whenever you want training.
To add to that she isn’t punishing herself inside, she is ashamed of herself and embarrassed. My girl gets so embarrassed when she has to go inside the house. It makes me feel terrible because not only is the a mess to clean up, I contributed to a situation that humiliated my dog.
For the most part its the same as teaching a human appropriate behavior. Kids don’t just learn to use the toilet out of nowhere. It’s called potty training. Dogs are much easier to potty train than kids though, yet it still requires the training part.
Positive reinforcement works wonders.
Also, how often are you feeding your dogs?
Well it’s not really a reality show, this implies he is being filmed lived. Its more like a behind the music docu-drama about the hardships Vick faced growing up, his time behind bars, and his rise back to stardom. There is also supposed to be bits about him and the dogfighting. Most likely an excuse for his inexcusable actions. The bad part is so many people are going to watch it and feel sorry for Michael Vick, with no real insight into the amazingly cruel acts he committed.
I think if Vick truly wanted to make a changed he should start donating massive amounts of cash to dogfighting rescue efforts. Then maybe I would take him seriously.
Also like posted in a previous post if you guys haven’t read The Lost Dogs, do so. It’s amazing, but it really sad sometimes so be prepared.
Pitbulls are high energy athletes especially when they are young. So if your pit is only getting those two 45 minute walks with intermittent play then your just not expending close to all her energy. I found the trick to using up all that energy is getting my girl to sprint. Indoors or outdoors. I start it by getting her to bow and asking her “wut you doing!”. Thats when she knows its on. It really involves very little from me I just catch her and shake her up a little bit, roll around with her then turn her loose and pretend im going to go after her and “catch” her again. It makes me laugh to see her run off in circles or sprint around the couch, man she is fast. This high speed romp may not seem to wear her out but 30-45 minutes of it a day is enough to have a quiet gal come bedtime. I ussually don’t feed her any “meals” after 4 in the afternoon as well, other than special treats. The dinner your feeding her could be giving her extra fuel and providing all that energy you have to work off.
Sounds like you have an awesome dog though, hope this helps.
My pit is very curious and naturally anytime she encounters anything new I am with her. I may be lucky but I have never noticed the “prey drive” with her. More of a curiousity drive. I owned a greyhound and I definitely saw the prey drive with it, rabbits were basically doomed if she could get to em. My pitbull’s first encounter with a small dog was an italian grey hound. You could tell she was like what the hell is this little thing yapping at me. Soon she realized it was her new pet and they just played for hours. We had to re-introduce them everytime they hung out though to make sure Kenzee didnt hurt the smaller dog.
She has always been around cats so she has absolutely no problem with cats. Its almost like she doesn’t even notice them.
Leaving your Pit alone in the yard when she may encounter other dogs without supervision isn’t a smart move. In my opinion without a 100% my dog cannot get out and other dogs cannot get in, your pit should not be left alone. That is something that should just be understood when you choose to own the breed. A pit bull will never ever be a golden retriever its just the way it is. Most owners can also curb these situations by spending more time with their pitbulls. Pits can develop all sorts of personality disorders if they don’t have very engaged owners.
Trying to look at it from the Dog’s perspective. He is probably just bored. I found anytime I left my girl alone during those first few years symphony of destruction would start playing and I would come home to a house full of fuzz. I think its similar to the way people will bite their nails or pick at scabs when they get bored. I tried getting her chew toys and stuff but destroying her bedding seems to ussually win out.
Hey there ShibbysMom,
First off, putting her on her back is pretty frightening for a dog, Wolfs only roll other wolves on their backs when they are going to go kill them. So if your rolling your girl on her back when your friends come over you are associating very negative feelings with that situation. With a dog that has been abused, I believe, you should only use positive reinforcement methods to train her. Your her saviour and anytime you scare her or harm her you bring back those feelings of abuse from her previous owner. Since your dog is already a bit aggressive you should definitely spay her it’s just the responsible thing to do as those traits are undesirable for breeding. She sounds a ton like my girl Kenzee. My girlfriend at the time adopted her from the pound but had no experience with pits and neither did I. Her apartment complex immediately banned her when she bit another dog and instantly I had this Pit Bull I had to take care of. She too had been abused by her previous owner and was very timid at first. Then once she got used to her surrounding she became extremely lovable but had problems with strangers. Being ignorant as I was at the time I would punish her for growling and aggressive behavior by shouting at her and grabbing her collar and looking her in the eyes and saying NO! I fealt like such an ass when I finally realized what I was doing to my poor girl mentally. I corrected this by instead just holding her by the collar and giving her tons of lovin when guests were over. I didn’t try to force her to meet the guests just held her with me and baby talked her huggin her and loving her while also greeting and socializing with my guests. After a while she became used to guests coming over and since that now meant she was going to get way more attention than usual she became comfortable and even started seeking hugs from everyone. Nowadays new guests can take a seat next to her on the couch and she will just lean on the them and try to lick them. Taking her to new places has also helped her alot socially, but I have to be real smart not to put her into situations I know make her uncomfortable. It’s all a process but I enjoy seeing her big smile as she becomes more and more comfortable in all sorts of situations.
The best thing you can do is do all the research you can about pit bulls.There are great articles here on this website that can give you some of the tools you need to help Shibby become a happy socialized Pitbull. Just read everything in the Pit Info training section. I did and I can’t believe how much good stuff is in there.
Good luck!!!!
