PitLuvs said:
I have a white boxer mix myself! That reminds me of a time I approached a young guy about his dog, a visible blue boy that was gorgeous. I asked him if he was a pitbull to test the air. He flat out told me no, he would never own such a breed. I giggled and told him I own one too, no need to hide a beautiful dog like him (he was amazingly well behaved). We ended up sitting around talking about the breed and how people just dont understand them. Poor guy was scared whitless to let someone know what type of dog he had! I am sure he's been up against some racism about his dog at some point.
Its so sad to have to do that. :sad3: There are many GREAT "pibbuls" out there, but just too much prejudice against them. And when you have a good dog who is a great representative of the breed, its so sad to have to "hide" them rather than show them off and tell the world "THIS is what a pit bull REALLY is". Sadly if you don't "hide" them, you can risk losing your insurance policy (my insurance guy has seen and met my dog, he has her down as a "boxer mix" whether he believes us or not), risk losing your home in some cases ("pit bulls", even if they are NOT pit bulls but just "look" it, are banned on most, if not all, military bases), risk losing your dog, etc. And its really stupid and unfortunate that if anything ever happened, it is automatically the pit bull's fault. For example... I have to be extra super careful when I'm out walking my dog. Can't let my guard down, can't relax, because if some idiot has their dog off leash, and it attacks my dog, MY dog is the one at fault. (And I HAVE encountered off leash dogs before when out with my dog, fortunately they either didn't want to approach me or I had someone else with me to restrain that dog while we located the owner.)
ZoeHale said:
D'awwwwwwwwww lookit the pretty goggie!
I met my friend Jamie's pits. She has 4. And they are all WONDERFUL. Dixie (bluenose) was even rescued from a fighting situation and now she's sweet and happy and still loves dogs and humans.
But I gotta say my favorite is Athena. She's only 12 weeks old and has mastered the "sit" command. Plus she's GORGEOUS. I really need to get a pic of her.
How does one live with 4 Pits without any type of aggression going on, with 2 females at that?? haha Thats what I want to know!! I had a pitbull and a pitbull mix and ended up asking my Mom to take the mix because once they hit 2 years old, they were at each other. I did the pitbull shuffle for 3 years before I had my son, and realized it wasnt a safe situation for a baby. You're friend is some lucky.
I think some dogs are just more dog friendly than others. Alley, at 3 years of age (got her at a year old, have had her for 2 years) is still GREAT with other dogs. I can take her over to my dad's house any time, and she and his dog-reactive border collie mix play and get along great until its time to go home. My house is fenced with 4 foot chain link fence and we have dogs on both sides of us (2 on one side, 6 on the other). ALL of those dogs bark and carry on as soon as Alley goes out. She used to run up and down the fence playing "tag" with them, now she just ignores them and doesn't care any more, no matter how loud and mean they bark. Any time we go out, she completely ignores other dogs (unless they end up IN her face, which is one reason I don't take her with me to pet stores any more - too many idiots who throw their dogs into her AS they ask if they can be introduced - I swear people think its "fun" to be an idiot and potentially start trouble), and the more reactive the other dog behaves, the more she ignores it. (It was fun introducing her to my dad's dog! My husband held her on leash, I held my dad's dog, soon as my dad's dog sees her he starts carrying on, barking and growling like he wants to kill her, she just sits there with her back to him as if he didn't exist.) She's just a great dog, and she's been that way from the beginning, and so far shows no indication of changing at all. Not every dog is like that, but I have heard of several who are.