Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
Dogs/puppies, are very much just like children. They are a product of the environment in whuch they are raised. You control them through love, discipline, nurturing and taking care of them. You correct and discipline them when they do wrong and reward and love them when they do right. You have to be a leader in their lives and teach them.
Many dog breeds get reputations from some of the types of owners that have them. If a breed of dog, (insert whatever popular large breed dog.) is the choice of thugs, drug dealers, gang-bangers, ex-cons, trailer trash, or whatever less than desirable dregs of society happen to own them, then the dog breed seems to inherit that reputation of being a "bad" dog breed. Some people want to own "dangerous" large dog breeds because they think that the dog gives them an air of being tough and macho.
I never choose a dog based upon their breed, but I have owned my fair share of so-called "dangerous" dog breeds over the years to include German Shepherds, Dobermans, Rottweilers, pit bulls, wolf hybrids, Mastiffs, ect., ect., The vast majority of the dogs we have owned over the past sixteen years have been dumped along our road near our house, or adopted from the local animal shelter. So a specific dog breed wasn't even a factor in them becoming part of our family.
My current pit bull, "Bandit" wandered up about five years ago. Someone dumped him out along the road in front of our house. It took about a month before he would let me get close to him. He was already an adult dog, and I could tell he had been abused, or mistreated or possibly neglected. Over the years, we have grown to trust each other. He very seldom barks, and he almost never acts aggressive towards people, or other dogs. But, he is very protective of the wife and I. He has snarled a bit at strangers that got too close to me. When I am outside, the majority of the time he is right beside me.
Many dog breeds get reputations from some of the types of owners that have them. If a breed of dog, (insert whatever popular large breed dog.) is the choice of thugs, drug dealers, gang-bangers, ex-cons, trailer trash, or whatever less than desirable dregs of society happen to own them, then the dog breed seems to inherit that reputation of being a "bad" dog breed. Some people want to own "dangerous" large dog breeds because they think that the dog gives them an air of being tough and macho.
I never choose a dog based upon their breed, but I have owned my fair share of so-called "dangerous" dog breeds over the years to include German Shepherds, Dobermans, Rottweilers, pit bulls, wolf hybrids, Mastiffs, ect., ect., The vast majority of the dogs we have owned over the past sixteen years have been dumped along our road near our house, or adopted from the local animal shelter. So a specific dog breed wasn't even a factor in them becoming part of our family.
My current pit bull, "Bandit" wandered up about five years ago. Someone dumped him out along the road in front of our house. It took about a month before he would let me get close to him. He was already an adult dog, and I could tell he had been abused, or mistreated or possibly neglected. Over the years, we have grown to trust each other. He very seldom barks, and he almost never acts aggressive towards people, or other dogs. But, he is very protective of the wife and I. He has snarled a bit at strangers that got too close to me. When I am outside, the majority of the time he is right beside me.