TweetHonestly, the ptbull is starting to get real aggressive and taking toys away from the other dog, like super aggressive and growling...What do you all think? Is it play or a bad sign?

TweetYea that's not good. The pup has not been trained at all most likely and its gonna take some work to get past issues. I never really had a pit behave that way because I started training them young. Now because I had 2 males and a female, I could not have my males any where near each other. I had to keep them separated 100% of the time. Both males could be around female but I had to keep them separate because there was no play it was straight fight
.I never tried to force them to overcome their issue and didnt think it could be done so I dont really have any experience breaking unwanted aggressive behavior, wish I could help more. Hopefully some of the other guys here have some solutions, YouTube has an answer for everything it seems so i would try searching methods to curb aggression in pitbull pups

Tweet

Originally Posted by Blueedge

Yea that's not good. The pup has not been trained at all most likely and its gonna take some work to get past issues. I never really had a pit behave that way because I started training them young. Now because I had 2 males and a female, I could not have my males any where near each other. I had to keep them separated 100% of the time. Both males could be around female but I had to keep them separate because there was no play it was straight fight
.I never tried to force them to overcome their issue and didnt think it could be done so I dont really have any experience breaking unwanted aggressive behavior, wish I could help more. Hopefully some of the other guys here have some solutions, YouTube has an answer for everything it seems so i would try searching methods to curb aggression in pitbull pups

Good to stop it now before its habitual. Ive not used the crate yet but do throw beef jerkey in it and she goes in it. How important is the crate to training?

TweetI may have to just keep her supervised. I figred I could let her roam around outside, its 5 fenced in acres. At first I was glad they were playing so much cuz its exercise. But it started getting out of control. Maybe she was getting bullied and just reacted

TweetCould be, dogs will be dogs. Usually things dont turn real violent unless their is a dominance challenge, food bowl,fight over female or mate ect.... u may not be able to leave toys around them when they are together. Taking away the source that started the fights could help. Never let them just go at it hard, break them up, fighting over food is easy to avoid just feed them separately and give them time to eat. Never leave food down for them both all day

Tweet

Originally Posted by Blueedge

Could be, dogs will be dogs. Usually things dont turn real violent unless their is a dominance challenge, food bowl,fight over female or mate ect.... u may not be able to leave toys around them when they are together. Taking away the source that started the fights could help. Never let them just go at it hard, break them up, fighting over food is easy to avoid just feed them separately and give them time to eat. Never leave food down for them both all day

Good to know They have been great and eat out of the same bowl and no food aggression. This fight erupted over some chew thing. Ive had dogs beat the hell out of each other playing, like crazed wolves and be as calm as can be around people. I figured thats how dogs play and wear themselves out. But for a ten week old puppy to go crazy ham like she did tonight was a bit disturbing.

TweetI never used the crate method but I know it to work, it helps then self sooth I think. Having my dogs from 7 to 8 weeks allowed me to get a jump on training. Find a treat she really likes and you can train her to listen and be a good dog. Pitbulls are like toddlers, they take more work than the average breed to raise. They will test your patients but you will have the best dog if you invest the time in training

Tweet

Originally Posted by Blueedge

I never used the crate method but I know it to work, it helps then self sooth I think. Having my dogs from 7 to 8 weeks allowed me to get a jump on training. Find a treat she really likes and you can train her to listen and be a good dog. Pitbulls are like toddlers, they take more work than the average breed to raise. They will test your patients but you will have the best dog if you invest the time in training

ain't that the truth.. they are not for everyone