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Originally Posted by spazlabz
I have a pitbull, he is the old guy in the house now. Moves kinda slow and always wants to be on a lap. Before we got him (a friend was a breeder) we checked his pedigree and asked a lot of questions. I really believed that all pitbulls were ticking time bombs that would kill any other dog they came across and would turn on their owners if they felt like it. So I was hesitant to say the least.
I had two other dogs, a chocolate lab and a boxer. The lab immediately made sure the pit knew who was the alpha male and the boxer jump all over and played with the new puppy constantly...to the point of being really annoying. The end result is a dog that is one of the gentlest and sweetest dogs I have ever seen. Case in point, one day there was a chow loose in our neighborhood, we had never seen this dog before and it would just appear. Every time the lab saw this thing he would lose his mind and really looked like he wanted to rip the chow apart. Sarge (the pit) strolled up to the chow, sniffed all around wagging his tail and wanted to play.... freaked the chow out and he ran off.
We've had him for 9 years, the lab passed away and I got another boxer. If you know the breed you know that they are crazy playful...like ALL THE TIME and this puppy plays with the pitbull constantly...note, she plays with him, he endures it. Plenty of times I have had to stop her because I feel bad for Sarge but he has never even flinched at her playfulness even though he has gotten loud with her.
are all pitbulls like Sarge? Clearly not. But I am a firm believer that with the right temperament + the right environment they make incredibly loyal and loving additions to a family. (p.s. I do not live in a trailer park but an actual house in the country)
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I am so glad to see this, we've had Boxers - a few of them actually and the latest one just passed away of old age a couple of years ago - he lived to be 13+ - I now have a massive German Shepherd that has a European GS Dad and she is huge, bigger than most Shepherd Males, at 6 months when she and I were put in the line of danger from a pit that just showed up in my yard, she was already bigger than the pit but not as "seasoned" she I wasn't sure how she'd fair with that dog had she gotten near my Kasey.
And I am fully aware that just about ANY dog could be as vicious as that (or any pit) but it just so happens that the only run ins I have had in my 50 years on this earth have all been with pits and all of them came out of nowhere at me - and there wasn't really time to stop them to check credentials to see if they wanted to play or eat my face off - so my instinct is always to bolt from ALL of them now.
My entire body just takes off and goes into a panic in a complete and utter involuntary move - and I sometimes don't even know why until I am moving.
Boxers are just badass - mine have all been uber protective of me and mine - but they are forever babies in their heads - once they figure you mean no harm, you are ravaged with hugs and kisses... they are just badass dogs but equally as intimidating if you don't know them. lol