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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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Bingo, my pit is the same way. When he was a puppy he got a little close to my grandparents dog who had just had puppies and she bit him... Actually left a scar on his face to this day (he's 5 now), along with that he is in a loving home and treated with respect.
He now spends his day either outside playing in the yard with the cats, or in the barn playing with his friend, our 2 year old horse.
When the children are over, he's on the floor laying to keep cool, and the 2 year old comes up and pulls on his ears, beats on him, whatever. His reaction? "oh kid! kisses time!" and floods the child with licks on the face. If he ever gets annoyed, he doesn't growl. He doesn't bite, nip or even attack. He calmly gets up and moves to another area of the room in hopes the child leaves him alone.
We used to have a shelter dog, half rott half sheppard, same age too, she and him would be together all the time one day, she just started to get angry, like attacking him for no reason other than him laying on the couch. She really ripped into him many times. He's got scars to this day (a year later) showing how bad she ripped into him. Many times almost killing him if we never intervened. His reaction? He NEVER bit her, just growled and pushed her away from him just enough for him to get free.
Just like you, not all Pits are like mine, but ya know what? I My Pit is the greatest dog I've ever seen, and to this day when I go back home, I stop and see him (he's at my parents) and just lay on the floor cuddling and getting attacked with kisses because he misses me so much and is excited to see me. I wouldn't trade him for the world.