Dog Park Training

Taking Priest and Loki to the Tulsa dog park to work on a little attitudinal adjustment. The training worked out pretty nice, but it was also a good reminder on my feelings as to why APBTs don't mix well with dog parks. We stayed outside the off-leash area and worked on Priest's responses to other dogs. He was beginning to show some butthead behavior, and we wanted to correct it. This was an advanced step in the process, after working on it at home quite a bit.

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• apbts
• pit
• bull
• dog
• park
• training

[Paws021]

That's very true. Sometimes I assume all dog owners are as responsible and knowledgable as us but it is not always the case. I think we agree to disagree on this one. And fellow youtubers. This is what an intelligent debate looks like, I have seen many other videos especially ones including pits that people have left incredibly vile comments or inconsiderate statements. Always remember to be mindful of others,

[bahamutt99]

Yeah, the intrawebzzz makes everyone a keyboard commando. It never hurts to use a little brain power when debating with someone. Some arguments are never resolved, but that doesn't mean you have to start throwing shoes and slapping each other. LOL

[Paws021]

Sorry for the long replies. Maybe what you're trying to say is the breed does somewhat influence the personality? As in a pit MAY have a higher aggression factor than a poodle but it doesnt guarantee it does. Cause I'm with you on that but I don't say ALL pits are incapable of a dog park roam. Just specifically some. At the end of the day we all know our dogs better than anyone else. And it's up to us to proceed with caution.

[bahamutt99]

I would ask if you truly believe that breed does NOT influence personality? If that were the case, why would anybody get a certain breed? If there was no predictability to what you were going to get, no doubt everyone would just have mutts since conventional logic tells us they're healthier and more long-lived. (Plus usually substantially cheaper.) People get breeds because they can research and have a good idea of what they're getting into.

[bahamutt99]

Again, no doubt there are dogs of various breeds who wont follow their breeding. But seriously, is it worth taking the risk? If your dog were to some day decide he wants to be a bulldog and he throws down on another in a public dog park -- people all around, probably kids -- how is that not bad for the breed? Dogs do have a threshhold, and they also have bad days. Not everybody who visits the dog park is going to be understanding of that when/if something does happen.

[bahamutt99]

At any rate, I'd rather play it safe than be sorry. I cannot condone dog parks for this breed at all, even if there is the odd dog who will work well in that environment. Too many don't even know what's on their leash or how to break up a dog fight, so its a more sensible policy for me to reject dog parks on the whole. There is not a benefit to the dog park that cannot be achieved through less risky means (play dates w. individual dogs, long walks, socializing on leash at the pet store, etc).

[jessweetca]

I wish more Pitt owners would follow your lead.

[Paws021]

Now my pitbull was purchased as a puppy. I socialised him and trained him, although you are right for the reasons why they were bred. He shows no aggression to humans or animals. My dog takes frequent trips to the dog park & plays with terriers to mastiffs & never has shown aggression even when approached with aggression. That's my dog. I'm not saying your dogs arent trained far from. I'm just saying its up to the individual dogs personality. You can't assume all pits follow the same tendencies

[Paws021]

There is no other posibilities Baha, He was a rescue dog and his previous owners had not socialised him and he was abused. He was full grown when we received him therefore his behaviour was already instilled. What I am trying to say is he is aggressive because of his individual treatment not because his breed(s) were bred for primitive fighting or specific dog arggression. Do you understand I'm blaming the deed not the breed. And he is not aggressive towards people just dogs.

[bahamutt99]

I guess I don't see the relevance of this anecdote. You're picking and choosing what reason your dog is aggro and discarding other possibilities. Your choice. Has no bearing on my breed being bred to be dog-aggressive for many, many years and therefore being a poor candidate for the dog park. We'll never see eye to eye because if I had to worry about my dogs "biting or hurting anyone," they would be dead. That, too, falls in line with what the breed was bred to do.