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**DoterForeva** · 04-15-2009, 06:40 AM

Thank you very much for your suggestions and insights. Please keep them coming. As I said there are more pit bulls in my town than any other type of dog. However, the folks in the Senior Housing do not tend to be familiar with the breed.
( I hope with this posting my Bubba's picture appears.)

Can you give us a little more background? Are the residents allowed to own dogs at all?
Do you work there?
Have some of the residents owned dogs before?
What part of the country is the home in?

You may be able to get someone with therapy dogs to visit the home and let the residents see how they feel about the breed (and other breeds as well). Still, I wouldn't recommend the breed unless the new owner already had significant experience with the breed.

The residents should also be aware of the standard temperament of the breed. These dogs should be friendly towards all people, strangers included. However, in any breed there can be exceptions and you would want to be sure that any dogs adopted have been well tested for human aggression.

As sweet as these dogs can be towards people, they can be extremely aggressive towards animals and especially other dogs, which means they probably aren't well suited for a group residence where there may be other pets.

04-15-2009, 06:40 AM	#12
DoterForeva Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Thank you very much for your suggestions and insights. Please keep them coming. As I said there are more pit bulls in my town than any other type of dog. However, the folks in the Senior Housing do not tend to be familiar with the breed. ( I hope with this posting my Bubba's picture appears.) Can you give us a little more background? Are the residents allowed to own dogs at all? Do you work there? Have some of the residents owned dogs before? What part of the country is the home in? You may be able to get someone with therapy dogs to visit the home and let the residents see how they feel about the breed (and other breeds as well). Still, I wouldn't recommend the breed unless the new owner already had significant experience with the breed. The residents should also be aware of the standard temperament of the breed. These dogs should be friendly towards all people, strangers included. However, in any breed there can be exceptions and you would want to be sure that any dogs adopted have been well tested for human aggression. As sweet as these dogs can be towards people, they can be extremely aggressive towards animals and especially other dogs, which means they probably aren't well suited for a group residence where there may be other pets.
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