[Buincchotourbss]

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[Marc Spilkintin]

There is absolutely NO reason to leave your dogs home alone together, and doing so can result in a dead dog.

Your "APBT" (you have no idea what it actually is, and shouldn't be called it such, by the way) is still a puppy. As the dog matures, it may or may not develop dog aggression or dog reactivity. You can only educate yourself now and be prepared for if it does happen, and then separate and handle your dog accordingly.

Dog aggression is not a matter of training/raising. It is genetic.

Also, dog parks are NO PLACE for a bull breed and I suggest you not take your dog there.

[fotochicaes]

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[grofvuri]

Crate, the crate is not a bad thing.
If not put them in separate rooms, I dont think you will find anyone who ever leaves their bullies out with other dogs without supervision. It's completely irresponsible and highly looked down upon.

[DYjLN8rF]

Your shelter dog is still a puppy, dont be surprized if you find your retriever dead when you get home one day. Socialization will only go so far. Apbt (which you dont know if your dog is) has dog aggression in the breed and you can do nothing about it. He may seem like the nicest dog then all of a sudden he has dog aggression, iv seen it a ton. keep your dogs separate or you will be sorry.

[JamesTornC]

We have two female pit bulls and crate Sophie when we can't supervise. Sophie has developed resource guarding and we never know when she'll decide something is "hers" and try to kill Bella over it. You have to learn to read dog body language and understand you can't simply trust your dogs to "play nice." I agree with what people before have said: crate at least one of them. It's fair, it's responsible and you won't come home to a dead dog.

This really isn't pit-type dog specific, either. All multiple-dog households need to crate dogs. Period. Yorkies can kill each other. Dogs are animals, not people, they do not even remotely share human emotions.

[k5wTvu9f]

Amen to teal

[TeksPaisimi]

Doesnt matter if both dogs are dog freindly, and its not always a matter of aggression.
dogs are like people. somedays a dog will happily tolerate another dog jumping all over them, or lieing next to them on the sofa, then theres some days they just dont feel good and want to be alone, the other dog goes up and gets into that dogs face "SNAP!" its a bite that could potentally turn into a fight.

or perhapes while your out one dog finds a few old potatot chips in the couch or a long lost toy behind the chair, happily he sits down to eat/chew the otehr dog comes in and wants to play with/ eat that too tries to take the toy or snack away BAM youve got a full blown dog fight on your hands that could be deadly.

too many people think fighting is all due to a dog being aggressive "ohhh hes aggressive he attacked him for no reason, just eating then wam they began fighting" which is NOT the case. how would YOU like it if YOU had a really good dinner in front if you and your freind kept trying to take it away saying "i want that, its mine now give it too me" well YOU havent eaten all day and YOU paid for the meal and THEY have there own meal, now imagine they litterly reach over to TAKE it from you. i can imagine youd get quite snippy with them too! dogs are the same, they have thigns they want and need to be happy and its our job to be sure htey each get what they want/need otherwise they will take care ofi t themselves and by doing so many times it results in a fight or at least a decent bite wound

[WhonyGataxott]

I don't even have pit bulls and my dogs are crated seperately when I am not at home. I also do not go to the dog park.

Please be a responsible pit bull owner and seperate your dogs when you cannot supervise.

[maxfreemann]

I'd crate at least one of the dogs when no one is around. We crate Peanut and she is an only. When I take her to a friends house and we go out, she gets crated at their house even if their dogs are all loose.

[grofvuri]

Also do you have a pic?
A lot of people seem to think every dog is mixed with a APBT.

[yK2VgoEI]

Hi everyone! First, I would like to say that this is my first post on this forum.
Also, to better understand my situation, you all should know that we adopted a Pit entirely by accident. You can read the elongated version on my page, but basically the foster agency put him with a German Shepherd mom, and told us he was a mix.
Now, with that out of the way, here's my issue. I have an 8 month old Pit Bull and a 4 year old Golden Retriever. Both are great dogs, get along with people and other dogs, and have never had any major issues (my Golden bit another dog in the park when it was jumping all over my mom, but she is very well socialized and this was an isolated incident). There are a lot of places that say I shouldn't leave a Pit alone with another dog. I completely understand the concern, but does anyone have any more information? We can't be home always, and while I am not looking for a way out, does anyone keep there Pit Bull out of a crate at home with other dogs around?
Both dogs are fixed, trained, and exercised.