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Pitfan101
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From:Pennsylvania
Registered: Aug 2003

posted 08-05-2003 08:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pitfan101     Edit/Delete Message
Hello everyone. I am new here and I am looking for some advice concerning my pit/lab mix. We adopted him from a shelter last September, he is a very sweet dog but we do have some problems with him and although he is well trained I don't know what to do about them. First of all I think he was in an abusive home before... if my husband tries to help me out of a chair or even hug me sometimes.. our dog jumps up and tries to push my husband away from me. It was cute in the begining but its just getting worse and I don't know how to get him to realize that my husband is not hurting me. If we are in the pool and are playing around he will jumps up, barking and try to open the door. He gets very worked up. Another thing is that if my husband tries to move him.. pick him up etc.. he will growl and sometimes snip at my husband. He doesn't do it towards me but he does to my husband.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there any training methods that will help us out? We love our dog very much and while he is still young we would like to work out these problems. BTW he will be 2 in December.

Thank you for any advice you can give!

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nikkiru
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From:NY, NY
Registered: Aug 2003

posted 08-23-2003 02:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nikkiru     Edit/Delete Message
Hi. Well, I am not a dog trainer, but I think you may need to read up on aggressive behavior. Your dog is clearly jealous of your husband and is 'competing' with him for you. It is essential that you break him of this and show that he cannot dominate you. When I rescued my pit, she was about 4-5 mos old and somewhat aggressive. If I playfully pulled her tail and grabbed her she would turn and snap. I read up on aggressive behavior and learned how to teach her that I was the'alpha'. My advice is to start right away before you actually do start to become to afraid to exert your dominance (full grown pits can be intimidating)... hope that helps.

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