I have two 10 week old Pit Bull puppies- advice on raising them properly?

First of all relax! You're starting off on the right foot. Puppy classes are a great way to start early training, and when they are old enough to attend there, they are also old enough to be taken out places to socialize. Take them everywhere you can think of..walk around the shopping mall outside, people are suckers for puppies lol. Parks, any local dog events, fairs..anyplace you can think of they can go to get them used to as many different people, places, noises, and other animals now. Continue having people come to the house. Keep in mind puppy class is just that, so enroll in obedience class when that class is over.

Don't worry, you have no reason to expect that those pups will grow up to be anything other than normal, well behaved dogs with plenty of manners and social skills :)

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Take Stark's advise. There are some good online sites that I found just by googling it. It's best to take the advise of people who are into the breed and know it's temperament best. GL

A dog is only as good as its owner, its breeding and its training. NOT all Pit Bulls are mean. I know from experience. In my home I have 1 adult male Pit Bull and 1 young Lab and that Pit Bull adores that Lab to no end. Our Pit Bull Loves everyone and everything. Not to mention several times a month we have Doggie Play days. Sounds crazy but it benefits the dogs and it is fun for us humans. In our group there are 8-12 Pit Bulls, 7-10 Labs, 1 Cane Corso, 5 Rottweilers, 3-4 GSD, 1 Dobbie and who ever shows up. But we have been doing it for 5 years and not once have had a fight. It is all how you raise them. Socialization is very important, not only have others come over but bring your dogs places. To petstores to gatherings to parks. Let them get use to other soundings and learn about the world. Obedience is very important. Pit Bulls like many breeds can try and dominant always stay the alpha no matter what, Have boundaries for your dogs and enforce them everyday. MAny people stop training or socializing when the dog gets older, you can not stop. You lawys have to reinforce proper behavior and that goes for any breed. It is important you stay the boss everyday, that you get them out and around many people and dogs. There are 3 PIts in our group that are above 10 years and never have they ever been aggressive. Our Pit is 6 years old and if he had a mean bone he would have eaten my over hyper troublemaking Lab years ago. Actually the Lab is higher in the pecking order than he is and he is older and in this house way before my Lab. But that is how our Pit and my friends dogs were raised.

You sound like you are on the right track to raising well-balanced pits. Training classes are essential, especially when they are young. I am also glad to hear that you are socializing them with people. That is very important. It's good to show them that people are great to be around.

Remember, the pit bulls that attack people and other animals are often times not owned by responsible people. Any breed of dog should never be allowed to roam freely without supervision, or trained to fight, or abused. A lot of news stories you see on TV and the internet about pit bulls attacking people are due to irresponsible ownership.

It sounds like you have common sense and therefore I don't anticipate having an problems. As with any dog, be careful having them around very small children, the sick or the elderly as they might be fearful of having the certain type of breed around, or just a dog in general. Ensure you keep your dog safe, healthy and well-trained and you shouldn't have any problems.

If for any reason you are still concerned, I would keep a regular training schedule with a professional dog trainer and perhaps a dog behaviorist if you are really concerned about your dogs' temperaments.

I have never owned a pit bull personally, so it may be helpful to ask a veterinarian or someone you trust who owns pits how they raise them. Good luck!

The issue is that dogs are poor generalizers - it's not that the dog is "sneaky, greedy" etc, but that they have no intrinsic sense of morality or "rightness" and so only think something is "bad" if it has bad consequences. If it has never had bad consequences except with a human in the room, then how on earth are they to know that the rules still apply with the human out of the room? You need to train in such a way that corrections and rewards occur when the dog does not think you are present - i.e. hiding around the corner. Read here https://tr.im/eNoWU

I personally owned a Labrador Retriever (read: chow hound) that could be left 6" from a hot dog in a sit-stay for half an hour and not touch it - the word was "mine" and it meant that you don't touch that, even if I am not in the room, even if whatever, you DO NOT touch that. You could leave a plate of food on the floor for hours and not only would she not touch it, she would also keep the other animals (dogs and cats) from touching it.

In all probability, these dogs studied were just not properly trained/proofed before the experiment. With "proofing" to set them up and catch them in the act to give

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The first is simple; you must win your dogs mind. If you don't achieve this first then you will be struggling the all the way. When I talk about winning your dogs mind what I really mean is that your dog looks to you for all the decisions. Before you do anything else watch one of the amazing video sites that show you the 5 Golden rules to establishing yourself as the pack leader. If you aren't putting these in place then you are setting yourself up to fail. Just at the crucial point where you really want your dog to listen they will go and do their own thing. For sure your dog may play ball occasionally or even most of the time, you may even have a dog that is obedient 99% of the time, however if you want a dog who always listens to you and does as you ask then you need to win your dogs mind.

The second key to success is to motivate your dog. It is really important that you discover what it is that your dog enjoys both in terms of exercise and play but also in terms of a reward. If you can make the experience enjoyable then you will both achieve more and look forward to training.

Some dogs love to fetch, others love agility, and other dogs simply love obedience training, or swimming out into water and retrieve. At least to start with find out what your dogs love is and help them develop this, what I am saying is work with your dog. The other point to recognize is to make training enjoyable reward your dog.

Yeah, you got pit puppies. We have 2 pits, and their both wonderful. We also have a cockerspainel/sheepdog, yes they all get along. Just love your puppies like their human kids. teach them with a firm NO, and don't be afraid to correct anything they do wrong. As long as you introduce them to people they will be okay. You will have to be a little more firm with them as they get older and make sure they don't back talk, our boy always has something to say. But in the end mommy wins! Glad your taking them to puppy class, they can help you out if your not certain on how to train them. But watch out, they all have their own personality and will make you laugh your a** off. Have fun with your babies.

Socialize, socialize, socialize. My pit bull is the sweetest and loves everyone. And all these people talking down on them probably have never owned one and is feeding into the media's hype. Do your research on the breed.

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Most of these pit bulls on the news are mixed breed dogs not true pit bulls. For the ones that are, they were probably chained in a backyard and never socialized.There are tons of dog attacks that don't involve pit bulls, the media has a fixation with pit bulls so that's all you here about. There are tons of hero pit bulls too. The #1 drug dog in the U.S. is a rescued pit bull.

See for yourself why the media is full of BS, 90% of Animal Control officers failed this test.

http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.ht...

We have two pit bulls who love people but not other dogs. No one can predict the behavior of any animal no matter what. Pits just have a bad rep period.I have heard lots of horror stories too about them attacking for no reason, but you know I know lots of pits who are big babies and luv bugs.All I can say is just socialize them early like you are doing but also let them know your the boss and they are the best dogs. They will be happy as long as you love them and take good care of them.Give them lots of exercise and have them fixed,then they are even better behaved,I know that sounds corny but its true honestly.Good luck and best wishes.You sound like you will be an awesome dog owner.

YOU BE THE ALPHA DOG>>>always be in charge. Correct them imediately when they do something wrong, give them lots of exercise, lots of caring and love and they'll be fine. Don't chain them outside, in fact don't chain them up at all. Walk them as often as possible. Be responsible.

#1. You had better have One Million Dollar Insurance Policys on these Dogs. Each Dude!! Let them bite someone. Your facing at least 8 mos in jail alone. You don't even have to be home and one of your dogs bites someone or an animal. Your as--- is gone!! Look it up!