STRICT RULE no pitbulls Period

[purr]

you should maybe decide on a different breed because if your mom is tentative around the dog he will pick up on this and try to lord it over her, that is not a healthy situation for your mom or the dog. He will need strong pack leaders not just you but your mom too.

 

[1acrefarm]

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My sisters husky really loves kitties. For breakfast.

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Oh Iowa Roo Mom, you are wonderful and so well spoken!

Didn't Mark Twain say "There are lies, darn lies, and statistics."?

 

[Elite Silkies]

I had a Pit/Chow mix, he the best dog I have ever had, he was stray that I took in. I also had a full blood pit show up, starving to death, so I took her in. She turned on my son, my husband and my BIL, and I had her put down. Maybe it was something from her background, I do not know. She never turned on me, so I don't know if it was just something about male or what? Maybe a male abused her, but I couldn't be positive. But, JMO any dog can turn on you no matter the breed.

If mom isn't comfortable with a pit mix, then look around, there are many dogs that need good homes.

 

[sundance]

As a Pitt owner and I love her dearly, I have to agree, Mom's house. Moms rules. We got mia when my son who bred pitts was transferred to peterson airforce base and could not take her with him But she was raised in the house with the family including a yorkie at the time. She has never harmed anthing including my chickens which walk all over her. the dogs on the hill above us jumped her one day and she rolled over on her back as sumission to them and they really tore up her chest.she had no idea she was supposed to fight even to protect herself.but it was only because she had been raised as any small lap dog would have raised. She will be 10 in dec, and a very large part of our family.It's not in saying I have a pitt bull dog as so many people do, it's saying I have a dog i love.IMHP pitts have a bad rep since so many people keep them chained in their yard, NO ANIMAL, pitts included deserve to be raised with a chain around their neck. If they can't be raised as part of a family , don't have a dog of any kind marrie

 

[cafarmgirl]

My question for you would be, have you owned and trained a high energy, possibly dominant, large breed dog before? If the answer is no then I would not consider anything I just mentioned as your first dog. No matter the breed, those traits are a liability and they require a tremendous amount of time and training and it must be ongoing, every day of their lives.

Some breeds are just much more of a liability and are not well suited to a young or first time dog owner. And this particular mix you mentioned I think could be a difficult job to train!

Adopting from a shelter is a great idea, sometimes you can even take a dog on a trial run for a period of time to make sure it's a good personality match.

 

[Boyd]

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Marrie, I agree with almost all of this, but I do have working dogs. Can't raise those as part of the family all the time. They can be friendly, but a good working dog will always have a bit of wild in them.

 

[Godsgrl]

I would only get a pit bull if I knew the breeder, and they had pedigrees from generations back, and could tell me the tempermants of all of them. To get one, even a mix, from someone who is a "back yard breeder", it wouldn't fly for me. Sorry. Try your local shelter, they have plenty of good dogs ready for new homes.

 

[ilroost]

i have 2 pits had them since they were 2 months old,they are now 6 years old, never had a problem. it is all in the way people raise their dogs. mine think they are lap dogs and would lick you to death if you let them

 

[purplepillbug73]

When I was 8 years old, I had a pitbull mix named Copper and she was the most protective dog I've ever known. We had chickens and rabbits, and if they ever got loose, she would protect them from our other dogs. She also used to sleep with our cats and our Rooster, Fluffy, used to chase cars with her.

My husband got a pit mix puppy when he was six years old and Miranda lived to be 13. Never in her life did she attack a cat, even ones she didn't know. When my husbands cat had kittens, Miranda even stood guard and wouldn't let anyone near them. She did chase bicycles, though.

I have an aversion to purebred dogs because they are limited to a set gene pool. Mutts have more diversity when it comes to hereditary traits making them more likely to take on the better aspects of their parents genes.