Way OT. Please help

[Tommy Trojan]

This may be way off the topic, but I would like to ask you guy

[Teen Girl Squad]

Neutering him isnt going to help as that is more an adolescent thing. THe only option outside of putting him down is to immediately take him to serious obedience classes. Hopefully its not to late but it might be.

[LLcoleJ]

I dont know much about dogs. But anyone that attacks its owners is a risk IMO. You can make theories as to "why" but would you ever know for sure if that is the problem? and at that point would it be too late.

IMO situations like this are only an issue IF something really bad happens and at that point its too late to try and fix it.

[dockingsched]

cesar milan would say that he's a red zone case. cesar milan would first advise that he be neutered immediately, then muzzled, and trained on a leash. i'm assuming he doesn't get much walks and would probably goes crazy if tied on a leash? am i right? gotta walk that beast everyday.

[Tommy Trojan]

cesar milan would say that he's a red zone case. cesar milan would first advise that he be neutered immediately, then muzzled, and trained on a leash. i'm assuming he doesn't get much walks and would probably goes crazy if tied on a leash? am i right? gotta walk that beast everyday.

Maybe once a week he goes out walking. with the leash part he just pulls me when we go out walking, want's to smell everything.

It's just like a family now, but this is getting hard on myself and my family.

I am no joke, I am 5'9 and 205 pounds he threw me down when he jumped on me.

The only thing I see he is scarred of something, he is shaking everytime we tell him to do something.

[LLcoleJ]

do you have kids in the house?

[Tommy Trojan]

my younger sister, she is in HS.

Tomorrow I will have him neutered, and won't bring him in anymore.

I just feel sorry, because it is rainging hard outside.

I just feel he is part of the family, and if neutering doesent help I have to put him down.

The only other thing is since he is not neutered he is humping on everything, so I was thinking that might be it.

I don't know anymore, it's hard for me to put him down

[dockingsched]

if u feel guilty about putting him outside, build him a nice little shelter. dog house, tarp covering the dog house and surrounding area, full plumbing, handicap access to dog house.

[slifersd]

Before you begin to think about whether you should put him down, you should get yourself and your family a tetanus shot (or whatever the name of the shot is). You have plenty of time to deal with the dog, but you don't want to get rabies. The safety of your family comes before the well being of your dog.

[hermes]

ya you should make sure you don't have rabies

build a shelter with a roof if you are worried about the rain
hopefully the dog improves and you don't have to put him down

[zen_4_10]

A.) Neuter him ASAP - I know you are going to so that's good and a must. It will calm him down. And look into a trainer for helpful tips.

B.) Walked once a week? What other excercise does he get? It needs walks 2 - 3X's a day and be kept on a leash and walked with discipline - meaning you have to control him and lead him or some other type of excerise.

C.) I had a biter once. It really takes diligence and there are no real overnight solutions and keep him outside until you see his behavior improve and you have to establish yourself as the alpha at all times without being brutal or cruel to him.

D.) Last case scenario try to find a freind or relative that may have a better situation for the dog, (no kids, lots of space) instead of having to put him down.

[zen_4_10]

cesar milan would say that he's a red zone case. cesar milan would first advise that he be neutered immediately, then muzzled, and trained on a leash. i'm assuming he doesn't get much walks and would probably goes crazy if tied on a leash? am i right? gotta walk that beast everyday.

Good advice here dcash

[zen_4_10]

Before you begin to think about whether you should put him down, you should get yourself and your family a tetanus shot (or whatever the name of the shot is). You have plenty of time to deal with the dog, but you don't want to get rabies. The safety of your family comes before the well being of your dog.

First of all if the dog had it's rabies shots there is nothing to worry about. Tetnus is for something like stepping on a rusty nail and lock jaw not rabies which is an extraordinarily painful series of shots.

Second - there are no reported cases of rabies in California and dogs are not actually REQUIRED to get the shots in the first place. I learned all this after my dog was attacked by a big fat racoon.

I'm also commenting a lot in this thread because I like dogs much more than most people and would hate to hear the dog had to be put down.

[Erik Eleven]

Sorry to hear that. Speaking from experience, fixing that dog will take a lot of work and time. It's a huge commitment, and if you're game, you should get started immediately with serious training to get him to become totally submissive to your command.

If you can't do that for whatever reason, you should try to find someone who can. A biting dog that size is a killing machine, a deadly weapon. You should be very happy that you didn't have any small kids injured in this incident. One bite from a pitbull can kill a baby...

Whatever decision you make, you have to do it immediately and then you have to stick to it and never look back. Either you take charge, or let someone else do it. You cannot let things be the way they have been.

[TonyMontana]

Dam BBL
Im sorry your going thru all this mess , but Im with Phil on this one .
I hope you make the right choice , but then you need to think about your MOMS and your little sister too since I think they are your N# priority .

[TylersLakers]

What would Michael Vick do?

In all seriousness, I am a dog owner. I have two pretty big dogs, a 9 year old boxer named Rocky and a 4 year old bull mastiff, Dolli.

To start off.. It needs more then 1 walk a week. That is a huge reason. If he pulls you all over the sidewalk, then you need to get something called a choke collar. Our family used it for our bull mastiff, because she is a big dog and could carry us all over. What a choke collar does, is when the dog begins to pull forwards, the collar has safe metal things pointing out (not sharp, at all) that chokes it. It's something that's common, you can get it at a regular pet store. Don't worry, PETA won't send the feds to your house, or something. After so many walks with that on, it will realize. It took Dolli about a year or so, but now she walks right beside me, and I don't need to use it. Use dog treats and after each time the dog does his business, give him treats. Reward him.

Another huge thing you need to do.. Give it love. Don't hit him or anything, but be nice and firm. When he comes in the house from being outside, give it some human food. Maybe a cold hot dog, or something like that. Give it to him, pat him, show him some love. If he does something bad, firmly tell it "NO" and repeat it over and over. Even put it outside as punishment for a couple minutes.

And you know what? I know some people don't agree with it, but let him on your bed, on the couch. The dog's attitude will change if it knows it's wanted. My mom treats our dogs like her own babies, and you know what? They may sit beside you at the dinner table and look at you, but both of them have never bitten anyone. And, we've had instances in the middle of the night where my older brother or someone comes in the house in the middle of the night, and immediately you can hear it, they sound mean and run upstairs.. only to see it's my brother or something, and then they get happy, excited. They know when it's time to get mean.

Got any chew toys? Get some, and give it to him. Let him take his aggression out on that.

Hopefully this helps you. I know where you're coming from, with a big, strong, dog. Dolli was the runt of the litter, and she's 150 pounds. So she's pretty huge. I call her "Fatso", tell her she's as big as Mexico and crack jokes with her all the time.

I think the biggest thing though, show it love. Baby it a little bit. Give it attention.

[Tommy Trojan]

Thanks for everyone's advice, learned many things that I was unaware off

[TylersLakers]

my younger sister, she is in HS.

Tomorrow I will have him neutered, and won't bring him in anymore.

I just feel sorry, because it is rainging hard outside.

I just feel he is part of the family, and if neutering doesent help I have to put him down.

The only other thing is since he is not neutered he is humping on everything, so I was thinking that might be it.

I don't know anymore, it's hard for me to put him down

My cousin has a pitbull, and he humps all the time. Don't worry about that.. I guess it's natural. I don't know. It's kind of damn weird to walk in his house and have this big ass pitbull jump up on you and try to hump you, but once you calm him down, he's a great dog. He sleeps with my cousin and gets a lot of love, that's why I think showing your dog some appreciation is a must for a pitbull.

[zen_4_10]

My dog is half pit and THE coolest dog in the world (especially since the other half is Lab) but like Tyler was saying - a lot will boil down to what type and how much attention a dog gets. They need to treated with love and respect and however you treat them will often come back to you in their personality and behaviour.

Dogs are pack animals and need to have a place in that pack - it's up to the humans to decide where that place is and be consistent since some dogs will challenge to be the pack leader.

[Rox_Nix_Nox]

Wow was he/she attacking you like it wanted to go for your throat? You need to establish yourself, let him know your the master. I have a great dane and he weighs about 188 pounds(more than me) and he's almost at my hip. He likes to play around and sometimes he'll actually put his arms up on my girlfriends shoulders he's that big. But never has he come at me like he wanted to inflict harm.