My photos (quite a few) and stories of both dogs so far

[Aidan]

So thats Tex, hes 18-20 weeks in those pictures. He was adopted from someone that works with the wife. He had got the pup from a rescue later to learn he would be going over seas so we got the pup from him. Tex has been a very quick learner, at times learning basic commands from just watching me train my other dog Lola, hand commands and all. He is eager to please and a huge lap dog.











This is Lola she is 8-9 months in these pics. She was rescued from a shelter at around 3 months. She has been a pleasure to own. Took a little while to get the whole not peeing inside thing down but has been a great dog and very easy to teach. She has tons of drive and can play out back for hours playing fetch or messing around with a flirt pole. She is pretty good on the leash not perfect yet but does awesome for the most part.

[Candy317]

your daugther and doggies are too precious for words!!

[Indigo Bully Connection]

There's my girl with the hair! lol I love Lola, her muscle tone is phenominal

[Aidan]

thank you very much, both of you. and yea u think that hair is great, try getting her ready in the morning

[Candy317]

thank you very much, both of you. and yea u think that hair is great, try getting her ready in the morning

Haha I have the same sort of hair, I feel your & her pain. Is she mixed?

[Aidan]

yea her moms mixed as well

[Indigo Bully Connection]

Ohhh Aidan... I do have the same freaking problem. I can't have anyone cut my hair except my cousin who has mixed children lmfao She's the only one who can handle this nappy mess.

[Taz_Zoee]

Wow, it's nice to have so many pit owners here now. I just love Tex. That color is called blue, right?

I do have a question. What is the purpose of the toy hanging from the tree? I thought it wasn't good to pull on dogs teeth like that.

Well, you came back and answered my question in the above post. So nevermind. And that's exactly how I looked at it myself. As an agressive type thing.

[Candy317]

Wow, it's nice to have so many pit owners here now. I just love Tex. That color is called blue, right?

I do have a question. What is the purpose of the toy hanging from the tree? I thought it wasn't good to pull on dogs teeth like that.

Well, you came back and answered my question in the above post. So nevermind. And that's exactly how I looked at it myself. As an agressive type thing.

here's a video of it, I love how they wiggle their body lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006k_qhEEUg

there's also flirt poles, not just for pitties either!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q913yMZDLc8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMlIvxG0Nro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBT0t1dZVcU

and weight-pull for exercise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6LDopZZVzg

I live vicariously through bully breed owners, but I'm a small dog person...I might have mini bull terrier in the future though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFIozOe4AM

[Aidan]

Yea playing tug at an early age is not always the best thing to do. but my understanding, at his age, as long as he is doing it as his own pace it is ok. He can feel if he needs to let go or not. As far as an aggressive thing, no, not one bit. I am just making them work to get their beloved toys. I take the toy down when play time is over, and as I mentioned earlier they both know when to let go.

It's set up with a chain up in the tree attached to a spring, think trampoline spring, attached to the rope attached to the toy. So they jump up to get it, or in Lolas case reaches up to get it, and pull down on it. It really works the dogs back legs and back area, and is works great at wearing them out. Some people set theirs up where their dogs hang from it and their feet are not on the ground. I find this to be the incorrect method as to where if their feet are on the ground they are working at it more instead of just hanging.

And yea flirt pole is another great activity. I do that I'd say 30 mins to an hour everyday. Here is a sort little clip of some flirt pole action in the snow. I had already been working them for a bit so they aren't quite up to full speed, and as you can see Lola kinda makes me look bad with the belated drop

[Candy317]

Yea playing tug at an early age is not always the best thing to do. but my understanding, at his age, as long as he is doing it as his own pace it is ok. He can feel if he needs to let go or not. As far as an aggressive thing, no, not one bit. I am just making them work to get their beloved toys. I take the toy down when play time is over, and as I mentioned earlier they both know when to let go.

It's set up with a chain up in the tree attached to a spring, think trampoline spring, attached to the rope attached to the toy. So they jump up to get it, or in Lolas case reaches up to get it, and pull down on it. It really works the dogs back legs and back area, and is works great at wearing them out. Some people set theirs up where their dogs hang from it and their feet are not on the ground. I find this to be the incorrect method as to where if their feet are on the ground they are working at it more instead of just hanging.

And yea flirt pole is another great activity. I do that I'd say 30 mins to an hour everyday. Here is a sort little clip of some flirt pole action in the snow. I had already been working them for a bit so they aren't quite up to full speed, and as you can see Lola kinda makes me look bad with the belated drop

Whats that thing called where they climb up the wall?

[Aidan]

wall climb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbenTCaxemg

[Candy317]

wall climb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbenTCaxemg

Ha well, derr.

[Taz_Zoee]

I didn't realize how small Tex is. In the pictures with your daughter he seems so much bigger. And Lola is pure muscle, dang!!!
If I tried that with my dogs they'd stand there and look at me like "why are you doing that? You look like an idiot!". Just like they did when I tried to get them to play with the red dot from the laser pointer. LOL

[Candy317]

I didn't realize how small Tex is. In the pictures with your daughter he seems so much bigger. And Lola is pure muscle, dang!!!
If I tried that with my dogs they'd stand there and look at me like "why are you doing that? You look like an idiot!". Just like they did when I tried to get them to play with the red dot from the laser pointer. LOL

Ssssh don't say l-a-s-e-r around Valentino!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWUM8EBZ7yk