Wolf_Q - Riely is a terrier/lab mix...shes the most hyper dog ever...so quite often she instigates...we're not going to allow them to play rough at all anymore...no more growling for Buddha...if he growls he gets a small time out...

Anna - Actually he's better off leash than Riely is...Riely doesn't listen at all and likes to run far ahead of us...there is a place where I live called Bair Island which is a 3 mile loop track....and its also a bird sancturary and one of the few places to let dogs off leash....Buddha didn't so much as bark at another dog....he stayed with us most of the time...a lot of the time when we saw another dog approaching we'd put them back on the collar till they passed...but some came up to him and he was perfectly fine...just stood there and sniffed them....but I don't think we'd take him to a dog park anyway...and I'm too paranoid about them running in the street and getting hit to let them off leash on a walk around the neighborhood...


I wouldn't try to pass Buddha off as a boxer mix...i mean LOOK at him...like anyone would be stupid enough to believe it anyway? I know Pits get a bad rap...and the I wanted to make sure that Buddha got every training class possible so that he WOULDN'T be one of those dogs you read about...Believe me...this boy will be in classes continuously for a LONG time...AND I'm taking him to Puppy Playtime every Sunday morning until he's too old...(24 weeks)....and hopefully by the time he's 5 months...he'll be behaved enough around other dogs to go for playdays at Planet Pooch....and get MORE used to being around dogs...

I think that Riely and him were playing too rough up until now...but they've never hurt each other...and we thought they were just kinda duking it out for dominance....the only other time I've heard him growl before last night was when he was playing with Riely...most of the time it's when Riely has him pinned on his back and he's just trying to get free...he's has a very good idea of when he's biting too hard....he can just nibble on my hands and not hurt me at all...

Pia said that if he growls in class...pick him up and take him outside...count to 10...and then bring him back in...not acting mad or anything...just teaching him that when he's too rough...he is removed from playing for a while...and we're gonna have to buy a squirt bottle too...redirect his attention if they start escalating...and bribe him with EXTRA yummy treats....the thing is...she said she doesnt have anything against pit bulls and that she actually owns one herself...but shes worried that he doesn't act like a 14 week old puppy...and that he's agressive...