I'm just wondering whats your thought on chaining a dog?

[MonicanHonda]

Pinot, this is not intended to be sarcastic nor nasty by annny means. I just felt the need to step in on this note in a nice way. A harness and dog runs are not suited for these types of dogs. My dogs are confined durring the day while I'm away from home, some are outside and some are inside. I have a kennel set up, as well as a chain/cable set up. Most Game Bred dogs will eat through a kennel just to get to another dog that catches it's eye... also, even for my not game bred dogs... I tried tethering them with harnesses, and they ate through both the nylon and leather. When we chose to own these kinds of dogs we need to step up the responsibility in order to preserve our rights as animal owners. I cannot afford the vet bills if my APBT got off the chain, ate the kennel. Even when inside my home my APBT girl has to be seperated by a closed door from all other animals. We have to rotate to keep the vet costs as low as possible! haha To do this right your animals, especially dogs who has been bred specifically for sports/jobs needs the exercise of it's mind just as much as it's body...if this is not done they do become distructive to themselves personally as well as to anything withing paws reach. Very similar to GSD dogs who have been bred, trained, worked for law inforcement, then they become retired... it is very difficult, if not impossible to make them house dogs. I'm sure it's the same way for a greyhound.

EDIT: it has been bred and ingrained into these dogs for hundreds of years to need a purpose in life, and that is where we as a bully community come into so many troubles because they are not dogs for everyone by any means. It takes a certain kind of owner to do this breed any kind of justice... or stay out of the media. The "Pit Bull" (and I hate that term, because it's such a loose generalization) has become more of a fashion statement for people and when prospective owners browse the classified adds they do not realise it is a life style, not just a dog.

I told myself I wasn't going to post anything in this thread anymore if I couldn't be nice, but...

Thank you so much for being so informative. You make the idea of chaining a "pit bull" seem very reasonable to me. I'm sure you take extra care to make sure they are safe when they are.

EDIT:

Oh, and I believe you too because just watching rescue shows on the tv and when they get dog aggressive "pit bulls" on there, they really mess themselves up with cages and such. They didn't really show the damage being done to this one dog, but when he was trying to get to the other "pit bull" the end result was blood EVERYWHERE.

Basically Pinot's thread was about a family who could no longer walk their dog (very nice family it sounds like) and their dog was on a long lead outside, ran after something and snapped it's neck. The dog had neck damage. So, if you are taking precautions as to something like this happening and being responsible about it... I suppose I could see this being better than a kennel or cage where they could hurt themselves and probably another dog once they got out of it.

[Indigo Bully Connection]

I told myself I wasn't going to post anything in this thread anymore if I couldn't be nice, but...

Thank you so much for being so informative. You make the idea of chaining a "pit bull" seem very reasonable to me. I'm sure you take extra care to make sure they are safe when they are.

EDIT:

Oh, and I believe you too because just watching rescue shows on the tv and when they get dog aggressive "pit bulls" on there, they really mess themselves up with cages and such. They didn't really show the damage being done to this one dog, but when he was trying to get to the other "pit bull" the end result was blood EVERYWHERE.

Basically Pinot's thread was about a family who could no longer walk their dog (very nice family it sounds like) and their dog was on a long lead outside, ran after something and snapped it's neck. The dog had neck damage. So, if you are taking precautions as to something like this happening and being responsible about it... I suppose I could see this being better than a kennel or cage where they could hurt themselves and probably another dog once they got out of it.

No problemo, I welcome any questions. I have had to mend many bloody noses because of fence fights with the neighbors dog with Neela lol. Breaking up a "scuffle" with these dogs is much more of chore than it is with any other breed I've worked with. After the second go round between my older girls, I broke down and got the break sticks. I, like many other people truely believed "if you raise them right you won't have any problems".... boooy was I WRONG! lol

[amberlynn]

No problemo, I welcome any questions. I have had to mend many bloody noses because of fence fights with the neighbors dog with Neela lol. Breaking up a "scuffle" with these dogs is much more of chore than it is with any other breed I've worked with. After the second go round between my older girls, I broke down and got the break sticks. I, like many other people truely believed "if you raise them right you won't have any problems".... boooy was I WRONG! lol

ya i kno wut ya mean....my female and male are the fighting kings they do not stop and that is y we have the fight stick.....(police baton) wen they see that they stop rite then and there.....

[luvofallhorses]

Do you mean a break stick? I think that's what it's properly called.
http://www.pbrc.net/shop/bsticks.html

For anyone that doesn't know what a breakstick is - it is only to be used on bulldogs, not any other breed when they get in a fight with another dog and it doesn't mean you fight your dogs it seperates them faster without you getting hurt and every responsible APBT 'bulldog' owner should have one.

Breaksticks -

http://www.pbrc.net/breaksticks.html

[amberlynn]

well ummmm that is wut we personally call it and they are pits not bulldogs...well mine at least

[luvofallhorses]

Same thing. APBTs are infact bulldog breeds. Hence 'bully' breeds still the same thing.

[amberlynn]

ya i kno wut ya ment....it jus eerks me wen people say bulldog cuz bulldogs look more like the bullies.....dozer is british staffordshire....with a lil american to...that is y he has the bulldog look....but to me bulldogs are small and husky....