Quote Originally Posted by SnSstealth
WH and stinks hit it on the head, no need to ellaborate Charlie Charlie...:jointsmile:
Illin, you dont make guard dogs aggressive. My pit is INSANELY protective (shutzhund) and isn't aggressive at all.Kids play with him all the time.If you train them right, they will be able to differentiate ill will, and playing....Protective DOES NOT = aggressive Me and my friends can wrestle and manson wont do shit...But if you walk creeping up on me, thats your ass....they are trained for specific behaviors....like when i trained seizure response dogs, you train them by a series of twitches in your faces and arms while in a wheelchair....
I could make faces all day long at the dog, but until I made the "seizure" motions, it would not respond and hit the buzzer....

The biggest mistakes dog owners make is using people reasoning with dogs. Like WH said, no matter how much expression and character our dogs have, they are not, nor do they think like humans. Understand how they think, and you have got half of dog training nailed....
just my :twocents:
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whiskeytango
When my brother came through town Lady his dog of 8 years came with him. She was great with the kids and they could do anything to her, literally. My kid was the one to stick her finger up her ass(funny yet horrifying at the time) and she just got up turned around and let her sit on her head. Anyways after the trip I asked before he left what kind of dog she was. yes she was a pure bred pitbull, and one of the best dogs I've ever seen with children. My damn brother didn't feed her for 2 days before they got to our place and her first meal was an old drum stick from the fridge, little Harry walked right up to her took it from her and stuck it in her ear of all places. She just patiently sat and waited till he was done then gulfed it down.