sadowner wrote:I forgot to mention my wife recently started a new job . It used to be she stayed home with the baby and dog and i worked. Now i stay at home and the baby really takes up alot of time. Could this have anything to do with it?
sadowner wrote:I understand alot of people are saying "put the dog down period" but they dont understand i raised this dog. I have put alot of time into this dog. I take him everyplace. He is more then some dog to me. I really want to understand what is happening. He and my son are almost the same age. He has always been great with the baby.
JCleve86 wrote:This is where I differ from Michelle tremendously. Of course, pit bulls are dogs...there could be something, in fact, there probably IS something that changed his behavior. Bottom line? A pit bull should NOT be so unsound that a simple change in routine makes him growl at a child, when traditionally the most harm this breed would pose to a kid would be knocking him over because he was too excited to play with the little one. There are hundreds, THOUSANDS of other pit bulls who have experienced MUCH worse, MUCH more dramatic changes who still wouldn't DREAM of snapping at people.
I'm sorry...with something that sounds this extreme (lunging at strangers, at your baby), I don't think there is any reason to make excuses. Pit bulls should be rock solid, period, and your dog isn't.
As far as I'm concerned humanely euthanizing the dog is the only responsible thing to do, especially when it comes to this particular breed. Of course he's not my pup, and I know it's a lot harder to make that decision when it IS your dog. I do understand that. I just hope that as you go through the decision making process, nobody gets hurt, most especially your baby. If you haven't already, I'd keep the dog away from the baby at all times unless very, very closely supervised, if even then. Your childs safety is much more valuable than the life of any dog, especially if the trade off is just having the dog in another room.
sadowner wrote:Karen is on iggy because i dont have time for stupid comments, so far she has made two i dont have time for it.
mnp13 I will look for someone to evaluate our dog in our area. Its kind of hard though because alot of people look at the breed as evil.
In the mean time i have some questions if someone could help me.
I forgot to mention my wife recently started a new job . It used to be she stayed home with the baby and dog and i worked. Now i stay at home and the baby really takes up alot of time. Could this have anything to do with it?
I understand alot of people are saying "put the dog down period" but they dont understand i raised this dog. I have put alot of time into this dog. I take him everyplace. He is more then some dog to me. I really want to understand what is happening. He and my son are almost the same age. He has always been great with the baby.
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