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Originally Posted by jazzking1971  I haven't worked pits in many years and I certainly haven't worked as many as you but from my experience, Pits don't have that same inherent tenacity towards a human as they do an animal. . |
in your other thread about your dog shutting down you said you were a newbie trying to learn and now you say you havent worke a pit in several years leading us to believe your experianced so which is it????? newbie or old hand
then you stated this
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I a few weeks ago, I was watching a female rottie at the club. The owner says she's a hard dog, bites out of aggression, loves to fight etc..maybe so but I didn't see it.
What I saw was a dog on the nervy side that lacked prey drive and confidence. I saw a helper come in zig zag on this dog to give a sideways bite and the dog backed off. It took several attempts and then finally this bitch would bite. And when she bit, it was full, calm and hard. This is not a dog from some backyard breeder like mine, this is a dog from one of the most famous kennels in Germany.
Now I've never worked this dog, but her bites are always hard, firm and full and she's never moved from the bite, while she's has always looked good to me that way, that same dog was very spooky when I met her and on two occasions she tried to take a nip at me. That's not a confident dog in my book. The owners are very good people have been working to better socialize and increase the confidence, in the year that I've know it, she's less spooky from what I can see but obviously the nerve issue is still there and I tend to think she's leaning on the side of being edgey rather than nervey
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really re read this then ask yourself why is your club training a dog that is nervy and not of the right temperment for the work then think back on your own dog and why it shut down