Buddy is not our only baby, as I have mentioned before we have a 7 month old cocker spaniel/shepherd mix named Tressel (yes he was named after the OSU football head coach) and a very stubborn cat named Missy. I was curious how other people have handled bringing other breeds and cats into a Pit Bull home.
The reason I ask is because when we first got Tressel he was the size of my tennis shoe so people warned us and actually glared at us when we socialized them at the dog park for the first time. Buddy was already in the dog park when I found Tressel so Aron told me to bring him out to see how they would get a long…well right off the bat Tressel was attacking Buddy and Buddy just looked at us like what the heck is this little shit! Needless to say we decided that Tressel could handle Buddy and Buddy could handle Tressel. The very first day we brought Tressel home we learned that we did EVERYTHING wrong. Tressel was a male…wrong, Tressel wasn’t fixed (yet)…wrong, Tressel and Buddy wouldn’t eat out of different food bowls…wrong, Tressel and Buddy liked playing tug-a-war…wrong. Like I said we did EVERYTHING wrong, yet if we try and separate these two today, well there is no trying it’s just not happening! I understand that there are certain things to do and to take into consideration, but there are no set rules, it’s how the dogs feel about each other that matters.
We just met you and your boy at the Ritter’s dog night. Buddy is such a beautiful dog! And so very friendly. I’m glad I found this blog and I look forward to hearing your stories since I will be experiencing the same things in the upcoming months with little Harley. =)
I joined a group Pitbull-L under Google groups. They are a group of Pit Bull owners/lovers and they are a great support group willing to support and give ideas, support changing the laws breed specific legislation, provide thier experiences and they make you feel very welcome. I am a new owner of a Pit named Beastley. He is 1 yr old. I also have a Bull Mastiff who is 7 yrs old. This group helped me with conflict resolution. It is imbedded in my brain. Mine do not get along….on the Mastiff’s side. He wants to be top dog. The group helped me with Crate and Rotate. I have only been doing this a short time but it is working immensley. Your babes are beauties. Check out the site.
what absolutely beautiful dogs! it’s amazing how well dogs learn to live together, love each other, and live within a family– regardless of breed!