Ok goodness! My head is swimming!
Firstly, thankyou everyone for all your feedback, it is greatly appreciated!
Secondly- We wont just be getting rid of him for the sake of it. We will monitor him very very carefully and if he shows any signs of aggression we will put him down. And yes there are signs that a dog is turning aggressive before it actually starts fighting other dogs or attacking ppl, its when the owners fail to recognise them or turn a blind eye that problems arise! I really do believe that if it were to happen we wld be able to pick up on them before anything was to happen. I actually think by us having a dog that is classed as dangerous we will be taking alot more notice of his behaviour and how he is with other dogs.. and will act on it right away. Where as my sisters boyfriend has a 1.5 yr old blue heeler which he is refusing to desex, but god! Wherever he goes he picks a fight with other dogs, whenever our Yogi boy sees him he is attacked by him! Ofcourse its not half as vicious as say a pittie fighting a rottie but still, his behaviour is only going to escalate as he gets more confident. There is no way in hell we wld be keeping Yogi if he was ANYTHING like that! I really really dont believe that when one of these pitbulls lashes out and attacks someone that thnere was no lead up whatsoever
Please do me a favour and watch the link on Youtube Alish suggested a few posts back."Dr Ian Dunbar on dog attacks" What do u guys think??
There were a few posts that you girls wrote that i absolutely loved and took onboard. Others i did listen to and take in but wont be acting on. Thankyou though, its so lovely to know there are so many concerned ppl out there!
Alish- Right now I have absolute faith, like yourself, that our Yogi boy wont attack anyone- dog or human. He has never growled at anything in his life. Ofcourse dogs can change though, so the best we can do is keep an eye on him and try and do the very best in bringing him up we can!
PZ- I have my beautiful baby here, does that mean I 'get' things?? There is nothing I want more in the world then to keep my little girl safe, I knew that before she was here though. From day 1 Alish wld have been doing all she cld to keep her little unborn baby safe- from not drinking or smoking to the simple things like not eating sushi etc. I actually dont think there is anything to get in regards to this situation?? If there is Im not getting it!!
Ellasmummy- Cldnt agree more with everything u said.
Tali- Im the same, I just dont think right now i cld even consider putting him down when hes been nothing but a beautiful doggy. (just 2 weeks ago he alerted us to a 2.5mt venomous snake 3 mtres from where we were sitting having dinner! He wldnt stop barking! We didnt realise he was actually barking at something so dh was getting angry and sent him to his bed, where he continued barking until we went and sussed it out! Very lucky we had him then considering our house isnt screened!)
Tanstar- I do agree that pitbulls shld probably be banned. There is way too much controversy surrounding them. It wld be nice to think that wld stop all the 'bad guys' from wanting one for hunting/ killing and guard dog purposes but sadly it wldnt. They wld still get them.
Tascha- I definitely agree re. the fencing of ur property! We have a 6 ft fence and he has never ever shown any sign of jumping it.. or digging under it for that matter. Whereas our Nala girl spent her whole life digging and trying to get out to play with the kiddies up the street! Gosh half the time i have to carry him into my car cos he wont jump! To answer ur question, if we HAD to get rid of him we wldnt take him anywhere. We wld put him down. We wldnt believe that there wld be any owner out there that wld love him and treat him the way we do. I wld hate thinking that he is somewhere being mistreated.
Artechim-
I completely agree!Personally if the dog has shown no aggressive tendencies and will be neutered shortly then I would keep him.
And PZ, maybe you were trying to imitate Lulu, but you fell far short and that was plain insulting!
LMS- Thankyou! Loved what u wrote. I am so so sorry about the dog u had stolen, how devastating.
Starbright- I think ur post was my favourite! I love the way you described the kelpie to pittie transition. I will definitely be listening to ur piece of advice about keeping a very close eye on his behaviour. Thankyou!!
Krysalyss- A big thankyou! i will be looking into what you suggested.
Efjay- Ur in Cairns too! Wld u like to come suss out my doggie??he is old enough to be desexed already but the vet said to wait a couple months extra then the standard 6 just so he cld grow properly before taking away his testosterone.
Ss_storm- Ur post was another one of my absolute favourites! I LOVE Cesar and what he does with dogs. Thats why i believe that it is up to the owner to train properly. If we had to get rid of Yogi because of aggression problems we wld never forgive ourselves cos we wld know it was basically our faults! I know that we are no Cesar Milans but we can try atleast!!
Doubletrouble- I see where ur coming from re. dogs with babies. He has always been really good with our DD. From day 1 if he heard her crying he wld come and sit next to me or go and sit near her until i went and got her. Now he just cldnt care less about her really! He does try and sneak a lick of her slobbery hand occassionally though!
M2R- Thankyou so much for telling me ur story about ur doggieIn comparision to ur gorgeous naughty little puppy, Yogi SEEMS to be pretty good so far! He has never bitten anything even playing. I will definitely be looking out for the signs though. Im so sorry you have a few injuries from him. Thanks again
Thats all Im going to comment on now. Ive been inside allday with my baby girl, its time too stop neglecting my doggies and go and play with them for a bit!
FWIW Yogi is booked in to get desexed next week
Oh and I do understand all the current laws etc. Im not going to go into that in this thread though. The purpose of the thread was not to find out whether I shld be getting rid of him, but whether there are things I shld be doing to give him the best life possible!!
Anyway thanks again for ur input! Very much appreciated.
Ps. Everyone that comes over to our house (we have mummies groups here all the time)LOVE him! They never stop commenting on what a beautiful dog he is and how they wld love to swap their dog for him!
Pps. Im not feeling so sick about the whole thing anymore, you guys have definitely helped to clear my head on things. It has made me even more determined to keep him 'good' and to watch his every move.
xxx
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