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[QUOTE="husky429, post: 4123027, member: 6696"]
Good to see he's doing better. It is super tough early on with a larger dog with a smaller handler. My fiance is 120lbs and maybe 5'1. If either one of my dogs decide that squirel is interesting... she's not holding them back.

Instincts do play a huge part. Some dogs are just predisposed to barking, herding, whatever. My rottweiler will bark a bit because that's what guard dogs do. I couldn't tell you the last time my pit barked. I'm not even sure she knows how tbh.

I also don't like how people say "bad owners, not bad pitbulls!" I mean sure... it's 99% bad ownership that leads to dog bites. But I also know my girl is predisposed to aggression because they've been bred that way for 100s of years. So we took the proper precautions--tons of socialization early on, a hard " no" even as a puppy for teething on people or her brother. All that. Pit owners shouldn't ignore the fact that their dogs are bred fighters, just like a huntinf breed owner needs to know their dog will have a high prey drive for small animals.
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