[ambiddetcat]

While I do want my pit to be protective, I don't want her to ever be aggressive. If someone is hurting me or someone here I would hope she will defend us... pits are known for that right?

Well I wanna know how to prevent aggression.
Back in october my buddies pit became increasingly aggresive... first, pinning me down when I was letting him back into my buddies room after letting him out to use the bathroom. I had my hands up around his neck and he was growling biting but never bit me was rather weird. Then one night he lunged for me while I was watching TV... explain to me how I am supposed to make sure this doesn't happen to me with my OWN?

She is so loyal already to me but what when she gets bigger, I want her to be friendly with everyone even a kitten if I got one. Well I've brought kittens, little puppies, big ass dogs, and she just plays and treats them all equally like so amazing to see. She loves to cuddle up with a cat against her.... lol and as far as little kids, my friends son is only two and can get her to sit, lay down, and follow him and plays with him in the yard runnign after him and so far. NEVER looks to anyone as an object, but as a person. am i doing a good job so far?

[astefecyAvevy]

A "pit bull" should always see strangers as a long lost best friend. They should never be taught to "protect" you. If the occasion rises where you really need protection, she may or may not protect you, there is no way to say for sure, as with any breed that isn't made to be a protection breed. Socialize her with as many people as possible if you can. Human aggression should not be tolerated.

Also, keep in mind that Dog Aggression is common in this breed, and even if you do the greatest job socializing (which I still think it's a good idea to socialize), she might still become dog aggressive. It's not a bad thing, and you can't train it out, but it can be managed.

[Shootohoist]

My dog I think is the most lovable dog, but I have seen three different occasions where she was not the lovable dog but the protective dog. The best one was when my ex walked in my house and tried to pick up my son who was sleeping and my dog decided to sit on my son and get in her face. She never did once show teeth or bark, just basically sat there saying that she couldn't touch my son.

[JeremyBalll]

HEY EVERYONE my three month old pit is very protective of me he will bark and growl if someone even pretends to harm me.is that something that is bad because in my opinion it is not

[moohassinny]

Sounds like your friends dog is either the victim of bad breeding or severe bad handling. This is NOT a protection breed and considering the state the breed is in, encouraging any sort of human aggression is damaging to us all!

[pfcwlkxav]

HEY EVERYONE my three month old pit is very protective of me he will bark and growl if someone even pretends to harm me.is that something that is bad because in my opinion it is not

IMO its bad. I wouldnt want to encourage my dogs to go after people EVER. If someone was coming at me and was really hurting me, I would hope they would protect me, but no, to encourage a pit bull to bite, snap, bark at people is just a bad bad idea. It does NOTHING for the advancement of this breed.

Imagine if you and your friends were messing around and your dog is MUCH bigger and MUCH stronger and she misunderstands something and she attacks them. Whose fault would that really be? Yours. Yet she would be the one to suffer.

Sometimes, you just cant get the genie back in the bottle.

Encouraging a pit bull to be aggressive, UNLESS your into protection work, is NEVER a good idea.

[moohassinny]

Gaud... at three months old, too! This age is very important in your pups development and encouraging this kind of behaviour can do some serious damage to the way your pups sees the world and only work AGAINST him in life. I would suggest finding a pit bull friendly behaviourist and start working to remedy this issue NOW.

[Thunderzee]

Your dog should see YOU as the leader, not them as the leader and protector. And at 3 months? No, your dog should NOT behave that way.