How do you train a 5 year old pit bull mastiff (female) that is an escape artist?

Answer 1

better restraint. my maltese puppy used to literally scale the walls of the pen we kept her in (she was seriously MAYBE 7 inches tall, 2 lbs and she got over a 2.5 crate style pen wall!) so now we keep her in a pet taxi type crate. The dog won't ever stop trying to get out, she wants to be where the action is! so, shut the door of the room, or get a very large crate! In the yard, nail boards going horizontally along the bottom half of the fence. That's what we did after my neighbor's dalmations broke the bottom of the fence and ripped up my other dog :*(**

and to the guy about pit bull attacks, golden retrievers and labs are more likely to turn on a human than a pit bull, pit bulls are all about training. They are the most easily trained dogs out of all breeds. Chows, dalmations, and labs are more likely to be aggressive by nature than pits!

Answer 2

To the person asking the question:

If you can watch her the best thing to do is get a shock collar with a remote control. These cost a bit (around $150) but they work. Watch from the window and as soon as she goes to escape (don't wait until she's already gone) hit the button to give a shock. If she turns away and stays away for a minute go outside and give her lots of praise and a treat. Then go back inside and watch again. Keep watching and slowly increase the amount of time between her turning away and your praise. DO NOT LEAVE HER OUT IF YOU CANNOT WATCH HER!!! It takes a while to learn and giving her the chance to get away will only let her know that sooner or later she'll be able to escape. She is likely doing this in part because this is a breed known to escape but also because she needs more stimulation. Start adding a 30 minute brisk walk every day and get some raw knuckle bones. Freeze them and give it to her frozen and raw out in the yard. It'll give her a nice distraction and is good for her teeth.

To the idiot who says all pit bulls are vicious:

The only pit bulls you will see on TV are of course attacking people. Noone tells you all the good things they do. I happen to know two that are service dogs, one for a blind woman and one for a woman with a mental illness. Actually they are not even close to the top of the list of frequent biters (Yorshire Terriers took that one) and are definitely not number one for killing people. German Shepherds took that one (I have three german shepherds so don't think I'm being biased at all; I hate admitting that) and mixed breeds to second. Pit bulls that attack are usually poorly bred unsocialized dogs and any dog no matter what the breed raised like that is likely to attack someone. Usually the attacks by pit bulls are actually towards an animal (sorry to say they do tend to be animal aggressive but this can be helped with LOTS of early socializing) and the person who gets attacked is trying to get in the way. Anyone who gets in the way of a dog fight no matter what the breed is going to get bitten.

Answer 3

umm...i wouldnt even benear a pit bull if i were you...
didnt you hear all those news storie of kids and adults being ripped apart by pitbulls?

the pitbulls have something wrong with them that one second they are cute and loving, and the next thing you kno, they snap and attack whatever is in sight

Answer 4

i guess you just have to make your yard like a prison. or get a shock collar but by the sounds of it she'll figure out how to get past that too.

Answer 5

I know what a bull mastive is, but what is a pit bull mastive?

Answer 6

Kick it in the A** and tell it to dig a hole. JK LOL