I just got a 5 week old Pitbull Rot WIler mix and i want to know how i can train it what are some methods.?

Question

i only want to hear from people who have pitbull puppies or fully grown dogs because they have better training ideas and techniques on how to train these puppies. i will get back to you and tell you if your method works if you leave your E-Mail address with your answer. i would like to have your E-Mail because i want to tell you if this works with my little puppy and i will send you a picture of him to show you which animal you are helping. AND PLEASE, I ONLY WANT SERIOUS ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION I NEED HELP TRAINING THIS PUPPY!!!

i know it soundo like i took it away from its mother early but he wasnt nursing and had some trouble getting milk. now we give him milk and he is doing just fine .

Answer 1

At five weeks, they won't have the attention span necessary to learn anything. For the time being, be consistent with taking him outside to relieve himself - half hour after eating, drinking, 3 minutes after waking up, and before and after playing. You can also start teaching him to respond to vocal praise so that as he ages, he will be more willing to do things just to be told he is good rather then for a food bribe

Answer 2

Five weeks is pretty young to have been taken from its mother. Until the puppy is about 6 months old, just let it have fun. Get it a toy, old shoe or balled up socks for it to chase and have fun. If you are keeping it inside and I hope in all this heat you are, every time it pees or poops take it immediately to a special spot, newspaper, litter box etc. After awhile it should get the message. When you do start to train the dog, repetition is the key. While standing(the dog) push down on his rear end and say "sit" With a collar tie a long cord or rope, go as far as the rope will let you and say"come" several times as you pull him to you. Fetch and stay are done the same way. Repetition is the key.
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Answer 3

Start training your pup right away, before bad habits can form. I truly believe the best way to train a pup and develop a healthy relationship with it is to reward it for good behavior and redirect it when acting inappropriatelty. For instance, if he is chewing on a sofa leg, tell him "Uh, uh" and give him a toy. Praise him and give him a small treat when he chews on his toys.

Use a lure to teach behaviors such as sit. Hold a small treat right in front of his nose. Slowly bring the treat up and back over his head (as if you were following the contour of his head). He should follow the treat with his nose - this will cause his head to tilt up and his butt to go down. Praise as soon as he is sitting and give him the treat. If he is jumping up for the treat, your hand is too high - it has to be right at his nose.

You can use this method for any behavior you want to teach. Move the treat the way he should move his body, praise and reward when he does it.

BTW, do NOT give your pup old shoes or socks - he can not make the distinction between your old holey socks and your brand new ones. Buy him appropriate toys to chew on (Kong and Chilly Bone are great for pups).

Check your local humane society for affordable and positive training classes. You will learn good training techniques and your puppy will learn to interact properly with other dogs - really important with this breed mix, as people are going to expect the worst. Show them they are wrong and these are wonderful dogs!

Answer 4

Hey i have a five month o;d pit bull he is very well trained. what you should start with is house breaking. always give rewards when he goes outside also you should try to bring him in the same area to go this will help him know where to go. Then to teach him commands just simple one words like cage, lay, sit, paw, down,outside,inside. like that my dog knows how to sit,lay,rollover, high five,cage,outside ,inside. And also if you want his ears cut you should do it at 11 weeks an the dog does not feel anything if you get it done at a good vet they use all the right methods. just for information

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Answer 5

Okay I have a Rot Wilier/Pitt Mixed named T-Bone but she's a girl. The milk idea is good but make sure you use goat's milk . I'm going to give you my e-mail address and more info on how to train those particular Dogs.

Peace & Love,
Mrs. Hawkk

P.S. (you can e-mail me at any time and right now would probally be the best time for to recive e-mails)
Thank You

Answer 6

The idea of NOT training it until it's 6 months old that someone above me said, is a horrible idea in my opinion. I got my Pit at 5 weeks too from some bad people. She had alot of trust issues and was very insecure and rebellious. The only way to keep a HIGH ENERGY dog like a Pit out of mischeif is to be constantly teaching it new positive behaviors.
One of the first things I taught my dog is how to ring a bell to go out and relieve herself. This trick is great because it saves your door from scratch marks. Dogs naturally seem to take on one of two ways of letting you know they want out: they either scratch or throw themselves at the door, or they do something annoying to get your attention like barking or following you around. This bell trick saves your door and your nerves- eventually.
To start with, go buy some large christmas decoration bells like you can find in the craft department at WalMart. Next, thread at least 4 bells onto a string. You will want this string to be tied in a loop and hanging from your doorknob with the bells at the puppy's nose level. Measure carefully, you want the bells at a comfortable height. When you have your loop with bells, hang it from the doorknob of the door the pup will be going out to go to the bathroom. Then make a second string for the other side of the door. You may add bells to other doors later after the pup has learned the trick well on the first door.
As soon as possible start doing this, even before the pup is housebroken. EVERY time you take the pup out that door for any reason, put the pup in front of the bells and push it's head so it's nose bumps and "rings" the bells, then immediately praise the pup as if he or she had thought of ringing them him/herself, and take them outside to play and use the bathroom. On the way in, bump the bells on the outside of the door with the pups nose also, and repeat the praise before going inside with the pup.
NEVER leave the puppy in the same room with the bells if you aren't there! Not until the puppy is well trained what the bells mean that is. During training if you leave the bells and dog, the dog will probably chew the bells. If you never allow the dog an opportunity to chew them in the first place, you will not have to untrain that behavior.
It is a very good idea to sit in the room with the puppy and watch how it reacts to the bells. The pup will probably eventually go over to investigate the bells and poke them or nip at them. The instant the bells make a noise loud enough for you to hear, praise the puppy and take it outside right away and play a game with it. You will want to go nuts the first few weeks because the dog will want to touch the bells all the time. In order for you to teach the pup that touching the bells means going through the door and ONLY going through the door, you have to be 100% consistant. You have to take that puppy outside EVERY time it touches the bells hard enough to make a noise. Trust me, while you may think the pup is going to drive you bell crazy the first month of this training, you will be SOOO thankful you did it for the next 10+ years afterward! The only time in all this that you should EVER scold your pup for touching the bells is if the pup grabs them and tries to rip them off the door. When the pup touches the bells in any way that will not result in the bells being removed from the door or destroyed, he or she should be immediately praised and let out (or in) the door.

This is a great thing to incorporate into your housebreaking routine. Train the pup right from the beginning and it will have less opportunity to learn naughtiness like chewing shoes. My dog learned sit, speak, roll over, lay down, and ring the bells by the time she was 6 months old. I can't imagine how many shoes I'd have lost to chewing if I hadn't spent so much time teaching her how to do cute tricks instead of giving her time to chew stuff. And she did chew stuff sometimes... I can't imagine how much MORE she'd have chewed if she'd had the time.

Good luck!!

Answer 7

my pitbull is 6 years old. he listens better than my kids do.
my husband believed in talking to him when he was a pup. he put him outside every three hours at first to help with training, and he just talked and played with him all the time.
we all kissed him, and hugged him, and praised him. he is 100lbs now, and still wants to be hugged and kissed. he listens to words...i dont know if dogs can really understand what we say, but tank sure does.
just give a lot of praise, and rewards. tank, is used to getting a (all natural) bisquit when he comes in from outside....which makes him WANT to go outside.
this breed is smart...and loyal and such a joy.
enjoy!

Answer 8

Can't help a whole lot with Pits, but Rots tend to learn from repetition and reward. They are very protective and loyal - so bonding is very important. If you have kids - Please be careful - both breeds can be unpredictable (I did not say bad!!). There are a lot of good reliable training classes out there or you can go online and check out a few there.

Good Luck.

Answer 9

5 weeks is too early for a puppy to leave it's mother.You have either found a bad breeder or Pet Store. If it is from a Pet Store-the chances are good it is a PUPPY MILL dog.

Answer 10

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