my pitbull 2 agressive for my pug PLEASE HELP!?

Question

I have a pitbull puppy and i just adopted her 2 days ago i also have a pug
puppy and there around the same age shes about 5 months and hes about 7 month
she growled at him 3 times twise over food and once over a bone i quickly took
they food or bone away when she did this and scolded her but i want to know if
this is a bad match because they can be dog agressive and they have a high pray
drive being terriers and it scares me that at such a young age a dog would
already be haveing behaviour like this and it could turn out worse for my other
pup

Answer 1

Welcome to pitbull ownership. Get used to it...or get rid of her. If your pitbull doesn't see you as the alpha she will run over you and become the boss. She should be PINNED by you if she's aggressive with food or bones. My dogs actually share theirs with each other. My big one will drop one in front of the little one. Good luck...I think you made a mistake.

Answer 2

Yeah, you can believe the "it's the owner not the dog" bull_s_h_i_t all you want but the fact is that over 70% of a dog's temperament has to do with its genetic make-up.
Pitbulls are genetic mistakes and the breed should be estinguished off the face of this planet.
I have a dog... (part lab), how many kids have you heard being mauled by a yellow lab? few if any. All kinds of people own labs and not everybody trains them right, but they are just not as likely to want to kill.
I have 3 kids who love animals, my daughter loves dogs. If I find any pitbulls running loose around the neighborhood, bullets travel faster than pitbulls can run. I'm not going to keep my child in a cage because some ****_brained idiot thinks pitbulls are cute and safe and lets them run around. I'm not going to wait until my kid is dead or disfigured for life... NO that is NOT going to happen if I can help it.

Answer 3

Make sure your are very strict with your Pitbull, they are nice dog if you show your leadership and gain their trust. Everytime when your pitbull show agressiveness, make sure he is in trouble (BIG TOUBLE), push him on the ground and belly up, stare at his eyes firmly and say NO, BAD!! Keep him on a submissive position (belly up) and make him stay for a while until he is completely relax. Try to feed your pug first and do things with your pug first. When going outside, make sure you walk out the door before both your dogs. During the walk, your should always keep them stay next to you or behind you, never let them pull on leash. Soon afterward, he should earn respect and the ranking in this family and wont be agressive over the food or toys.

Answer 4

Make sure you let the pit know that you are the boss. Try to feed them separately for a while. We had the same problem with our pit.She was very aggressive when it came to food and always tried to be the boss.Everytime our other dog would go to eat she would growl and he would back away from the bowl even if she wasn't eating she didn't like him near the bowl. We quickly took care of that. Sometime you have to be aggressive with a pit and wrestle them to the floor to get their attention so they know that you are in charge. Other then that do not leave the pitbull alone with the pug EVER!!! I have heard of pitbulls killing other animals just to prove that they were the boss. My pitbull hated our cats so we kept them separated but she tried her hardest to get to them. She would have killed them if she got the chance so please be careful with your pug. If you cannot handle this then I advise you to get rid of one of them. If you have to get rid of one please do not take it to a shelter. There is way to many dogs in shelters. Good Luck

Answer 5

Mix water and vinegar together and put in a spray bottle. When the pit acts up spray it in the face and say no in a loud voice. I had the same problem only it was a mix breed puppy being aggressive to my full grown pit bull. With pit bulls you need to make sure they think of you as pack leader. Once your puppy knows who is boss and what you will not let it get away with it will be easy to train. Pits are very smart.

Answer 6

Since dogs are pack animals, they do have an instinctive need or desire to figure out rank. They do not want equality. They want to establish who is boss, who ranks second, who ranks third, etc., & YOU need to be the leader of this pack. Some growling may be part of the 2 dogs trying to establish which will rank higher & which will rank lower in the pack. But they BOTH need to know that YOU are the ultimate pack leader, & that you will not tolerate any aggression, over food, bones, or anything else. If you would LIKE to try to keep both dogs, then you will need to introduce them to each other slowly, & only let them be in the same room with each other when there are NO bones, treats, food or food bowls, other toys, or other prized dog possessions in the room. If any toys are allowed for the 2 of them to share, then those toys must not be anything edible, or that the dogs consider edible, such as rawhide, bones, pig ears, etc.. To try re-introducing the dogs gradually, get crates for both pups, & make sure that each pup eats, sleeps, & chews any bones or other treat-type toys in its own crate. Allow the pups to see each other, get used to each other, & hear & smell each other from a safe distance, with either the crates, a baby gate, or people & leashes keeping them from getting too close to quickly. You can try giving each pup a bed, blanket, crate pad, etc., having the dogs sleep on their bedding, then trading the bedding in their 2 crates the next night, so they trade scents & get used to each other's scents & to sharing things. GRADUALLY increase the amount of contact the dogs have, & the amount of time that they are allowed to spend together. Once they can approach opposite sides of a baby gate or interact on leashes without growling or stiffening up, you can try letting them be together but still with leashes hanging from their collars (so you could grab them & return them to their crates or sides of the gate if a fight started), for short periods of time. GRADUALLY allow the pups more & more interaction, praise them when they are both nice, but end their time together & take BOTH of them to their crates for time out, if they show signs of aggression. Make sure to have a vet check out the health of both pups, vaccinate them, & have both of them neutered / spayed as soon as the vet says they are old enough. If the aggression continues, consult with a professional dog trainer, an animal behaviorist, or both (local shelters, local vets, rescue groups, or other animal welfare organizations can usually help you find the right trainer or training class. Play with BOTH pups separately to get more of their pent-up energy out before they interact with each other.

Answer 7

My pit was 5 months old when I got him and was a bit food aggressive.. I made a *point* of getting in his face, handling him *every* time he was fed or got a bone... and if he growled, he was put on his back. now even my girls (3 and 5) can pet him while he eats.

Answer 8

sorry, I'm biased against pitbulls (actually I don't like dogs in general). Sounds like you have to make a choice between the two. I'd go for the less agreesive of the two...

Answer 9

if they don't start getting along the best thing to do is get rid of one of them... pits are notorious for not getting along with other dogs...

Answer 10

it's the bone