my hardheaded pit bull!!!?

Question

I have a 6 month old pit bull who is hardheaded.I let him off the leash 2 run in the yard and play and he runs laps around y house and never listens hat should i do??

Answer 1

You need to do something and fast. Pitbulls are great dogs (despite all the negative media) but if they are not controlled they can be aggressive and over bearing. This could cause you alot of unnecessary grief in the future. You need to become the alpha male in order to control your dog. You do not want this dog to control you and get you in trouble with the law if he attacks another dog or worse a person. Get professional help for him. He can be a very loving animal if trained properly.

Answer 2

teach your dog to walk on a leash even if its int he back yard once he learns the proper comands to sit, come and heal then let him off the leash. Do youself a big favor and go to the local pet smart and take the 1 hour puppy class it only 25 or 30.00 and it will teach you basic comands to work with the dog and buy a good book on training a puppy it will be well worth the investment. If that all fails witch is should not if you dedicate the time to the dog then go for a trainner. As far as some of the other comments in this post, to kick or kill the dog becasue it is a pit bull, it just shows you that there is illegal and bad breeding going on with humans too. A playfull hyper puppy does not show any amount of danger and to make blind statemnts about pit bulls without every owning one or just from reading the paper about guys like michael vick and what they are doing is completely ignorant.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Because you are not as interesting as running around in the yard.
What does you calling your dog to you mean to your dog? Probably, that playtime's over, right? What a smart dog you have. Of course he won't elect to come back to you if you always end his fun play time.
Next time he's going to go in the yard, don't feed your dog first - and don't have any other distractions in the yard: no toys, no other dogs, no other people. Make it easy for your dog to come back to you. At this stage, it does not matter that he's coming back to you just to get food. Having his breakfast or dinner in a bowl or treat pouch and handing a piece to him every time you call him back to you will change the dog's association with being called from "Uh-oh" to "Great!"
Try changing your body position every time you call him. Crouch down like a sprinter, call him, and then run away. Then call him and run off again, making goofy noises. Make him chase you for his rewards. Never stalk him down and grab at him if he doesn't come.
If you still are not rewarding enough for your dog after trying this, then put him on a long line. Step on it if he continues to ignore you - (not when he's running, please) and then walk up the line to the dog. Ask him for a sit or some other simple behavior that he knows, reward that, and then let him go again. Use better food if he is still not convinced.
Good luck!
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Answer 4

Ummm...yeah....I don't think kicking him in the face is a good idea. I'm glad someone is so cruel to animals that they would suggest kicking them in the face. The class idea is great though! We have a 6 month old Great Dane pup and she's very stubborn and hardheaded as well. We took her through puppy kindergarten and also take her to off leash dog parks almost every day to burn energy off. I would try that, let him go to a fenced in off the leash dog area to play with other dogs and run until he drops. Sounds like he just has a lot of energy he needs to burn off.

Answer 5

Someone called it a case of the "Zoomies" the other day and I had to laugh because that is a perfect description of what they do.
Mine does the zoomies a couple times a day.First its all around the downstairs,up and down the stairs and all around the upstairs.
They just get these bursts of energy they have to get rid of or bust.When mine starts hers,I let her do her routine then let her outside to run laps around the yard.
As far as getting him to listen to you while he is doing this,why would you want to interrupt him?Let him work it out.When he slows down call him to you and praise him for coming.Timing is everything.Pick your "battles"when trying to train your boy.They can be very stubborn but they are VERY intelligent and will pick up on your frustration quick.

Answer 6

you need to get him to a trainer so that he will listen or just work with him more. hes probably running laps because he needs to get rid of all of the energy that he has. mine does this also if we dont have enough time to play with him, he will do laps around the backyard or in my house we have two doors in our kitchen so he runs through the kitchen around the living room and will do this til he is tired then go to sleep. try getting him some more exercise, take him out for walks, or buy him a rope toy or something and get playing!!

Answer 7

chill out he's still a pup, when you were 2 years old did u always listen to your parents ......ummm NO! an animal should be regarded with the same love and patience we have for our human counter parts, they are not something we should just own, or exert dominance over, but show patience to and reward good behavior. sometimes you get better results by rewarding good behavior then punishing bad behavior. besides if you spent most of ur time on a chain wouldnt u act a fool when you got off, put urself in his shoes.

Answer 8

Train him to a tread mill to burn off that extra energy. I have done it and it works wonderfully.

Terriers NEED exercise. Physical activity calms the brain. Then, when the brain is calm, he can learn things from you.

It sounds like he's couped up too much.

I highly recommend "Ceasar's Way" book. It will help explain what your dog needs so that you know how to handle him, and he will look at you as the leader.

Seriously, though, there is no way around the exercise part. It must be done.

Answer 9

you both could benefit from some really good basic obedience training classes. you will learn how to teach a reliable recall so that the dog will come when you call it. a well trained dog, however, takes commitment (this means: time, effort, and at least some money, in addition to consistency and being open-minded about your dog's behavior - he is not being hardheaded when he runs for exercise, he is just being the untrained puppy that you have allowed him to become). good luck (you will need it).

Answer 10

Attempt to walk away and he will be right at your heals.

Train him. Use treats to get his attention.

THe running laps sounds like you may have had him confined for a while. Let him get that burst out and you will have a better chance of getting his attention.

Neutering helps with training.