Aggression with other dogs

WhiteWolf77

Hi all, my first post on here! Well I don't have one yet but am looking around for a local breeder. I have a concern about aggression with other dogs, as my one neighbor has a golden, and the other neighbor has two pits, who all basically roam free on the property, and I've heard that male EBTs are aggressive with other male dogs, so I'm leaning towards a female for that reason. Can anyone relate from personal experience if it's ok to let my EBT play with other dogs unsupervised or supervised but not leashed??? Btw im planning on really socializing the pup with neighbors dogs so they should be friends, im hoping. Honestly I'd rather a male but all the neighbors dogs are male, just wondering how likely aggression would be with this breed??? K, thanx!!!

philsergeant

First, the notion that EBTs are more prone to be aggressive than other dogs is nonsense. Similarly, although I am not a Pitbull fan ( I'm not a chihuahua fan either) I don't believe that pitbulls are naturally prone to be aggressive either... They are just far more often owned by people that actually want them to be aggressive, and encourage them to be so. Our EBTs I can comfortably say would NEVER initiate any aggression with other dogs, whether they are teacups or giants... They love them all and would play with all without any nastiness. Which is more than I can say for many, many dogs that we come across. One thing about a Bullie though, is that they will NOT back down if another dog is aggressive with them. But the other dog has to initiate serious negativeness, even rough playing will not tick my dogs off. But that's my dogs and a lot of other EBT owners that I know. You need to teach your dog friendliness by young and frequent socialization. The only difference between my boy and my girl is that, if another dog IS aggressive , the male is less likely to back down where as the female is still likely to walk away. BUT, if any dog is to become aggressive with Marco, his sister will be the first back in there. Thankfully we are always wary of other dogs that we don't know, and on guard for any aggressive dogs and keep them away from ours. ( another way of ensuring that negative interactions do not become a part of their lives). I would get the male, as young as possible, and constantly expose him to other known friendly dogs.
P.S. Bear in mind that although your neighborhood dogs might appear friendly today... They could turn aggressive when a "better" dog comes to town.

erikashea

We have a 7 month old female and she LOVES other dogs. We have another small male dog so she has been exposed to another dog since day 1. We also started taking her to the dog park as soon as she had all her shots so she's always been socialized well. I think key is socializing around other friendly dogs from the start. She is starting to get picky about who she plays with at the park. If another dog is not interested in playing she immediately goes to the next until she finds a good playmate. We have yet to see her agressive with any dog.

mommyofDIVA

I am going to speak from experience with the pit bull breed. I have had three pit bulls in the last 10 years. two males and a female. I had my female first who was a rescue and was dog aggressive with dogs she sensed she didnt like.  but was ok with the male rat terrier i had when i got her. Now my males on the other hand were night and day Duke came next to my addition and was a rescue as well. he was a great dog never showed any aggression until i got a new neighbor with a female bull dog. he wanted nothing more then to rip that dog apart. Seeing as this was a problem I had to keep him on a schedule per my neighbors dogs to go to the potty so no fights happened. but was fine with my female pit. So we added another rescue to our home about a year later who is the pit i have now. His name was brutus and her was just a tiny little baby. Duke was fine with him, then about two years later we moved and that changed in the first few months at my new house i had 4 sever male dog fights. brutus getting majority of the injuries. So i in two months time i lost my female to cancer and had to have Duke put to sleep because he was trying to kill brutus. So the moral of the story is. you can love a pitbull to death god knows i did but they have a switch so to speak and when it flips thats it! so your neighbors dogs could be fine with one another and the neighbors dog but adding a dog into that with FREE ROAMING PIT BULLS wow your just asking for a disaster!!!!  A responsible pet owner who lives close to neighbors wouldn't leave there dog off the leash to roam freely number one and number two they would take them to a dog park for that type of freedom. Even if you neighbor had a fence with two male pitbulls I still wouldnt leave my dog unattened. IMO if you get a pup it sounds like it will be up to you to be the RESPONSIBLE one and leash your pup and take it to a dog park. @WhiteWolf77

philsergeant

Yes, always on lead until confirmed friendliness is established.  And your neighborhood PitBulls (or German Shepherd ) can always become suddenly aggressive with your new Labradoodle (doesn't need to be a Bullie).