Pitbull Training Information

As pitbulls often take the image of ferociousness, dominance, and fear, pitbull training becomes an all that much more important factor of pitbull ownership. While the typical stereotype of the pitbull may be propagandized all throughout the world, it’s still not to say that the pitbull breed isn’t in fact capable, just like any other breed (say, the German shepherd) to inflict harm to a human or another animal.

Although the pitbull was primarily a result of selective breeding by humans focusing on characteristics such as toughness, fearlessness, and strength, they are still capable, just like any other breed, to learn how to behave properly and treat family members with respect. They still maintain those deeply rooted pack-instincts that selective breeding simply cannot replace. All in all, the pitbull breed is simply a dog that’s strong and fearless – a great attribute of a companion who obeys you, but in no circumstance an evil destruction machine whose objective is to seek out life and terminate it. That would be the Terminators job, not your pooch’s.

Lack of understanding of dog psychology often generates pitbull myths. I could go over the tons of pitbull myths that people propagate through the internet but that’s not my objective here. My objective is to help you understand dog psychology in general and how pitbulls are wrongly blamed for the “destructive behavior” they sometimes show.

Your Pitbull’s Objective

In order to understand why your pitbull behaves a specific way you need to know what your pitbull’s objective are, and why certain behavior occurs. Under no circumstance your pitbull’s objective is to:

• Purposely harm human beings, animals, and cute kittens
• Destroy human property to get back for all that selective breeding and pit fighting
• Taunt and bully around other dogs for entertainment

Luckily for us, only humans are capable of doing those things. Your pitbull puppy’s objective is slightly different and it goes something like this:

• Establish a pack, challenge the leader, and if possible, become the leader
• Protect his property, pack, and/or possessions
• Obey the alpha dog’s rules
• If himself the alpha dog, assign rules and expect others (regardless human or dogs) to obey

This simple understanding will reveal to you why many of the current pitbull problems occur. Your pitbull could be showing aggression if:

• His personal possessions are challenged
• His pack position is challenged
• His life is challenged

Aggression is deeply rooted in ALL breeds of dogs and it’s a typical response to intimidate your opponent in order to survive. However, if your pitbull learns that he’s subordinate within the pack then he will respect and submit to the pack leader. If you’re having problems, it’s mainly because you have not properly established your role or have tried doing so the wrong way. There are, again, many more myths on pitbull training which involve many inhumane methods. However, there are much simpler and more effective ways to train your pitbull which you’re going to discover on this website. Have a look around and remember – be a respected leader, not a corrected follower.