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Originally Posted by wawaweewa
Food aggression in some dogs is very strong. It's a natural trait after all. In some cases there is no way to train a dog out of it. I don't know whether the dog could've been adopted out but having a young child around a food aggressive dog is dangerous and irresponsible.Originally Posted by Night Marcher01
Originally Posted by Esco51
All I'd say is be careful. Had a pit for 4 years since he was six weeks old. He came from a fighting line and was always great around our son and our other dogs except when it came to food. Could never break him of the aggressiveness when it came to the food and ended up having to put him down. Can't have a 60 lb dog that's food aggressive around a young kid, third strike and he was out.
You killed a dog because he was protective over his food? And strike 3? You would think after strike 1, you could have atleast take him to the shelter or get him to training school.![]()
I have a gundog (GSP). His prey drive is very strong. There is nothing I can do to break him of that even if I wanted to. Same with food aggressiveness in some dogs.
It's better to have to put down the dog than have to bury a young one. I'm sure it was a tough decision but sometimes there's no choice.
As for OP just keep your pit tired and it will love you and you will love it. A tired pitbull is a happy pitbull. They NEED exercise and activity otherwise they are going to get destructive. And by constant exercising the muscle tone should stay up since pitbulls are naturally brolic.