[Sadie]

My pup loves all humans I don't ever want him getting iffy or ready around anyone. Bulldogs are supposed to show love and human affection with all people in general. Anyone can walk up to my dogs and they get greeted with loving licks and I have 2 kids. This is the way these dogs were bred to be. A dog who is skittish and drawn back or unsure of itself or it's surroundings is usually a fearful dog or showing dominance over it's territory. A confident dog will always remain sure of itself at all times in any given situation they don't feel threatened by new people or new situations. Your pup doesn't need to man up he's a puppy he will mature over time as he grows so will his personality. These are not guard dogs as someone already stated. If you want a dog that's going to protect your family there are other breeds out there for that very purpose. Now is a very important time for this pup to be socialized in as many situations around as many different people as possible. So don't limit your pup.... socialization from a young age is key to raising a stable confident dog in the long run. The only thing these dogs should show any signs of aggression towards is other animals because it's in their nature they were bred to fight other dogs so the instinct will always be there and should be controlled by a responsible handler through training and preventative measures. Good luck to you and your new pup.

 

[Sadie]

like i stated before, any dog can become human aggressive without proper socialization,training and supervision. they may have not been bred into the dogs but it can happen. i was guilty of spreading false facts like that also a few years back until i did some research. can't help it though when i read it in books and see it said over and over again in specialized forums. then i read stuff about old school dogmen....some from actual dogmen, and just throws a new spin to everything i thought was true. lol. dogmen just cared for one thing, and that was winning. here's a few FYIs. the last link about Colby really surprised me

Fox's Hunting Dogs,Hog Catchdog Pitbulls and Dogfight History

Dog men were not saints by any means and yes they wanted to win that was the object of the game but they weren't stupid either they didn't want to get killed by their own dogs they had to be able to lay hands on them in and out of the box... with the exception of a few known man bitters historically within this breed dog men did not keep man biter's alive they were culled that was the general rule was it broken by some Yes (selfish and stupid)!!! but it was not general practice either to breed and raise man biters FACT. Some of these websites your referencing are spewing propaganda and hatred for this breed. They don't support the breed in any shape or form you have to know your references because you could very well be agreeing/siding with and being mislead by the enemy in disguise many of these big organizations like peta and the hsus claim to love this breed and do more damage than good they are out to destroy this breed and want to see them gone for good. Ray fox is actually a credible source the other 2 I wouldn't take anything written worth a grain of salt. No one knows these dogs better than the dog men who created them. Dogbite.org is run by Colleen Lynn who let's just say hates this breed nothing on that site is truthful. Some dogs are just not wired properly in the head it's up to the owner to cull those dogs ASAP! Human aggressive APBT's should be laid to rest no matter what! It goes against this breeds genetic makeup. And I don't know of any good dog woman or dog man breeding or showing these dogs today that would keep a man biter alive. Ain't gonna happen.

 

[Sadie]

The truth about dogbite.org and the lady who runs it is Colleen Lynn she has made it well known she hates our breed so I wouldn't exactly count anything from this site as truthful nor credible.

The Truth Behind Dogsbite.org - KC DOG BLOG

 

[Sadie]

I can only name a handful of man bitter's that were bred and kept alive back then. I am telling you that a dog man has to be able to touch his dog in the box. I don't know how much you know about the sport itself. But the handler has physical contact with the dog before and even during a match. When the dogs are broken up the handler must be able to go in the dogs mouth with a break stick without getting his you know what tore up. I know very well who those old man bitter's were and it was completely selfish and foolish for those dogs to be kept alive but that was not standard protocol. There are way too many good dogs to count that performed back then that were NOT HA. So were there some? Yes but if you don't think dog men of the past culled HA bulldogs your wrong.