Sorry for the double post, I can't edit here for some reason...

Because of the unique background of Pit Bulls (i.e., being bred to kill each other), I'd really love authoritative guidance on dog / pack dominance as it applies to Pits.

Did this get stickyfied? If not, I'll have to save a copy to my hd for re-reading in the future... Actually, a thread of good stuff on dominance, submission, and aggression would be :headbang: I remember reading about how "dominance rolls" resulted from a brief (one week or so) study of wo...

I thought all dogs had the gap between the teeth, towards the back part of the jaw. Additionally I'd read that there's no point using a breaking stick on anything but terriers, which grab, hold, and shake, because breeds other than terriers do a lot of snapping and slashing instead. (And terriers th...

Rufus isn't quite "ninja," but he likes to back his butt up to something tall, like tall weeds, a bush, a big rock, or a tree. One time he backed up to a chain link fence, and actually pooped on the other side of the fence. This is the first time I've seen a dog act like that, but I've he...

From http://www.tacomaweekly.com/article/1447 : There is an expanded definition of dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs. No specific breed is singled out. Instead, dogs will be labeled dangerous based on behavior such as an unprovoked attack that kills or causes severe injury to a person or dome...

I like this analysis from Canada: http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Pets/PitBullProfiling.htm The strongest connection of all, though, is between the trait of dog viciousness and certain kinds of dog owners. In about a quarter of fatal dog-bite cases, the dog owners were previously invo...

The Missie -- Thanks for the welcome! Good luck with your dog. littleCloClo -- Thank you, too! Pics will have to wait till I get back from work though. :sad: ViPeR809 -- You read all of that? Egad, you must have as much time on your hands as I had when I typed it. (Actually, that was the third edit...

Hi fellow dog people, I'm Mike, male, 43 years old, unmarried but shacked up long-term, no kids; grew up in Chicago, living about 12 years now in the great Pacific North Wet. Almost a year ago, my GF and I agreed to foster Rocco and Rufus, whose house was being foreclosed with the result that their ...