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Endy10:
An aggressive dog is a dog that has no control, no Limits,no inhibitions... nothing! This is a dog that has a short fuse a dog that can be triggered by any little thing. A dog that barely listens to commands. This is a dangerous dog. So when I see threads on nairaland on how to make your dog aggressive, I weep inside because I know the implications of what these people are about to do

this is wrong and a common misconception, aggression is not a bad trait in dogs even the most well trained military dogs are aggressive.
in the k9 unit, the dogs are sorted out and the one's that are not aggressive are fired because they cannot guard, attack or protect properly.

aggression is being violent or being willing to be violent, if you want to define a term you have to use the dictionary definition and not the one you heard people say or came up with yourself.

an aggressive dog can also be a balanced well trained dog, aggression doesn't mean uncontrollable or having a short fuse.
any dog that shows signs of violence or is violent is an aggressive dog and a dog cannot be a guard dog without being violent or willingness to be violent.
no guard dog will smile and kindly ask intruders to leave, guard dogs bark at intruders and bite if necessary which is automatically aggression.

aggression is also quite normal In a lot of breeds, it's not a dangerous taboo in dogs.
you can effectively train an aggressive dog and have a well balanced dog that obeys orders and still attacks intruders if necessary.

if your dog barks at people (willingness to be violent) or charges at people to attack them(being violent) and you're saying your dog is not aggressive as a way to say your dog is not a mad dog then you are very wrong

Toju200:
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he looks good for his age, I like his fur it looks soft and nice

Greenarrow01:
When taking pictures.. Do down to his or below is level.
Caucasians are so crazy.. It still baffles me how they look small on camera and very big in picture.
I dont like taking pics of my dog.. No matter how low I go.. The boy will always look do small..

it's true, if you want to take a decent pic of your dog you have to bend small because human height difference will make any dog look tiny

Dreazy23:
sorry, my phone is bad at the moment(using my laptop)....i will get to back when i replace it.

i really appreciate you.

okay no problem send me a message when you can

Dreazy23:
nice, I can observe that Roscoe's head is becoming bigger.
also i would want to make inquiries on the parvo season stuff you talked about.

yeah different parts of his body started becoming bigger since he turned 10 months old.
it started with his chest, one day I just noticed how wide his chest became and now it seems the wideness has spread to other parts lol.

about the parvo thing, around this time parvo cases are more frequent it's usually called parvo season so the best thing is to keep your dog inside till the harmattan is over.
I've already seen multiple dogs die this period this year, keep your dog safe.

Toju200:
See my Gaint chaiiii SPARK will be like I loyal o Roscoe..
IamAnderson Good job on dis Gaint..This Guy stud fee so go reach 1m o

lmao thank you ooh

And one of the reasons i wasn't able to update also was because we had some visitors that came to stay over for sometime and Roscoe was being too aggressive towards them so he had to be locked up throughout the time they were around.
Even when we free him at night he'll go to the room where they are to bark at them through the window, even if they are in the parlour he'll stand up and be looking through the window to bark at them.
Or if they go outside into the compound the way he stands up on his hindlegs and claws at the bars on his kennel while barking angrily at them even frightens me.
That's why we had to keep him locked up to avoid any accidents.

I honestly don't know why he was overly aggressive to them...he's met them before at 4 months so I was hoping he'll be at least a little bit familiar with them.

Maybe he could sense that nobody was happy with the visitor's presence (the holiday was not well planned for so we were all hoping they'd leave soon, you know how it goes ).

Anyways, I got a new chicken and so far he has been good with it, he bullies it once on a while and plays with it too but nothing too lethal has happened so there's progress.
By Wednesday I'll get more chickens to join let's see how he'll get accustomed to them

So we're back from the hiatus
Sorry for the delay, I've been very busy and I haven't been frequent at home.
Roscoe has been doing well, anytime I come back I try to play with him and exercise him since he's no longer going on walks(I won't be taking him out until next year because of the parvo outbreak during this season).

I was considering starting a personal poultry at home so I got a young chicken to start.

Roscoe was playing with the chicken and he refused to leave it alone.
He kept biting it but he wasn't doing it hard enough to kill it.
He was also barking at it and trying to make it run so he'll chase it.
I had to tie the chicken somewhere and block it with something to keep him away from it, it worked for a few days until I saw this one day, the chicken escaped and he got to it first before I even knew.
After that i decided to teach him how to control himself around chickens

Dreazy23:
Hopefully, I can see his territorial side kicking off so I'm not even really concerned about agression.

I sent you a message on Whatsapp let's talk about bailey

drchuks1234:
I just finish washing he's room waiting for it to dry so that I will remove the chain and get it back inside , that my leg is whitish because I was packing cement after washing he's house

don't mind him abeg, your dog is nice, the legs were obviously wet and I don't see anything wrong with the grooming.
he just wants to throw unnecessary shady comments for attention

vincentjk:
Thanks for the compliment, in fact I agree with you. A boerboel puppy shouldn't look fat or obese but rather fit and well fed. right from time i had wanted a well bred balanced dog with good bone structures, nice paws and ability to work unlike the show bred ones designed for looks alone

No matter what i feed Augusto I don't think he'd grow fat because I barely lock him up these days, he always stay outside running around with gustaf thereby getting a lot of necessary exercise as well


Most times I prepare his dinner like this

nice meal, I love the way you feed your dogs, your home cooked recipes are very nice.
even as you don't rely on commercial dog food this your feeding pattern is solid already

sassysure:
No proper training. Your dog is urinating on a wall?
Look at the legs.
Groom this fine dog appropriately.

so he should train the dog to pee in toilet? where do you think dogs pee if not on top surfaces?

Eddy000:
Yes the pitbull is said to have high endurance... but I think this assertion is subjective because most time its endurance level is tested mostly within its own breed and other average sized dogs...not the these large breeds. Take Boxing for instance, Floyd Mayweather is reknown for his high endurance level but that is within his weight class and he can't sustain the same endurance when pitted against heavyweight lords like Wilder, Fury, Joshua etc.
How long can the pitbull withstand the brute of let's say Kanga which have the highest bite force for dogs? Mind you the average Kanga is twice the size of the pitbull with a good height to compliment it's sheer size, has thick double layer coat even around its neck region, possess large jaw and lethal paws where as the Pitbull is almost hairless making it susceptible to fatal injuries. The pitbull only saving grace is the Kanga ignoring it as if is non existence otherwise it will be in its own pool of blood within a few minutes.
The Americans know this and has taken advantage of it to make the Pitbull look like the winner just to massage their ego. It is like declaring Mayweather the winner of a boxing match after being brutally battered by Fury just because he made it to the 12th round.
I see the pitbull as that kid who bullies and command respect among his age grade but is seen as just a nuisance by older kids. The older kid beating the boy silly will be seen as normal but an upset from the boy by luck will spread faster than a wildfire...

this is also true which is why I said it depends on the dog, I've seen kangals kill pitbulls and sometimes I've seen the kangal maul the pit bull throughout the fight and get bored and walk away, what I've never seen is a pit bull bring down a kangal or maim a kangal or even do any damage to a kangal.
if the kangal is really serious it can kill the pit bull if it wants, sometimes the kangal might not want to and it can just maul it and dump it.
so it goes like this, either the kangal will kill the pitbull or it'll maul the pitbull throughout the fight and decide to let it go and walk away, it's never the other way around, it depends on the dog's intentions

and you're right about the way the fights are judged unfairly
the bigger dog will bring the pitbull down in seconds and stay on top it mauling it throughout the fight but if by chance the pitbull survives and the bigger dog gets bored after several minutes of mauling and walks away they celebrate the pitbull as the winner even as it has took the most casualty and it was overpowered throughout the fight.
if the fights were put in rounds, the pitbull will loose several rounds.
or if it were judged by who actually fought better and did more damage too the pitbull would loose

Eddy000:
I am tired of hearing the false assertion every damn time. I mean these are guard dogs bred to ward off bears, lions, leopards, hyenas, wolves etc and they are quite good at that... can the pitbull be trusted with this task? trust me the overhyped medium sized pitbull with bite force less than the Gsd will become a minced meat before one says Jack Robinson.

the thing is that these big dogs are more lethal and more powerful than pitbulls but they don't fight for too long.
these kind of dogs only fight for short periods of time most of the time by nature because that's how they were designed to be, they cause as much damage as they can in a short time and ward the intruding predator away.
meanwhile pitbulls were bred for dog fights so they are designed to last long even as they won't do as much damage, they can just hold on and keep on struggling for even an hour.
so if the fight is to last too long, the other dog might get bored or tired and leave and the pitbull will be declared the winner for just staying on it's back and barking for an hour.

there's this Tibetan mastiff that fought a gray wolf almost to the point of death, the gray wolf skinned the Tibetan mastiff's back but the Tibetan mastiff won at the end but unfortunately died due to the severe injuries.
the fight lasted for lemme say 20mins but the damage done within that time was very severe.

a pitbull fight can just be the two of them holding each other and struggling for an hour and at the end most times the two of them walk away intact with few injuries.
I doubt a pitbull can kill any if those breeds you mentioned no matter how exhausted the dog is but if the big dog is inexperienced and the fight lasts too long and we should use professional dog fighting rules then the pitbull will be declared the winner even as it took the most damage and it was on it's back throughout the fight.
I've never seen a pitbull stand a boerbel,kangal,Caucasian, Tibetan mastiff e.t.c attack, it always goes down immediately they collide and it remains there till the end, I've seen the big dogs kill the pitbulls and I've seen them get tired of mauling them and walk away but I've never seen a pitbull actually put one of those breeds to the ground or even maimed one.
so in a way, I agree with Eveezy , a pitbull cannot stand any of those dogs but if it's lucky and it's paired with a dog that isn't a gambred fighter and the fight lasts for too long then the pitbull might win by default if it's still alive

Ramlette:
That's a young pitbull if you ask me
Have you heard of the hulk? First go know who the hulk is
And come let's talk.

besides, if you want to use the biggest dog from the breed to brag, hulk isn't up to YUSHU the biggest Tibetan mastiff who weighs almost twice the size of hulk.
hulk weighs 150pounds while YUSHU weighs 250pounds.
Caucasians can grow up to 110-220 pounds
leonbergers reach 170pounds
i can write a long list of dogs that grow bigger than hulk
hulk's size is basically the size of a Neapolitan mastiff or leonberger, even some mastiffs grow up to that size or bigger than that, forget the pictures that they snap and post online to exaggerate his size.
get his actual weight and do the math yourself

Ramlette:
That's a young pitbull if you ask me
Have you heard of the hulk? First go know who the hulk is
And come let's talk.

lmao you're using hulk as an example of pitbull?
isn't hulk the biggest pitbull in the world?
do you think pittbulls grow like that?
a pitbull weighs 16-30kg and a gsd weighs 30-40kg use your head to calculate the size of an average pitbull
this is what an actual pitbull looks like

Toju200:
he's okay.. He's going to be a big one...That pork so u sure say e not go reach my side too IamAnderson u nor go collect for Roscoe.Spark dey loyal o

lmao

Greenarrow01:
You are right..
The trainers dog is 7years .. And also not a cauc. Thanks.. Maybe I am expecting too much

training him is still possible though you can text me on Whatsapp I'll see if I can give you some tips

Goldicon2:
and if Tebitan Mastiff ain't the Biggest, abeg which breed be the Biggest

by height it's great Dane
by weight its English mastiff

Goldicon2:
Oga go and check again, that's a Tibetan Mastiffs

I never said it wasn't
read what I typed again

Greenarrow01:
so my dog karik is now 8months plus.
got a good trainer for him about three weeks ago.
the trainer seems good..cos his dog is well trained.
man can ask the dog to stay at a point for 20 minutes and he will stay. he attacks on the word "get him" and stops only when asked to. the dog understands so many commands.
i paid 20k for my dog to be trained by this man. paid 10k in advance..and will bal the rst. my dog hasnt picked oooh

the man cimes only once in 4 days.. and the deal was to run for 2 weeks.. tgen extra two weekend.
in all karik hasnt learned much.

i now have holidays from monday till next year..i will wanna do this training myself.

how shoukd i go about it.

1. stop the dog from draging me or goingbin front, side ways or behind when i am walking him

2 obey commans once..without me repeatung those commands.

3. obey the stop command, get him command. come here command, lie down command, shake command, inside command and jump command.

4. what treat can i use effectively.

5. will 3 weeks be enough.

i have watched videos and i am not getting them wella.
i wanna be able to walk my dog round a crowdy place without leash..or fair.

also.. man is so afraid of crossing expreess.. this is a dog i have walked atleast twice weekly along tarred road since he was two montgs plus.


karik is a caucasian...

Son of pumba and Lola of bsquared

well sorry to break the news to you but if you wanted a dog that'll act like how you're describing then a Caucasian shepherd isn't what you should have gotten

they are very stubborn dogs no matter how well trained they are and I don't think 3weeks is enough to train an 8 month Caucasian to behave like a military dog.
training a Caucasian shepherd is a full time job, and they still won't act like how you want except you do it frequently and for long.
and I don't think walking him without leash in a crowded place is a good idea because people might get scared and act a certain way that can trigger him to attack, not every dog is stable enough for that exercise.

you can still train him tho but he won't pick everything well till he's mature, some commands you want him to learn are too advanced for his age(he's just 8 months right?).
I can give you a few tips but don't expect too much from a puppy.
and I'm very sure the trainer's dog isn't a Caucasian or 8 months old, the breed and age of your dog has to be considered during training
send me a message on Whatsapp
p.s tarik looks nice, I've seen his parents he's growing well

vincentjk:
Thanks man I know he's
You've deserted your thread totally... Nawa for you o

lmao I'm coming soon

vincentjk:
The Boys are already bonding so fast, I had wanted to take these pictures on Christmas but I changed my mind though I plan on taking better and cleaner shots on Christmas tho.

Augusto clocks 4months old tomorrow, some people said he looks lanky here and adviced me to feed more but he's already getting enough food nao

The breeder said he's in his duckling stage so him looking this way is normal as it's the same case with the other litter mates.

To me augusto loosks perfect o, as in he's got lots of muscles and really ripped so nice. Well let's all watch and see how this boy turns out

his body matches his age, boerbels aren't really bulky around this age.
he's doing good and he looks good
I think I need to update my thread too

Eddy000:
Abeg enough of this pitbull overhype...it is hightime we saw through this bulshit and stop gulping down everything dished by Americans. Americans love hyping their own to the heavens and this is one instance. There are dogs that will incapacitate trained pitbulls before you bat an eyelid...the Chinese/Japanese Kuta inu, Italian Cane corso, Pakistani Bully kuta, Turkish Kanga, Russian Volkasoby, pure breed South African Boerboel etc ...but they wouldn't tell you this because they are not of American origin.

thanks for this, it's annoying the way people carry the name pitbull like it's a superdog, it's not even in the top 15 strongest or lethal dogs.
they just jump on American media hype, it's an American dog and most Americans that hype it don't know about other European dogs but Nigerians that have seen powerful dogs will still blind themselves and bandwagon on media hype.

Goldicon2:
That's a really young pitbull. And that Dog is definitely not a Caucasian it looks more like a Tibetan mastiff which is technically the biggest dog breed. If that was an adult champion pitbull and it actually attacked that mastiff with the intention of killing it, Trust me that mastiff will barely stand a chance.

first of all,Tibetan mastiffs aren't the biggest dog breed they are either the same size with Caucasian shepherds or slightly smaller.
secondly, if it was an adult champion pitbull vs an adult champion Tibetan mastiff the pitbull will still be in the same position
do you know what a Tibetan mastiff is?
also do you know about pitbulls or do you just know the name?

Dreazy23:
So we got another pup(bailey) she's different!!!
Bailey has inflicted more injuries on me that Rex and Roxy combine....she is calm at all.
He disturbs Rex so much that Rex which doesn't allow Roxy near his food allows her eat his food just so she would leave him alone.
She mouths alot and so agressive we can't even leave her for long with Rex cause we fear Rex might just switch and kill her...iamanderson, she behaves similar to Roscoe when he was little were you able to reduce the aggression or you just worked with it.
She has been with us for 3 weeks or so
(She's so agile we didn't even do leash and collar training)
She's just 3months old also

just train her and channel the aggression into other things, socialize her too and her head will level down.
I started playing tug of war with Roscoe and also some rough play where I pad my hands and make him attack me like we're fighting till he gets rid of the excess energy and calms down.
I also took him outside sometimes to sniff around and walk around the area with me, that also works in making the dog more focused.
with time she'll calm down but the aggression will always be there, she'll just be less reckless.

don't try to chain her or lock her up too much because you're just going to create a problem for yourself, just engage her in exercise and play and with time she'll calm down and start thinking properly.

I still do the rough play till date (I even did it this morning), sometimes if he hasn't been walked for a while he starts misbehaving again so I wrestle with him or play tug of war and he'll relax later on.
right now he's relaxing after the session we had this morning.

I know you're wondering if you'll get bitten during the wrestling
well when she's a puppy she can't control her bites so she'll definitely injure you hence the wrapping your hands with things.
when she grows up and she can control her bites then you'll be less at risk.
right now I can wrestle with Roscoe with short sleeves without pads and not get scratched even as he bites my hands and drags them because he can control the intensity of the bite

Dreazy23:
Ahhh no, Rex loves walks and once I'm with his leach he walks to the gate to wait for me

because of the socialisation you've been giving him
if you wanted to train your dog like how your friend is advising, Rex would have been like how that dog is on the thread, embarrassing you on the road as he's trying to attack every living thing.
just don't overdo the socialisation too tho, don't walk him outside too often and don't make him feel he can easily trust strangers, don't let people that aren't family pet and play with him too much outside or inside the compound.
if you want to exercise him you can also do it inside the compound too, formal walks shouldn't be done too often, playing and running in the compound works as exercise too

Dreazy23:
He's very territorial though but doesn't attack, he has chased workers out of the compound etc but he's level head

he will attack when he's older, he's still a pup

Dreazy23:
Thanks, I just wanted to be reassured. My neighbor owns an unsocialized and unstable dog (gsd)and he takes pride in it cause no one dares enters his compound except he takes the dog to the back of his house and chains her.
So he was like Rex sees alot if people but I keep telling him of socialization but he was like he won't be aggressive and so.

ask him if he can take the dog anywhere or go for any dog walk event or even go see a vet.
does that kind of dog seem like something that's good now?

my dog is still very aggressive to intruders like his but the difference is that mine is level headed when he needs to be, I can walk him comfortably, noise and crowds don't trigger him and he knows when to be aggressive and when to be calm and when to attack. which type of behaviour would you prefer your dog having?

do you want this for Rex? e.g of lack of socialisation https://www.nairaland.com/5548789/wild-dog#84356057

Dreazy23:
Okay, well I Rex is still a puppy and I don't want to expect much but I noticed something he's cool with everyone outside the compound and even with other dogs but my fear is that it shouldn't extend into the compound.
N.b: he's very active barks and charges but doesn't attack(bites) yet.

that show's he's well socialized, you should be happy he's calm like this outside, do you want to be dragging with a dog on the road?,not every dog owner has that convenience
if you want to test him then chain him and get someone he doesn't know to enter the compound and take something and see how he'll react.
because he's stable outside doesn't mean he has forgotten his territoriality

Toju200:
Once he detects threat even from your closest friend he'll react

this is true too, Roscoe still attacks people that played with him when he was a puppy during the time I used to take him to visit my neighbours and buy things from shops.
if they try to enter the compound he goes into attack mode no matter who the person is or when they met because the compound is his territory and they are not family instead they are acquaintances