If yes, then this issue will require a lot of serious and extensive thinking and consideration on your part. Raising a Pit Bull [puppy] with your other dog(s)/animals does NOT guarantee you that the Pit Bull will always get along with them. Pit Bulls can develop severe levels of animal aggression anywhere from 1-3 years

For this reason, if you currently have a male dog, then you will want to get a female Pit Bull….if you have a male dog, then you will want to get a female Pit Bull: this will help to reduce the chances of having problems between the two dogs, but this still does not guarantee you that the dogs will never fight.

If you place a Pit Bull in a home where there are more than two dogs in the home, you can assure yourself that you will have serious fights throughout the dogs’ lives. If you want more than two dogs, or already have more than two dogs, the Pit Bull is not for you.

Many people believe that raising a Pit Bull puppy with their other animals means that they will not have to worry about aggression between the animals, but this is, simply put, naive. It is not possible to get this aggression out of the breed, and no matter how long a Pit Bull has lived with another animal, there is always the chance of a serious fight breaking out at any time. Incidents happen daily where a Pit Bull attacks/kills a pet that he/she has grown up with, simply because the owner thought that they would never fight since they were raised together

Then the Pit Bull is NOT for you. Pit Bulls have a gruesome history of fighting, and this has developed an instinct of animal aggression that you cannot remove from the breed, just as you cannot remove the protective instinct from a Rottweiler or German Shepherd. Pit Bulls should always be leashed when around other animals, which means they should NEVER be taken to parks where numerous dogs are allowed to play together off leash. When introducing Pit Bulls to other animals, caution needs to be exercised to keep both animals safe.

If you allow your Pit Bull to be loose in your home with your other dog(s), you can safely assume that you will, someday, come home to discover that the Pit Bull has badly injured, or killed, your other dog(s). Pit Bulls will not stop fighting on their own, unless the other dog stops breathing/moving; if no one is home to break up fights that could occur, you can safely assume that if a fight starts while you are not home, your other dog(s) will be dead when you return

Then the Pit Bull is NOT for you. Pit Bulls have a gruesome history of fighting, and this has developed an instinct of animal aggression that you cannot remove from the breed, just as you cannot remove the protective instinct from a Rottweiler or German Shepherd. Pit Bulls should always be leashed when around other animals, which means they should NEVER be taken to parks where numerous dogs are allowed to play together off leash.

If so, the Pit Bull is NOT the right dog for you. Pit Bulls are the number one target for theft, and anyone who will come onto your property to steal your loved Pit Bull is NOT looking to love and spoil your Pit Bull: we’ll leave what happens to these stolen Pit Bulls to your imagination. Pit Bulls are stolen from every area, every neighborhood, no matter if you live in the country or city, suburbs or rural area, and no matter if your neighborhood is low class, middle class, or high class: people WILL steal a Pit Bull that is outside alone, because they are easy access. It’s a matter of the wrong people being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Pit Bulls that are family pets are stolen every day from the yards of their families, because they are left outside alone. We can assure you that it does not matter if you live away from the road, or have a tall/secure privacy fence: your Pit Bull is still at risk if he is outside when no one is home.

Aside from being the number one target for theft, Pit Bulls are also exceptional escape artists. These dogs can chew through cable runs, chains, and jump over, climb over, dig under, or chew through anything if they want out. These dogs are determined, and destructive….if they want out, they will get out, despite the fact that you have a secure fence. Pit Bulls are people oriented, and want to be with people at all times: when they are left alone outside with no one to play with, they will begin to seek ways to get to people. Once your Pit Bull escapes from your yard, many things can happen: he/she can be hit/killed by a car, lost/stolen, engage in a fight with a local neighborhood or stray animal, or even picked up by animal control and euthanized. For these many reasons, Pit Bulls should never be left outside when no one is home to supervise them. If you can’t supervise your Pit Bull while he/she is outside, then he/she should be kept indoors while no one is home. If this is not an option for you/your family, please research other breeds that might better suit your lifestyle, wants, needs, and home.

Don’t count on “teaching/training” your Pit Bull to be protective, and don’t select this breed because you hope that it will become protective….chances are, you’ll end up with a butt-wiggling, stranger-kissing goofball instead of a guard dog. Of course, the appearance alone is enough to intimidate most people, but looks are just not enough when it’s evident that the Pit Bull “in charge” is rolling over at the stranger’s feet for belly rubs. Very few Pit Bulls are in fact protective….in reality, the vast majority of Pit Bulls would allow a stranger to come in, rob their human blind, and they would remain asleep the entire time: this scenario, sadly enough, has happened to many Pit Bull owners far more often than you think.

Then Pit Bulls are not a match for you. Pit Bulls were never bred to be aggressive to humans; in fact, they were bred to be easily handled by humans and were selectively bred to be exceptionally human-friendly. Pit Bulls were also not bred to have protective instincts, so being protective over humans does not come naturally to Pit Bulls, whereas, the Rottweiler, Neapolitan Mastiff, Cane Corso, and other breeds were bred to hold a protective instinct and are naturally protective over their humans. This is not to say that Pit Bulls are never protective over their humans, it’s just to say that this is a learned behavior, not an instinctual behavior.