Brindle Pit Bull Hair Problem?

mudpuppy

not on expert on pittie genes, but is it even possible to get black pups from a brindle/red breeding?

Yes, why what makes you curious? Also you are assuming the dog is true black and not actually brindle with the black masking the brindle markings. Just like in a black and tan with brindle points we can only see the brindle in the tan points but not in the rest of the coat, same with seal brindle you can't see the brindle unless the dog has been out in the sun and the light hits them just right. Others you will never see them the brindle pattern.

gahustle

 clearly...but the hair problem was he wasnt able to wash them every single day but its not major. Dosnt look major besies some hair not growing but ive had dogs like that in the past and there hair grew in after washing weekly.  But will take him to a vet in the morning i set and appointment.

That does not even make sense. Washing a dog everyday is bad for their coat and skin, it will dry out the coat, cause flaky skin and hair loss too. Dogs should not be bathed that frequently, I only bathe mine before shows (unless they otherwise need it).

The only reason dogs need lots of bathing usually medicated bath or dip for allergies or mange. (which would be the cause of the hairloss)

Here is my puppy only a bit older then yours but she doesn't get bathed every single day. Only had a couple baths her whole life. She doesn't have any type of hair loss.




Really not sure what the rest of your post meant. Trained breed, making ourselves happy, ect.

Your pup is cute though.

Liesje

gahustle

 clearly...but the hair problem was he wasnt able to wash them every single day but its not major. Dosnt look major besies some hair not growing but ive had dogs like that in the past and there hair grew in after washing weekly.

I'm not a pit person, but why would a dog have to be washed daily to prevent hair loss?  IMO, that would CAUSE hair loss.  I wash my dogs every few months and even then it's not totally necessary (I groom Kenya before big shows and when Coke goes to the groom for a trim, they automatically bathe him).

 Yes agree it could cause hair loss. A pit doesn't need to be washed every day, most dogs don't need to be washed very often. I've no idea what the breeder is speaking of.

gahustle

No, i dont have the gsd any more. I gave her to my aunt & cousin because my younger cousin fell in love with her when they came to visit us.

We moved on 3/4 acres. This dog wont be running wild will be kept tied on a pretty long cord with nothing but grass. I am building a dog house for him heres a look

That is a pretty bad idea and can make you out to be an irresponsible owner. Same cable the pup has now? A Pit Bull once older will likely break or wear that snap out pretty quickly and be running free. Or they will chew through the cable and again be roaming the neighborhood which is not safe nor responsible. Pit Bulls require secure containment, they can be determined, strong escape artist. Some are not of course, and as with anything the degree varies. Most need an adequate chain or kennel run of welded steel (not chainlink although it works for some Pit Bull, but not most, especially without modification) or a cable run custom made with heavy duty cable/pully system (not the trolly you see at wal mart). It can take some time and expense to make a proper set up for your Pit.

This site might help.
http://www.workingpitbull.com/tethering.html

Not my personal way of doing it but probably better idea then what you have. Bullsnap swivels tend to wear quickly so you'd need to check regularly and change it when it looks thin. I've never used the airline tie out so don't know how well it holds but I'm guessing decent.

 Please do some research on Pit Bulls since you already have the dog. If you do not you're only asking for trouble which could not only end badly for your dog and someone else but you as well. There is no reason really to not learn about them since you already have one now.
 

 Well, he is a pup, and i know some about pitbulls, them being agreesive. strong, powerful. But that is temporary becaues he is a un-aggresive puppy. But will be put on a better chain later. But i will do research on pitbulls, and how they should live and all.

 I refuse to read or respond to people who say things like

 

You Should not have this dog.  and things of that sort.   Howerver im happy to read someone who is actually giving me information in a nice way. Instead of telling me im not a good dog owner, i shouldnt have the dog blah blah blah. So your waisting your time typing that if thats how you feel leave the thread.

But i do read posts giving me good links, and good information about the dog. The dog is mine now, so im not going to get rid of it i appreciate advice on how to teach the dog, how the dog should live, like someone said above.. Telling me the dog would chew the cord, and will become powerful that is useful information and posting a link about pitbulls

But anways i will check out the link, and read about pitbulls. spicy

 

from what i read sofar, this breed is a serious responsibility. And has alot of things that has to be taken care of to keep one. And im happy to do all of these things!! 

 

( http://www.workingpitbull.com/ ) This is a great site, I really do want to know my dog better, and this is a great site from what ive read to learn more about the breed.  

I think this is the perfect breed for me , because i wanted something complex, that took understanding and knowledge to maintain. Nothing i could just feed and play with. This dog seems very complex

No breed of dog only requires simple feeding and playing with. All dogs need training and socialization..from Goldens to Chihuahuas.  I also can't fathom why you'd want to buy a puppy and then keep it outside.

 probly 99% of you on thos forum couldnt fatham lol. Dogs werent created sleeping on couches, and at foot of your bed. They were wild animals. They were kept outside before you and your parents were born.

 

Keeping a dog inside, makes it think he is a human. Dogs need to understand they dont sit at the kitchen table, they dont eat from our plates, they dont take showers and sit on the toilet. If you let them walk around in your house, go where every they want and live just like you. They are going to think they are a human being. An they arent. They are a dog, a animial i have a heart and love dogs just as much as you all do. But in my opinion dogs should be treated like a pet/ animal/ dog. Not walking around your house like a humane being.   I understand small dogs, like cockerspaniels , shitzus and other small dogs are fine to be kept inside but even those are animials and not a humane.  But a dog like that is too small to be tied up or kept in a fence. I wouldnt tie a small dog up.

Just  my opinion 

Ok, I've read and read again...now I'll post.

 An American Pit Bull Terrier is a lot of responsibility. They are not the breed for the average owner. They require lots of training and socialization and more training and more socialization again. They can be great members of society and they ARE people dogs. They WANT to be with their people, spend time with them, protect them and love them. They are not a breed that should be tied out on a chain with an axle buried in the ground. They are best to be active mind and body.

 The breed is in very big trouble because of people who don't really take the time to understand the history of the breed to the present situation of the breed. The original APBT was bred to be a family companion who protected and worked the farms. Not the dogs of today that have been mis-bred to be monsters that are unstable, aggressive and shy.

 The breed should be welcoming of strangers and NOT aggressive unless threatened and do not need to be trained to be aggressive.

I do hope you will take the time to consider this dog is for life, not just for now until you are bored with it. Leaving the walks and play time behind because its too much trouble to walk out and play with your dog and since he might not live in your house as a companion from your previous posts I'd suggest you find another pet or learn how to live WITH your dog as a pet, he deserves that much if you take him

Jaime

Proud owner/handler/breeder/rescuer of Am Staffs and APBT since 1990

gahustle

 probly 99% of you on thos forum couldnt fatham lol. Dogs werent created sleeping on couches, and at foot of your bed. They were wild animals. They were kept outside before you and your parents were born.

 

Keeping a dog inside, makes it think he is a human. Dogs need to understand they dont sit at the kitchen table, they dont eat from our plates, they dont take showers and sit on the toilet. If you let them walk around in your house, go where every they want and live just like you. They are going to think they are a human being. An they arent. They are a dog, a animial i have a heart and love dogs just as much as you all do. But in my opinion dogs should be treated like a pet/ animal/ dog. Not walking around your house like a humane being.   I understand small dogs, like cockerspaniels , shitzus and other small dogs are fine to be kept inside but even those are animials and not a humane.  But a dog like that is too small to be tied up or kept in a fence. I wouldnt tie a small dog up.

Just  my opinion 

gahustle

probly 99% of you on thos forum couldnt fatham lol. Dogs werent created sleeping on couches, and at foot of your bed. They were wild animals. They were kept outside before you and your parents were born.

 

Keeping a dog inside, makes it think he is a human. Dogs need to understand they dont sit at the kitchen table, they dont eat from our plates, they dont take showers and sit on the toilet. If you let them walk around in your house, go where every they want and live just like you. They are going to think they are a human being. An they arent. They are a dog, a animial i have a heart and love dogs just as much as you all do. But in my opinion dogs should be treated like a pet/ animal/ dog. Not walking around your house like a humane being.   I understand small dogs, like cockerspaniels , shitzus and other small dogs are fine to be kept inside but even those are animials and not a humane.  But a dog like that is too small to be tied up or kept in a fence. I wouldnt tie a small dog up.

Just  my opinion 

Because dogs were created to be tied to a pole, am I right?

 Because the breed is soo complex and takes lot of responsibility i dont think ill get tired of it. Even when he is older and not the cutest grown dog. I will still make sure i take care of it. I like responsibility specially when it is pleasureable. Bonding and teaching a dog.

 

to the other post Dogs would have been chained to a pole b4 they lay on the bed and walk around the house 

gahustle

 Because the breed is soo complex and takes lot of responsibility i dont think ill get tired of it. Even when he is older and not the cutest grown dog. I will still make sure i take care of it. I like responsibility specially when it is pleasureable. Bonding and teaching a dog.

The statements above is what makes me think this will not be a dog  for life for you.."I think" , "even when he is older" "especially when it is pleasurable"

What if you do get tired of it, so what if he's older, those are the years I cherish the most! Right now I have a 12 year old who is incontinent and losing the use of her back legs, she is still as important today as she was years ago when she was new to our home. Pleasurable?? What about when it isn't pleasurable? I've had pleanty of unpleasurable days with my dogs. What does that matter. If you are taking on a dog it is your responsibility to maintain it and raise it no matter what. If you even have an inkling that you could possibly grow tired of this dog and not care for it dail and train it daily, walk it daily, play with it daily then you should reconsider instead of one day changing this dogs life forever because you have a change of heart and maybe take it to the pound, put it down, turn it over to rescue or worse yet put it down....it happens and luckily for me and my last rescue dog I was available when it did or as his people posted on the list he would have gone to the shelter or been put down because they didn't want to take the moster they created on their move accross country.

 

This is a life you will be resposible for, not "just a dog"

It saddens me to realize that your dog likely won't have a proper pet/owner relationship. My own dogs, both large and small, are indoors. None sit at the table or 'think they are human', whatever that means. They're trained and well mannered, and because they are a part of my daily life, they get to enjoy going many places. My dogs are inside, currently sleeping, no barking nonstop like my neighbor's dog who is banished to the yard.

The great thing about progress in the world is that we don't have to live by archaic ideas...women vote and drive, men aren't the sole breadwinners, and dogs do well inside rather than banished outside to a doghouse

Dogs are for life, not just until one gets bored of them. Although I suppose it bodes well for him that his breed is 'challenging' since it will keep your interest longer.

 I wish your dog the best.

 

amstaffy

 Right now I have a 12 year old who is incontinent and losing the use of her back legs, she is still as important today as she was years ago when she was new to our home.

 

I, too, cherish the older guys. My 12 yr old Chow has cognitive issues that he's on meds for. Even when he wakes me for no reason at the crack of dawn (or before!) or has an accident, or does something weird, or when I trip over him for the third time in a row because he sneaks up and flops behind my feet, I still adore him. He's no less my sweet pup than he was when I brought him home as a 10 lb fluffball.

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A dog is responsibility. Your kis are responsibility. When your kid is young everything he does is cute. when he is 15 he isnt so cute. Even though he isnt the cute kid playing at your feet with bob the builder. He is still your kid at middle school, starting to like and want to have sex with girls.

  How many posts has this thread got telling me how , how to become a better owner. and how many have told me i wont be a better owner?

My dog is cute playing in the grass. When he is older and bigger i still have to remember him as the cute dog playing in the grass and take responsibility. Im tired of hear certain posts saying im not going to be the proper dog owner blah blah blah. Thanks for the advice i was given. I hate posting on a dog forum to chat with other dog owners. Because there are so many people who are " dog experts" who are quick to tell someone they are doing this wrong. quick to give there opinion instead of being helpful.  Instead of saying the dog wont have proper relationship why not tell me how to have the proper relationship. You dont know what type of relationship ill have with my dog. You dont know much abouit me besides what i type on m keyboard and m username is gahustle. You and i are just screen names on the world wide web.  So i think im going to stop posting here i get tired of so many critics telling people how bad of owner they are going to be when the dog probly thinks the world of there owner.   

amstaffy This is a life you will be resposible for, not "just a dog" - good advice.

Instead of wishing my dog the best, try wishing me the best at taking care of him. because with out me the dog is going to be nothing, probly run across the hwy down the street and get killed.  Trying to type your opinion on how bad of a owner im going to be instead of helping save the dog by telling me how to be a better owner. like spicy did. that is the best post ive read. Gave her opinion, and gave me great advice on how to take care of the dog. Some of the people in this online community are very entertaining lol honestly

It gives me pleasure to take care of them in those golden years, they have given me so much joy in those younger years. I lost my girl Tara a few weeks ago, never sick a day we had her. She was 12 years and two weeks, just went down in 4 hours. I was blessed to be part of her life for nine years The ER vet felt she had a stomach tumor that had ruptured from the signs and how quick she went unresponsive. I also lost my first Am Staff/APBT Willie in Sept to a long battle with lymphoma...to read about yet another dog who could end up as a statistic kills me when I think of how I would love to have lust a few more moments with my dogs I've lost

Keeping your dog inside won't make the dog think they are human, a dog can't think they are a human being or that they are a dog for that matter. They do not think like us. The dog will think as a dog. You do not have to let a house dog on your furniture and training them teaches them that they are not allowed to take food from your plates as well. There is nothing wrong with keeping a medium+ size dog in the house or a working breed. There are plenty such dogs inside and they for sure still do the jobs they are bred or trained to do. APBTs make some of the best house dogs, APBTs were used for many years as fighting dogs and some of the best fighting dogs were also house pets. They have a strong bond with people and love to be with them. If you chose to keep your dog outside that is your choice but don't think that you will ruin your dog or change your dog if you keep him inside. If you still want to keep him outside but give him proper attention (play, exercise, training and socialization) he will turn out fine if he of stable temperament to begin with. Keeping a dog outside takes a lot more work then keeping them inside. No working breeds were not created to be couch potatoes, nor were they created to be tied or kenneled 24/7. They need some type of outlet and attention so please keep that in mind.