How do you train your pitbull puppy to be more aggressive?

Answer 1

In order to answer this question correctly, I have to tell you a little about how dogs as a species work, socially and psychoneurologically. Naturally, we can't discuss or invoke animal behavior without this information. Taxonomically, dogs seem to be closely evovled from wolves and, in fact they share many behaviors with the wolf, as well as the appearance of a neotenous (juvenille) wolf. Contrary to most of the novels I've read, healthy societal or pack animals in general, and intelligent ones in specific, do not kill their own kind (with very few exceptions to be noted later -- not dogs though). The only exception is that, in the wild, dying dogs/wolves will sometimes be culled from/by the pack. This may sound harsh, but they don't have the option of a good hospital to help them along, so I'm inclined to think of this final grace as a kindness rather than something viscious. And indeed, of the people I've met who've watched this in the wild, they've to a man described the act as not the response of "killer instinct", anger or anything like it. They described the act as utilitarian. While dogs and wolves may have minor altercations, I need to emphasize strongly that healthy dogs and wolves do not kill their own kind. And in fact, EEG testing of dogs shows that completely different parts of the brain are invovled in hunting, territorial snits, and more serious stress (mother defending cubs for instance)1. Dogs, far more than humans, are hardwired -- much of the behavior is locked into their brains (we used to call this instinct -- now it's more complex :} ). Dogs are clearly in symbiosis with humans -- a mutualistic one. It appears that, perhaps 250,000 years ago or so2, dogs and humans started working together. Viewed retrospecively, we can isolate some changes that took place over thousands of years, and paleontological record confirms this. Here are a few things that happened over that time: * Dogs moved away from physioloigcal structures that would accomodate fighting. It would seem that the duties of defense and combat in this symbiosis went not to the dogs, but to the humans. * Humans started losing the neurology that supported a strong ability to scent things. * Dog's vision changed. Compared to humans, dogs have a far wider angle of acceptance (not all breeds but many) -- up to 270 degrees as opposed to mankind's typical 180. Dogs developed a sight format that allows them to see clearly in conditions humans would perceive as near-dark, and lost much of their color vision (retaining only a little in the yellow and blue-violet spectra). They also lost the ability to resolve clearly at distance (at least compared to us) -- what you can clearly see at 70', dogs can see clearly only at 20'. A dog's depth perception is far less accute than a human's. Humans, on the other hand, could see a muich wider spectrum of color, and had better ranging capability (which I'm sure was handy throwing rocks). Dogs' hearing already was more acute than human hearing. * Dogs and humans began to crave each others' company, not just psycholoigcally either, but in terms of touch and petting. When you pet a dog, the dog experiences a rush of oxytocin, a hormone associated with strong maternal feelings. Oddly, when you stroke your dog, you secrete this same hormone too (hence Grandin's assertion all this took 250,000 years vice 5,000). * Dog "combat" for the most part is the "prey response" -- it's what makes dogs chase rabbits -- and cars. It's all hind-brain (paleocortex) and probably evolved long before dogs were warm-blooded. Basically, if the dog sees something smaller run past it, it assumes it's prey, gives chase, and attacks. Interestingly, EEG's show none of the dog's rage or fear "centers" firing -- they're very very calm. And the catching and killing action is also hardwired in, and displayed in almost all hunting canines and felines. Doubt this? Watch kittens sometime. So -- what we have here is a social mutualistic symbioisis -- one where both parties profit from the blend. Dogs helped with: * Detecting and announcing intruders -- they were GREAT patrolmen in the sense that they could predect and give alarm. * Finding prey -- i.e. helping humans hunt by being lookouts * Finding lost members of the pack or tribe * They could carry loads * Some dogs developed brilliant herding instincts. * Dogs in general seem to have less abstract reasoning capabliity than either humans or wolves -- the symbiosis may have religated that responsibility away from the dogs and over to the humans. And humans on the other hand: * Identified foods with that nifty vision. * Handled geography and directions. * Took over the analytical thinking and planning (less hardwiring). * Took over intra-species combat, both planning and action. * Handled grooming and medical necessity. * Did all the tool work. And so on... Throughout history, there are stories of dogs used in combat, but the truth is they were never often used nor were they very effective in interspecies combat, much less combat with their own kind. Humans handled that. Now -- in every society -- there are individuals that develop pathologies, and dogs do this as do humans, chickens, etc. However, barring these anomalies, I wish to reiterate with great emphasis, Dogs are not built to fight other dogs or even humans! It just doesn't work, and we can't change it, even if we wanted to. This applies to all breeds. Even dogs "bred for combat" don't do it well. It's like hammering nails with a screwdriver. They're poorly designed at every level for serious combat and are, in nature's heirarchy of combatants, much nearer the bottom than the top of the list (check out swordfish if you really want to see combat at a refined level). Almost any species that kills its own kind does not breed well, and tends to become part of the fossil record, more than the circle of life. So I can't tell you how to train a dog to fight other dogs -- and neither can anyone else. Those that try wind up torturing some poor animal who deserves the protection of humans, and instead of a "fighter", they get a cripple. No-one can tell you how to make a dog a good fighter because they just aren't neuroloigcally capable of doing this well. I don't care what breed you're talking about either -- dogs aren't good fighters, can't be trained to be, and you won't see this being any different during your lifetime or the next ten. There are a very few species that do characteristically fight well within species. VERY few. I can think of some insects that do (Apisor bees), and a few others, including aquatic mammals. But the absolute top of the murder scale has to be the primates. I'd look to chimpanzees as one. But mostly? The murder/self-combat champion has to be Homo sapiens-- mankind. 1 "Animals in Translation -- Dr. Temple Grandin 2For reasons stated in her writings and a great deal of research, Grandin makes it pretty clear that dogs and humans started co-adapting around 250,000 years back. Before this research, the guess was only 5,000 years.

Answer 2

you dont need to do that. Pitbulls are very smart and will know when they need to be agressive. pitbulls are better taught not to bite persons outside your home. This can be achieved by walking him since puppy around the neighborhood socialising with children and other persons.

once you get that, agresivness come to them naturaly when needed. they are very smart.

Answer 3

If two dogs are fighting you can throw some water on them, but you rarely carry around water.

If a dog is biting and doesn't let go, you can blow in an ear or touch his anus with a stick. This surprises the dog so he lets go.

Answer 4

It is extremely inhumane, and illegal, to raise and train a Dog to fight. This poor misunderstood breed has suffered more than any other at the hands of irresponsible humans. Surely you would rather have a healthy, happy and magnificent looking Dog rather than a scarred, scared and battered looking one?

Answer 5

If you need to train a dog for dog fights, you have to actually make him strong enough to win it. So a lot of running, draggin a car tyre, running on hills and so on. At the end of the training i hope that he is strong enough to eat your balls away, and teach you that none should ever train anything to fight another living being. If you don't understand this you do not deserve to have a dog. Cheers!