Recent content by j0equ1nn

Wait, I mean 3 years. Not 5.

Hi, I haven't posted on here in about 5 years. I just wanted to drop in and say that Sam is still doing great. His issues with guarding and the rest have improved very gradually over time and these days we don't even have to worry about having lots of people over who he's never met. He's popular...

I have a 5 year old red nosed pit bull named Sam. I took him in about 3 years ago as a rescue. I currently live in NY and for career purposes I need to relocate to Mexico City for 2 years, starting this coming August. I had been assuming I would just bring Sam with me, but now that I'm looking...

dear moderator Well if this thread is not deleted, here are what the consequences would be for me: My ex will most likely pull certain posts from the thread to show in court to try to convince them that I should not be allowed to ever have my dog anywhere near our daughter. Then I will have...

ATTN: MODERATOR - please delete this thread Unfortunately I have a vindictive ex who has been picking things from this thread to use out of context against me. Not being a moderator, I do not have the option of deleting the thread. So I'm posting just to request that a moderator do so for me...

I wanted to check in to say Sam is doing great, and mention something about his food, and point out one other little thing... So, we noticed that Sam really prefers fish to any other kind of food. I don't know if this is a typical pitbull thing, but in case it is, I would suggest anyone...

I actually just typed out a rather degrading account of why I wasn't going to bother posting on here anymore, without having bothered reading the latest round of posts. Then I decided to just scroll up and take one peek at something and saw those last 2 posts. Well.. you two just convinced me...

The food guarding has diminished a lot. Most meals, he eats them up and then runs to me to get his treat. To me this seems like a great way to communicate to the dog that I *want* him to eat the food, which I think is the opposite of me wanting to take his food. In fact, when he doesn't...

more morons First of all, the reason I only post about once a month is because my experience with this forum is that I usually get advice that is either contradictory, or ignorant and self-righteous. Having said that, the reason I do continue to post occasionally anyway is because there are...

Yeah, the girl who found Sam called the number on his collar and it was out of service. The vet he was taken to was able to identify the clinic the tag was from, but nobody was able to get in touch with any owners or anyone looking for him. The way Sam behaved when I first got him, between...

latest on Sam's food agression Okay, now about the food aggression. I hand-fed him every meal for about 8 weeks, hoping this would help him understand that the food comes from me. In between handfuls he had to look at me to get the next one. He didn't have a problem doing this, but he always...

Sam's anti-pulling training Once you start looking to figure out who's fault something is, it usually means you've stopped focusing on the solution. I'm not there right now, and hope to never be. But anyway, I'll take as much blame as you like (of course that also means I get all the credit...

I've been reluctant to check this forum again after seeing how easily a conversation can devolve into personal issues, but here I am. Seeing how many views the forum gets I feel like if for no other reason it could be constructive to post about Sam's progress for the benefit of other readers...

Well the problem started with not getting solid advice on what to do when he was growling. If you recall, or if not if you skim this thread's history, you'll find multiple cases of me asking what am I supposed to do when my dog growls at me, and received 2 answers: 1. Back away from him...

Thanks everyone for so many replies. I didn't mean to be so offensive last time, but on the other hand I want to be free to say what I'm thinking when I go on here, and I'd be lying if I said there weren't times when I question how much the forum has helped. At the moment I'm feeling like...