Is he good with small dogs? Does he show any type of dog reactivity or aggression?
Is he food/toy motivated?
Does he settle down well?
Can you tell me a little more about him??
By the way, whereabouts are you?
I want him sooooo badly and I'll talk to my mom again but I don't think she will agree She's adamantly against me having a 2nd dog while I live here...but I'll try.
Is he food/toy motivated?
Does he settle down well?
Can you tell me a little more about him??
By the way, whereabouts are you?
I want him sooooo badly and I'll talk to my mom again but I don't think she will agree She's adamantly against me having a 2nd dog while I live here...but I'll try.
Small dogs? Yep, he's great. He plays nicely with Keeva and seeing small dogs zoom doesn't seem to trigger prey drive. I would give him the thumbs up with small dogs.
DR/DA - not significantly, no. No leash reactivity or reactivity in general. He's pretty much neutral to dogs he doesn't know. He also usually takes social cues from dogs that tell him to eff off, but it's not beyond him to snark back. When that happens, it's easy enough to end it with a sharp "HEY!"
At our house, we generally keep all chews/toys picked up when Mustard is out. It isn't a stressful ordeal, we just try to be cautious. If a bully stick falls on the floor, we don't have to be like, OMG GET IT UP NOW BEFORE HE TRIES TO KILL KEEVA!!! We're just trying to take precautions. He's not guardy with the other dogs unless someone (Keeva) tries to actually take it from him, but because she is such a bitch with a capital B, we do take precautions to prevent conflict. It works fine because Mustard has no problem settling down with a chew in his crate, anyway. We also feed him in his crate.
That said, he is what he is, and will (and HAS) jump into the middle of a fight, even if he didn't start it. He came to work with me one day but was not with the daycare dogs (for obvious reasons), just chilling in the lobby and following me around. Anyway, he nudged open an (admittedly) weak gate and followed me into the yard, where another pittie bitch and this collie mix just happened to get into it right then. Mustard dove right into the middle (tail wagging the whole time, lol) and grabbed the collie mix's face, but got nothing but fur, so I pulled him off easily and he did not redirect on me in any way. So, *shrug*, like I said, he's generally very social/tolerant but he's still a bulldog and he will fight "for fun", true to his nature.
Now THAT said, he cools down pretty quickly, and in fact, that day, I let him have a private, supervised play session with the little pittie bitch, and they had a blast. He's not difficult to have around other dogs at all. He just... is what a he is, nothing more and nothing less. Friendly, social, reasonable, but still a bulldog when push comes to shove. I hope that makes sense, lol.
He's uber food motivated, and getting there with the toys. He likes to grip so if somebody showed him what tug is, he'd probably have a blast, and tugging could be used to shape a retrieve. He's also super eager to please and focuses pretty well. Fun to work with.
He settles super well. He was following me around the kitchen while I did dishes; now that I'm on the computer, he's sleeping next to me on the couch. Lots of pep but an easy house dog.
A little more about him... um, he sleeps like a tons of bricks at night. Superior cuddling skills. Very, very sound, stable dog - loves all people, not weirded out by things in the environment. I call him APBT but he's probably mixed waaaaaaaaay back somewhere because his coat is just the slightest, slightest bit too thick. It makes him really nice to pet, lol. He does really goofy, endearing things all the time. Doesn't mind being manhandled, likes having his nails trimmed. Walks pretty well on leash! 2-3 years old by a vet's guess, weights around 40-45lbs. He's not put together too well structurally; he's way out at the elbows and has a weird rear, but it doesn't slow him down any. I wouldn't make him do anything crazy high impact, but I'm sure he'd be fine in dog sports if you conditioned him properly and kept him lean.
He's a credit to his breed type, though, and would make a great therapy dog if you chose to pursue that route.
I'm in Illinois, in Chicago.