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My relatively new puppy Bio (beeoh) (supposedly a year old in October) wants to play.  I think he's made friends with all the other dogs in the household. Coco is a dog that I haven't observed to play before.  But she plays with Bio. He's a good puppy, although I'm trying to teach him the command, "No teeth!" as he will start out with licking and then the teeth will come in. When I pet another dog, he will cry as if it hurts him and come rushing over to insert himself between me and the other dog. He's very submissive; if another dog gets upset by something he does, he squeals and falls on the floor. But he loves to sleep and cuddle with me at night.
Lawmakers announce pit bull task force to review impact of court ruling | The Washington Post -- [Maryland lawmakers will review the impact of a ruling by the state's highest court that concluded pit bulls are an inherently dangerous breed and consider legislation in response, the presiding officers of the Maryland General Assembly announced Wednesday.]
Dog Breed Legislation Is Inherently Dangerous | HuffPost DC Impact -- [Leaders throughout Maryland are grasping the ineffectiveness of the Court's ruling on pit bulls. It's tremendously difficult to determine if a dog is a pit bull or cross bred, and discrimination against dogs based on appearance is wrong.]
Just wanted to share some joy with y'all. When Linus reached adult doghood, he started to develop some on-leash aggression issues...and some off-leash too. I was terrified and embarrassed...I can handle most dog issues, but not aggression. One of the biggest reasons why I chose Linus at the shelter was because he was great with all dogs! So I probably handled it badly by keeping him away from all other dogs. As soon as I could afford it, though, I started to work with our local positive trainer and we've made some great progress. He's now ok on and off the leash with calm, stable dogs. But he is still reactive to a long list of dogs - hyper dogs, submissive dogs, aggressive dogs, unneutered males, puppies, all herding breeds, obsessive dogs, unstable dogs... Anyway, we had a great encounter two days ago! We used my boss's half-grown elkhound/akita puppy. She ticks several of Linus' boxes - high energy, but very submissive, and still in that puppy-jump-on-everyone phase. So we did introductions carefully and slowly, giving Linus lots of time and space to let me know when he was no longer comfortable. He went from lunging/growling/fight mode, to wary and tense, to cautiously curious, to tolerant. We even got them off leash together in one session! We also used a super-socialized, super well balanced labradoodle to help keep things calm. Linus still refuses to engage with her but he had great body language when playing with the labradoodle, even when the puppy joined in and invaded his oh-so-precious personal space. I'm still super bummed because last summer I took him hiking everywhere off-leash and he'd be fine with all the dogs we encountered; now, I can't trust him and can only let him off-leash on rare occasions. But still, one little victory was a huge jump in my self-confidence for handling the problem, and hopefully his as well!
 Miss Maisa outside on a nice day in Michigan. My babys getting a grey muzzle....*sniffle*
I feel like surely I must have a better picture of Bella's tongue, but I can't seem to find anything!! I could try to get one but knowing her, she'll know that's what I want and never open her mouth :P Stubborn little thing. Anyway, it's blurry but she's still a cutie :) 
 He loves to play fetch! (and my first post in this community :)
Have you ever seen ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) ginkaruja paint? Well, she told me she was sending me a surprise...and THIS is what I found in my inbox:  It's my badass little Bull Terrier Ozzy!!! Hand drawn and watercolored. And she's captured him PERFECTLY right down to his little snarky smile. <3 I am so deeply touched by this beautiful gift. I love this picture so much. Thank you, Karja!!! You're so wonderful~!!! Thank you thank you thank you!
I couldn't pass up this theme week. Ike and my 1 year old were playing like they always do. I took this at the perfect moment for Ike's tongue to photobomb what could have been a cute "boy and his dog" picture. 
Hey Everyone! Remmeber how I posted a week ago and asked for everyones help to post photos of there pups because I needed a few reference photos to paint to spruce up my portfolio so I could start selling pet portraits? Well, I picked a few!  ( And here they are! )Thank you to EVERYONE who uploaded photos! It was so great to have so many wonderful faces to choose from! And now that I have these paintings done I have received GREAT response from everyone who has seen them and business is getting going! :) If anyone is curious, these are acrylic paintings on 9x12 inch thick painting paper. I'm giving a deal to the first 10 customers for 60$ plus shipping/handling for one of these. (The price will be going back up after these first 10 people!) If your interested, feel free to email me anytime! jaguargrin@gmail.com If not, thanks for your help! I really appreciate it! :) (x-posted)
A Hero's Nature | StubbyDog -- [ Sergeant Stubby was a pit bull type dog that was found and "enlisted" by Private Conroy during World War I. The puppy's short tail gave him a name, and the Army gave him a mission.] 
This is my first entry in this fantastic community. I'm so glad to have found it. Anyway, on to the pic.  Sheba is a Bull Terrier/Boxer mix and loves to look out the window. I just happened to catch her licking her chops. :)
Sluuuuurrrrrrrp! 
One of the photos on her Petfinder ad that made me love her. 
 He accompanied us to Colonial Williamsburg, and got to help clean ice cream spoons. :D ( 30 seconds earlier )
Crazy tongue! 
It's not the breed. It's the behavior. | WP Opinions | The Washington Post -- [ In the shadow of the Maryland Court of Appeals' recent, misguided ruling that the owners of dogs identified as pit bulls (deemed inherently dangerous by the court) will be subject to higher levels of liability comes word that one of the few Maryland municipalities with breed-specific legislation targeting pit bulls is on the brink of repealing its decade-old law.]
I was totally late to the party this week but I have two dog-in-hat pictures to share :)  ( Dutchess )
Yeah, too bright, but it was hard enough getting her to let me put the fez on her! 
Well howdy pardner!  ( Outtakes... )Yes, with a 65 lb dog (Linus) and a 130 lb dog (Max the malamute), my roommate and I have abandoned little water dishes in favor of a 10 gallon rubbermaid full of water for them to drink. :) It's sturdy, easy to clean, and hard to knock over.
Moo prefers dainty gentleman's bowlers for her haberdashery.  ( a few more! )
That's a pretty hardcore yawn. He's a dork.  And the less...goofy and more dignified version is behind the cut. Enjoy. ( Read more... )
 I tried several times to get this picture. All ended in blurry no hat pictures, so finally had my sister Karen act like she was scratching the sides of his head and he held still long enough to get this. xD Apologies for the fuzzy effect, it was a little darker than I had originally thought it was in our living room.
A Crash Course in Dog Manners | BAD RAP Barn Crew -- [This has been one of the most gratifying uses of the barn space AND - of all things - of facebook ... Helping a young woman with a newly adopted dog that was once labeled by her shelter as Dog Aggressive due to reactivity issues.]
Guido, the Cute and Funny Pit Bull Puppy! | alissaz3 | YouTube -- [Guido is reacting to a popping noise I am making with my mouth. Watch this video to see his cute and funny reaction.]
Gratuitous pit bull cuteness!
There are so many wonderful pictures this week! Luka takes her hat-wearing very seriously. After all, she moonlights as a moderately unsuccessful pirate...  One would think her pre-boarding plea would soften the heart of even the hardest of seadogs...but alas, not so. Most of the battles are settled without even a solitary cannon being fired and the only sound being heard is a good deal of pointing and hearty laughter. It's awfully hard to be a pirate. So....Luka has second job--she's also a spokesdog for a less-than-well known charity. Because after all, when pirating, you can be Master and Commander on the Far Side of the World...but the sea is still a harsh, harsh mistress. 
Here's Kane in his birfday hat, with his goodies, for his 2-year birfday in December. (We went hiking earlier and he caught his forehead on a branch, I think. So, that's what the red mark is, lol.) 
Not long ago, Roman got the very tip of his ear slightly nicked (I assume while playing with Ruby as they had a pretty rowdy wrestling match on the rug just moments before we noticed blood on the floor). Wrapping it did no good as he seems to be a master of shaking vet-wrap off of his head and after multiple attempts at cleaning and re-wrapping, We opted to try a dab of super glue. It worked a treat! We had to reapply once or twice but it held up pretty well and stopped the bleeding. Within a couple days, the glue flaked off and his ear was good as new. I suppose I could have used styptic powder but I didn't have any on hand. I'm curious though, have you guys had to deal with the ear-tip nicking issue before and if so, how did you handle it? Here's a picture of Roman showing how horribly, horribly mangled he was in the Great Ear Mutilation War of 2012. Don't let him fool you...that booger didn't even realize he was hurt and bleeding all over the place. But once we put the bandage on and were fussing over his ear, he milked it for DAYS. XD  Also, does anyone here take commissions for bully themed icons? I don't have an icon of Roman and I really should!
Thanks guys so much for all your kind and calming words :-) Pardon this post being littered with :-) and !!!! but well, I'M SO HAPPY my girl is fine! :-) I brought my girl home tonight! Went to pick her up with my 3 yo Charles from the vet (he was VERY concerned previously about Ruby being at the Doggy Doctor and was worried the Doggy Doctor was stealing his dog :-(). She was bouncing into us super happy to see us! Just looking at her I could tell she was better. No more swollen side of her face and she was not so slow and careful like before. We brought her home and she immediately went to her food bowl, and gobbled all of it! I was supposed to give her wet food but she just dove straight into the bowl and was thrilled when finished. :-) She even gobbled her pills which were hidden in there! Sadie (who had been hunger striking out of solidarity or something?) then perked right up and ate right alongside her, then they both drank tons of water, and took a big long nap on their Kuranda bed together! :-) About 30 minutes later, Ruby woke up and ate the rest of Sadie's food hee hee hee! Bliss.
I'm sure Coco does. However she has one habit that I don't know if all pit bulls have; she goes out at night and hunts down animals and leaves their bodies on the carpet for me to discover in the morning, mainly armadillos and raccoons. Other than that, she's a sweet girl and loves people.  My dog Pico came to me as a stray, so I have no idea of his ancestry.  My dog Bio (beeoh) was given to me because the woman's husband didn't like him. Bio was represented to me as having some pit bull ancestry.  Pico and Bio having a drink. 
Hello Hello everyone~
My name is Lakiema and I came across this journal by...chance? All the pictures of you guys dogs just simply make me want to hug mines all the time! It was just even better this a community about pits, they have been the breed of dogs I've been raised with. Never once have we had any other breed. My mom just loves them!
Our current dog name is Moses Malone. Called mogey or momo for short and just everyone who comes to visit us loves him. We adopted him from the ASPCA in NYC and was told he's an American Bull dog and American Pit mixed. The groomers call him the biggest mush they've ever met and he really is just a big happy spoiled baby in the family.
I just wanted to share, so under the cut is pictures of him.
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I wanted to Welcome all our newbies! I was soooo excited to see our beloved community on ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif?v=92.2) lj_spotlight and being an Ohioan with pit bulls, I was extra excited about the post that made it to the spotlight! Go Ohio! Anyway, I wanted to say hello and go over a few ground rules. *We are a VERY photo extensive community. Please don't hesitate to bombard the community with adorable pittie pictures.Trust me, we love them. *Please be respectful of all members. The great thing about this community is how diverse we are in how we raise our dogs, where we live, our lifestyles and our dog's lifestyles. I consider this community a big,wonderful family of knowledge and a happy family is one based on respect for it's members. *Also no deleting comments or threads please. We have a community owner and a moderator that will step in as need be. If you are every having an issue with someone or some topic please contact lovelydenial or ![[info]](http://l-files.livejournal.net/userhead/657?v=1328879641) we_got_caught. *We do not tolerate advocating backyard breeding, breed specific legislation,dog fighting or any illegal or inhumane practices. We support responsible ownership,period. *Theme Week is a BIG part of this community and we encourage you to participate frequently. Please review the Theme Week Rules on the Info Page when posting. Welcome Again, Amanda
Would people be willing to do me a favor? My portfolio is highly outdated and I need to do some pet portraits to amp it up again!! Could people (who are willing to let me use their photo on a website) respond with a super high res photo of there dog for me to paint? The higher res photo, the better! I only need a few pictures to work from but feel free to respond with your photo because I may not pick the people who respond! (I'll most likely pick the photos that are the best to work off of!) Thanks everyone! It is much appreciated!!!! (cross posted to dog_lovers) Wed, May. 23rd, 2012, 05:24 pm
samjsjlove: Hi!
Hi, everyone! I just discovered this community today and I instantly fell in love! :P I adopted a dog from Battersea dogs Home about three years ago now. The people at Battersea named her 'Tulip' and we call her 'Tilly' for short. She was left tied to a tree in Battersea park so the people at Battersea didn't really know much about her except what they guessed. They said she was about 2/3 years old (we decided that the day we got her would be her 3rd birthday so she's 6 now), and she had obviously been mistreated (she was so super skinny - her ribs poking out - and she had a bald patch on her back) and the vets that that she had probably been used for breeding by dog fighters because of her looks. They said she was lucky she'd been abandoned and not used for training... *shudder* As Pitbulls are illegal in the UK, the police had to come and have a look at her to make sure she wasn't a pitbull. If they'd said that she was she would have been put down! :'( Instead they decided to call her a mongrel. We tend to call her a staffie mix when asked. I personally think she looks just like an American Pit Bull. I've been looking through some of the pictures on here and most of the dogs look so much like my Tilly. Some of them even had me thinking, "how did they get a picture of my dog?!" :P Tilly is probably one of the sweetest dogs I've ever met! She had some (understandable) abandonment issues when we first brought her home but she settled down fairly quickly and stopped destroying our shoes and only destroyed the things we gave her! :P I think it's nonsense people saying that pitbulls are dangerous. Dogs in general are only vicious if that's how they've been raised - it's the owner's fault, not the dog's! Tilly is very gentle and actually runs away from fights - one time a tiny little dog started barking at her so she backed away and hid behind my legs! ( Pictures! :) )
 True Fact: He kept trying to take the hat off and mouth it.
This is Terror in her daddy's patrol cap. One of my most favorite pictures of her too! 
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