Well, to explain, a idiot was spouting crap about pit bulls on another board that I post. You know the routine. All pit bulls are killers, you shouldn't be allowed to have them around children, they have a "mean" gland that other dogs dont, they always go for the throat with their locking jaws and my number one pet peeve, she said the ones that had been abused and fought could not be retrained.
Now, as we all know, I have a pit bull. We've taken care to train her, let her know we are the alpha pair in the pack and she is not and to socialize her with other pets/people. It amazed me how many people with smaller dogs got mad when we talk about their dogs biting more often to lesser extents. They admit it but they think they should be exempt from having to report it because they are smaller dogs. They admit to not socializing their dogs, allowing the bad behavior but justify it by saying its ok because a chihuahua couldnt kill anyone.
I think people should have to have a license to have children and because I view my dogs as my children I think it should be the same for animals. I think you should have to take a class to be allowed to have pets. I hate hearing about pets who are abused, neglected, not properly trained and socialized. People wonder what makes a dog "turn", but if you dont take the time, of course they are going to revert to their natural hunter instincts.
Anyways, before I go on a 10 page rant. I wanted to know out of those of you with dogs, how did you handle training and socializing them.