For some, staffs are potential killers. For some, the kindest dogs in the world. Of course, those who seek to ban staffs completely and irrevocably are wrong. But you need to understand that staff is not a toy, and even your sweet dog, which does not seem to offend a fly, in certain circumstances can be dangerous for your family members and people around you.
Just as a violation of safety precautions does not always lead to accidents, so improper training and education do not always lead to tragedies. But, if someone incorrectly raised a staff or a pit bull and nothing terrible has happened yet, this does not mean that this is the way to raise these dogs.
So how do you bring up staff so you don't have problems later? We will analyze the situation step by step.
First you need to decide what you want to get in the end, in the end. What kind of dog do you need and why did you get stuff.
What are the features of this breed, which problems most often arise with them, which we want to avoid.
How should such a dog be brought up and maintained so that life circumstances do not awaken in the dog what we sought to avoid when raising it.
Let's start with the first step. Why are we taking a dog, why staffa? What kind of dog we see as being perfect for ourselves. This article discusses the training of a companion dog and may be a protector. That is, it must be an adequate guided dog with which you can walk without a leash that you can trust. A dog that does not want to fight, loyal to children and ready for communication. A dog with which it is interesting to play, make friends and is unpretentious in everyday life.
Step Two Suppose you love dogs, you have always dreamed about a dog and are ready to spend your hard-earned money on it. This is not enough to take such a dog. It is necessary to be prepared and most importantly to be able to walk the dog, and walk actively, at least two hours a day. This is a minimum, and better, more. If you want to spend time outdoors in any weather, if you are ready to practice with a dog, and not sit on a bench while your staff rummages through a 1-0 children's sandbox in your favor.
If you take a dog for protection, be aware that staff and pit, although not always, are usually brave dogs. And this is good. However, often, especially in their youth, they are very fond of people and only after training can they be used for protection. Training for security involves training in obedience, all this time and money. It would seem that many people do not need a monster and therefore a little obedience, a little work on guard and now we have an adequate dog. Unfortunately, it is not. In order for the dog to potentially create problems for you in everyday life, it is enough to explain the protective qualities in it a little. But in order for you to rely on your dog as a defense, you need to be very serious. And the more you engage in defense, the more seriously obedience must be worked out for the dog. Therefore, if you want to use staff for protection, then get ready to work with a dog. Conclusion, if we take staff for protection, but do not want to have an aggressive monster, then in this case we will have to deal with a dog a lot.
A common problem with these dogs is the desire to fight with their own kind. Fights are undesirable in any way, but for a protective dog they are undesirable in twins, because instead of working the dog is distracted by other dogs. Quite clearly in the breed, two types of development of aggression towards other dogs are visible and this must be taken into account. There are staffs who are very peaceful, funny, active, who simply do not understand why they need to fight when everything is so good. There are staffs who are already at 6-8 months, and sometimes even earlier, are ready to fight with dogs.
The correct stuff training is not that he learns to sit and learn how to hang, clutching his teeth with his teeth. Using training, as a topic for communicating with a dog and a parenting tool, it is necessary to correctly form the character and behavior of staff or pita. to be continued in the next part