Archive for the ‘ Bull Terrier ’ Category

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Understand how to form a new group Bull Terrier Terrier is to understand the energy that is extremely high, sometimes stubborn group with a very high prey drive. This can often lead to problems and frustrations in trying to educate them, but when they do it well you end up with a faithful companion and fun-loving, playful and tender. As with all breeds of dog the most important task is to establish yourself as pack leader to your dog.

To become the pack leader your dog and establish itself as the dominant one in the report, there are certain steps. Food is a very important aspect of the life of each dog and for the control and planning of food your dog is a big step toward being the dominant.  For your dog to respect you, he never gives anything for nothing.  Once you trust and respect, you can start teaching him obedience to basic commands like sit, lie down, stay and come.

Once the dog has learned basic commands is much easier to redirect if it misbehaves. Then you can transfer it to learn advanced tricks and commands.  It is also important to continue to update the basic commands your dog is regularly so if you skip or do not respond when you call or tell you to sit down know it is because you do not not understand the command.

 
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

The Bull Terrier was originally bred and trained to take part in dog fights and to bait bulls. It is known for its extraordinary courage and capacity to bear great pain. During the nineteenth century, the English banned the barbaric dog fights, and dog breeders began breeding milder varieties of Bull Terriers.
The current Bull Terrier is a combination of its fighting ancestor cross-bred with the Dalmatian and the English Terrier. The result is a white dog that keeps well away from dog fights, a fact that earned it a nickname, “White Cavalier.
These are just to mention a few. There are several more varieties of terriers. These dogs, initially, just catch your attention. Later, they create in you enough curiosity to learn more about them. You never know if you might meet your best friend and companion among these breeds of terriers.

 
Monday, September 15th, 2008

People might be wondering why there is such a name as “bull dog”.

Originally, Great Britain and later, America were obsessed with bloody fights between bulls and dogs. The main function of the canine is to hang on to the bull’s neck and worry the poor animal until it dies. Obviously, these dogs had developed great strength in their jaws.

Among the popular choices of dogs for this sport were the pit bulls. Back then, the selection of pit bulls was so varied that many showed a variety of characteristics that made the sport highly interesting. Later in the life of the sport though, the center of attraction switched towards the fight between pit bulls and not against the bulls themselves.

From these canines rooted most of the bull dog terriers that we know of today.

One of the significant bull dog terriers we have is the American Staffordshire Terrier who is of great interest since it possesses intriguing seemingly opposing characters.

They project strength and physically power but they are not vicious. The physical features it has are now only due to their basic nature and orientation during their bloody fights as fighting machines.

AmStaff terrier, as it is called by its shorter name suffers in reputation though since it is commonly associated with pit bulls. These dogs are known for their love for challnge and are therefore employed in illegal dog fighting.

Most of the problems root from irresponsible training. Sadly, there are too few AmStaff that are properly trained. And what’s even depressing is that there are innumerable pit bulls that are continually ill-treated by sadistic owners.

We are often confused of what true pit bulls are. In fact, many contend that these dogs must not be called by that name since it elicits unwanted images of gory dog fights. While this breed is not yet officially recognized by the American Dog Breeders Association or the United Kennel Club, the legitimate name remains to be American Pit Bull Terrier.

While it is true that American Pit Bull Terrier is violent in nature, this doesn’t imply that they are made purely for brutal stuffs. As we have earlier said, these dogs are only products of maltreatment and exploitive training (and inhumane) for self serving purposes. Otherwise, American Pit Bull Terriers can be very people loving.

If you are the couch potato personality, please find another breed of dog that would suit your lifestyle.

Until more comprehensive findings on its origin are found, this dog will remain unfortunately tagged as “nasty”.