Articles about American Pit Bull Terrier
When the dog outs, praise and then Tell them to sit, repeat the sequence.. letting them win again and again, Soon your dog will be tugging like a mad fool , as they build confidence and release. Work your way to faster catch... embrace the dog ... in full heightened prey drive. Alto of dogs will drop the tug here, pat your dog, say out when they drop in.. praise him or her ..and continue play. The embrace allows them to give into you in their heightened state.. you the alpha..the leader. you really want to build their confidence. And to allow the release of a full bite. Let them tug, not thrash or growl and this is a sign of over-excitability. You want a clean clear TUG...you don't want them to slip into impatience or aggression. Some dogs you can pick off the ground even at a full tug! An embrace isn't a HUG. Holding the dog to you should calm the dog. Your touch , unless you already forgot it was a dog, and the dog is sleeping in your bed, and being petted and praised for just standing there breathing, is a calmative , or should be, your dog should be able to give you the alpha. If it is confronted or has conflict in you touching it, there is your problem number one. Touching a dog is calmative. Embracing is not calmative, it is restrictive and isn't a natural way that a dog uses to show affection or to calm. Now fortunately for the interactions of humans and dogs, canines are masters of social cues, and can learn to accept the primate tendency to cling. Still, a dog that is unhappy in a situation isn't going to be very comfortable if embraced. They are forced to interpret this through genetic conditioning which tells them that you are acting like an insecure leader. An insecure leader isn't safe... a dog would much rather have a clear leader. (this is assuming the dog knows it's you, and it's not just under attack from another source)
