Cesar M. has a yorkie!!

[Lula-Mae Famous]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Im so over defending how I feel. And for your information I do stay inside and at home a lot/most of the time due to my "irrational" fears. I dont hate anything or anyone I was raised not to. But "the person down the street with the pit" would effect me and the women that is down the street was walking with her pit one day and we where leaving with Callie and she goes my dog is not friendly so keep her away and if that dog got out not being friendly she might attack a dog or a person.

I can see this has been a topic that has frustrated you. I can completely understand that it would be hard to ignore your fears. My post was not directed solely at you and you were by no means one of the people that frustrated me with their behavior twords other members. We have been involved in conversations before and I have no hesitation in saying I think you are a sweet person.

I didn’t at any point think my post would cause an epiphany to those it was directed at.


Love,
I was attacked by a Doberman as a child. My mother was attacked by this same Doberman. I am not afraid of Dobermans or large dogs but there are dogs that I am cautious around, not due to breed or size but based on the dogs temperament.
I am also cautious around people. While walking around in bad areas of Puerto Rico I defiantly looked over my shoulder a few times. Am I afraid of Puerto Ricans? Not at all, but I am cautious in areas I don’t know at night just as I am cautious around dogs I don’t know. Just as people, I don’t trust just any dog right off the bat but I’ll give them a shot. Lula now has more doggie friends than I could count. With each new dog she meets, she learns. There are certain things I can’t teach her. She looks to other dogs for that.

My best friend is a “personal protection” dog trainer. She works mostly with Alapaha Blue Blooded Bulldogs. They are very sweet cuddle bugs. Blue is her largest dog. If you are sitting on the floor Indian style he will back up and sit in your lap to be pet. He is very sweet. I love to walk him but while on our walks if a person asks to pet him I will say “I’m sorry, he is not very friendly”. It’s not because is isn’t very friendly it’s because he is not my dog, I do not know him as well as his owner and if something happened (god forbid) I don’t want to be the person on the other side of the leash. Do these dogs play well with mine? Yes! They love my little girl, In fact I think one of her dogs thinks mine is one of her puppies as she had a litter around the same time as my little girl was introduced.

I do something similar when walking my 3 pound Lula. Little sticky-fingered- children will run over and ask to pet “my puppy”. It sounds something like this; “OMG! CAN I PET YOUR PUPPY EEEEEK, ITS SO CUTE!!!!!!”. Sometimes I will say “I’m sorry, she bites”. She doesn’t bite, but sometimes I don’t want to deal with someone’s bratty kid.
There have been too many occasions where I have cringed while watching some brat man-handle my dog or reach down and pick her up… my 3 pound squirmy dog… over pavement… *sigh*. Sometimes I just want to have a nice peaceful walk with my little girl.
I will always stop for one of my neighbors kids, she is very gentle and sweet.
All kids are different.

I must admit that I am happy this woman knows her dog enough to tell you not come near with yours. The dog that lives across the street from us is not friendly so when Lula and I are on our walk, one of us will cross the street if of the same side. This doesn’t give me a general distrust for schnauzers, in fact Lula made friends with one yesterday at the dog spa.
Just as People, each dog is different.

I don’t worry about my neighbor’s dog getting loose. I worry more about mine getting lose… and getting lost.
I am not fearless, but I try to live life with open eyes, an open mind and an open heart.
Its OK to not trust a dog right away, just please don’t rule them out before you get to know them.

[JohnnieWalker]

Originally Posted by LilMissy

I worship the ground Cesar walks on, and I'm not afraid to admit it.

If anyone could have a pitbull around children (or a yorkie), it would be Cesar. His pitbull "Daddy" is the best You really can't ban the breed ...

"One of Daddy’s remarkable traits is his extreme tolerance for smaller dogs. He allows them to do whatever they want to him"
Daddy | Cesar Millan

I totally, 100% agree with you! Cesar gets a huge from me anytime!
And I don't believe that all pit bulls are man eaters (or yorkie eaters for that matter). Cesar will be the first to admit, when a case is a lost cause. He doesn't claim to be able to fix all issues that may come up, but I would trust him with any of my dogs in a heartbeat. His pit bull "Daddy" is a sweet heart and I would not flinch, having him around my yorkies. Hail Cesar!

[greyacresmom]

I am sorry if I made you fell that I was PERSONALLY attacking you. I was not. I have been thru this so many time. I was not able to get a Yorkie because of my Greyhounds. So when a blanket statement is made, I get so mad..

I just wish that in the beginning, if you had just said, " I can't agree with with him having pitts with a yorkie and his family, because in my family............ happened." Ya know what I mean? I have no problem with YOU having fears, it is those that have fears and then try to make everyone else have fears.

Merry Christmas!!!!!

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by greyacresmom

I am sorry if I made you fell that I was PERSONALLY attacking you. I was not. I have been thru this so many time. I was not able to get a Yorkie because of my Greyhounds. So when a blanket statement is made, I get so mad..

I just wish that in the beginning, if you had just said, " I can't agree with with him having pitts with a yorkie and his family, because in my family............ happened." Ya know what I mean? I have no problem with YOU having fears, it is those that have fears and then try to make everyone else have fears.

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Merry Christmas to you too and your yorkie and greyhounds

[nana911]

the adorable dog 'Petey' on the old show the Little Rascals was a PitBull. I'm not real crazy about the breed. It does seem to be in the forefront of the news.. The bad news. My unscientific theory is that the very real scientific term 'predator drift' is for some reason triggered quicker in pitbulls then in other breeds, perhaps because so many of the ones being currently marketed and rescued are genetically linked to the recently bred fighters.

My largest dog is the sweetest 80lb rescue you'd ever want to meet. Using a lot of Cesar's and Victoria's methods he has been trained and is responsible and by nature submissive, not an alpha bone in his body. He is part lab, border collie, newf and god knows what else. Lets the other dogs crawl all over him. Anyway, on a camping trip while out in the backyard our friends mini dachsund was running and Bear was playfully giving chase when suddenly their dog made an odd movement in the brush and our other friend's fox terrier went after the mini and Bear in the blink of an eye changed. I caught it, no one else did. He became a predator. For a split second, the mini was prey. I screamed his name and was able to snap him out of it, but it scared me to death. He was going after that little dog with the intent to kill, like it was a rabbit or squirrel. That was when I came home and started to research and discovered 'predator drift'.

I have always from day one kept my yorkie girls penned up whenever we are not home or they are not supervised. Now I know why...LOL I would never want Bear or myself to live with the aftermath of a split second instinctual mistake that could have been prevented. Even when I nap, my DH takes Bear down to the basement with him to his 'workshop' rather than leave him unsupervised with the girls if I'm not watching, it's just the way it is.

I just think that, perhaps with some, not all pits, that 'drift' process is just closer to the surface. With a good owner it may never surface, with a bad owner, all bets are off.... JMHO