Pitbulls Used to Be Considered the Perfect "Nanny Dogs" for Children --

[Honeycombe8]

151. Mine, too. And that's what I've read. But I have a dog...

a rescue dog that I found when she was 6 mos. old. She has this aggressive thing she did from the start - well, as soon as she bonded with me and realized she would be with me - which is that, if a stranger looks at her in her eyes, and esp walks toward her, and esp if I'm with her, she growls at them. It's a low growl. If they keep advancing, she'll recede, and maybe hide behind my legs.

I have put her in obedience school, I have personally worked with her extensively, I've read books and watched all the Caesar shows I can. I've done everything I can think of. She is better, but she will still do that.

I can't see that I am doing anything wrong, and I certainly didn't cause it. She did it from the start.

I've concluded that dogs have their own nature, and she is just naturally afraid of strangers and feels threatened if they look in her eyes. That's just the way she is. She doesn't do that when I'm not around.

She also hates the vet and will growl at him. So he muzzles her to examine her. She was that way from the start.

I've had many dogs. She is the only one who has ever been this way. I can't see that I'm doing anything wrong or failing to do something.

Each dog has a personality and will do what it is wired to do, is what I think. I've managed to control her issue, and she has gotten better. But she will always be this way.