Advice about a pitbull.. please?

my neighbor bought an 8 month old pitbull, and he really is the cutest thing. the problem is i have a yorkie who is very terriotorial, and this pitbull is jumping over our 4 1/2ft fence that divides the yards. My dog tried to bite him and the pitbulls master came over and spanked him with her shoe. It happend several times after that to the point where the dog was in my house. Yet again the poor pitbull was beat instead of getting him a leash or training him. Her response was you have to beat the pitbulls to get the meaness out of him!! what!! is that right?? i said no way that will make him more aggressive!! and he isnt even mean he just wants to play! i asked them where is the leash and she said he ate it!! oh my god! they are looking at me like im crazy! he is in MY yard and could eat MY dog!! im very close to calling the cops. i dont know what to do... i feel like beating her. advice please??Advice about a pitbull.. please?
No it is not right. She is going to end up with a mean, uncontrollable dog. Then the breed will be blamed instead of the abusive training technics. These dogs need a firm, not mean, trainer. They need an experienced trainer, not some idiot that hits dogs. Sorry, but stuff like this really gets me angry. Find out who to report her to in your area before she ruins a good dog!Advice about a pitbull.. please?
Beating a dog with a shoe will NOT ';get the meanness out of them';. This woman is a moron and doesn't deserve to own this dog.





You have every right to call Animal Control since the dog keeps coming into your yard (and especially your house). You should also mention that the owner is beating the dog -- perhaps they will refuse to give it back.
Report them to animal control next time the dog is in your yard. Pets must be contained, or it's against the law. You can also report the poor treatment at the same time, but chances are, the only thing you can really hope to do is have the dog collected for being out of it's yard.
Dont EVER EVER EVER hit or beat ur dog!! That is how u get them meaner and if u go to far they can be scarred for life...what i would do is tell the pit bull owner to get a bigger leash, one that allows the puppy to run oround but NOT into ur yard. Tell the owner to train the puppy, or u can call the cops 4 animal abuse.


Hope it works out :)
You need to call your local animal control people and the police! What she is doing is almost guaranteed to make that dog into a very dangerous animal! Until this is settled -- and I think her dog needs a new home NOW -- keep your dog inside when the neighbor dog is outside.
No. That is animal abuse. She should NOT be hitting her dog. Please call the animal police.





It is because of people like her, that pit bulls get their bad rep.





please call! Best of luck!
The beating will cause the dog to become mean, particularly around people.





Call the police and the humane society, both.
You can report them but try talking to them first, if it doesn't work call Animal Control and let them talk some sense into them.
A pit or any dog should NEVER be beaten withanything but a hand. and even then not too much. The best way to stop a bad behavior with any dog is deprivation. tie them up with food and water and ignore them when they are naughty. reward them heavily for good behavior. This is reinforcement training. Your neib is going to get bitten by this dog sooner or later. a pit will eventually get enough abuse and turn on his owner. Like any dog a simple NO! usually suffices. beating the dog will make it more aggressive. Unfortunatly its the dog that will pay, usually by getting hauled off and put down when it is the owner that should be hauled off and put down!.. Pits need to be put on a chain. no ordinary chain will do, it has to be bottle chain, the hardware store knows what that is. its 10 times stronger than normal link chain... You do need to report this person if they won't listen to reason. There's a book that really helped me with my pit. its called ';NO BAD DOGS'; there are no bad dogs, there are bad owners. you have a bad owner. he needs to be schooled before some thing heinous happens.
Its absolutely time to call animal control on that psycho unless you want to let it continue to the point that the dog is mistrustful of all human beings, and whenever it comes into contact with one turns defensive.





There are no 'meanness' in dogs. Thats like beating the flowers out of the sun- nonexistent and damn near impossible.





Call animal control, tell them that you fear this dog is being seriously abused INSIDE the home as well as outside. Tell them that you've witnessed the owner beating the dog on several separate occasions, and that you've tried talking to this person but its escalated to the point that you fear for the dog.





THIS is why so many dogs bite people. Ugh.