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Baxter Tiberius
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Hi all -
Wanted to get some input. I transitioned Baxter off a harness because it encourages him to pull. They love pushing forward with their powerful chests. But the only alternative is something that puts pressure on the wind pipe, which I have intentionally avoided for 12 months. Still. The pulling has gotten worse and worse. And if you know English Bulldogs they don't give a rats *** if you tell them "No". He sees other dogs and he forgets anything else exists.
So I switched to a regular leather collar. But tonight he began pulling again when a dog walked up to him. He just HAD to shove his face into the dogs crotch, as usual, and devour his penis ... like he always does. I have grown so tired of the behavior but nothing any human being does stops him from doing this. He pulls, and pulls. But this time, the collar was on him. And he could not breath. I was trying to pull him back gently and say "No!" but the other owner was laughing and giggling and saying "Its fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine". No its not. Pitbulls have attacked him for this kind of rude / inappropriately forward behavior. I dont like him doing it.
But he kept pulling, and choking, and wheezing and pulling. Strangling himself half to death. I finally reached down and pulled him away with all my strength. To get him to stop. I felt embarasssed to scold him in public with an angry voice, so I just suppressed him from lunging forward any more and told him NO! He looked up at me and .... it scared the crap out of me. His eyes were literally blood red. The whole thing except the whites. Blood everywhere. He was strangling himself to death - just so he could lick another weiner??? Hurting himself and dangerously unable to breath.
But true english bulldog form - they will do irrational ridiculous things that harm even themselves, because of their stubbornness / lack of thinking / or both. He sputtered, choked and spit out saliva the whole walk home. Gasping for air. He knew he was in trouble, but mostly because i was afraid he was going to kll himself.
Experiences like this with Baxter are fairly common, where I have this very intense emotion of both anger and concern for him at the same time. I guess its being a parent. But its very traumatic for me to deal with honestly. Seeing how stupid they can be sometimes, and how out of control, ... its like they lock on something and even if they die they will try to get to it ... Something I will never understand about this breed. I've seen it from many other english bulldogs I've met too. And heard stories from the owners.
Any thoughts?
Wanted to get some input. I transitioned Baxter off a harness because it encourages him to pull. They love pushing forward with their powerful chests. But the only alternative is something that puts pressure on the wind pipe, which I have intentionally avoided for 12 months. Still. The pulling has gotten worse and worse. And if you know English Bulldogs they don't give a rats *** if you tell them "No". He sees other dogs and he forgets anything else exists.
So I switched to a regular leather collar. But tonight he began pulling again when a dog walked up to him. He just HAD to shove his face into the dogs crotch, as usual, and devour his penis ... like he always does. I have grown so tired of the behavior but nothing any human being does stops him from doing this. He pulls, and pulls. But this time, the collar was on him. And he could not breath. I was trying to pull him back gently and say "No!" but the other owner was laughing and giggling and saying "Its fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine". No its not. Pitbulls have attacked him for this kind of rude / inappropriately forward behavior. I dont like him doing it.
But he kept pulling, and choking, and wheezing and pulling. Strangling himself half to death. I finally reached down and pulled him away with all my strength. To get him to stop. I felt embarasssed to scold him in public with an angry voice, so I just suppressed him from lunging forward any more and told him NO! He looked up at me and .... it scared the crap out of me. His eyes were literally blood red. The whole thing except the whites. Blood everywhere. He was strangling himself to death - just so he could lick another weiner??? Hurting himself and dangerously unable to breath.
But true english bulldog form - they will do irrational ridiculous things that harm even themselves, because of their stubbornness / lack of thinking / or both. He sputtered, choked and spit out saliva the whole walk home. Gasping for air. He knew he was in trouble, but mostly because i was afraid he was going to kll himself.
Experiences like this with Baxter are fairly common, where I have this very intense emotion of both anger and concern for him at the same time. I guess its being a parent. But its very traumatic for me to deal with honestly. Seeing how stupid they can be sometimes, and how out of control, ... its like they lock on something and even if they die they will try to get to it ... Something I will never understand about this breed. I've seen it from many other english bulldogs I've met too. And heard stories from the owners.
Any thoughts?