Hello all, my name is Mindy and just acquired a 2 year old male American Bulldog yesterday. From the best I can tell this poor fella has been in 6 homes. I know very little about this breed. We do have a 6 year old Old English Sheepdog. He needs some training for sure. So any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
Whatever he is, he is a lovely fellow - and who is the beautiful young lady with him? Oh, and welcome to Breedia from Pereg and from me!
He is a beautiful dog - but what a life he's had poor thing, having had 6 homes already! I don't know much about American bulldogs - my friend's son has one, and all I know is he's extremely good natured, very boisterous, and an expert escape artist! I hope he's settling in well and getting on with your Old English Sheepdog. Welcome from Pepe the Standard Poodle, Bogie the cocker spaniel, and Chico the Chihuahua (and me!)
He's gorgeous might be staffy x boxer or American Bull dog, hope you have lots of fun with him & I would find a local training school, get him some basic training .
Welcome - I love ABs With regards to training, consistency is the key - and a secret weapon for training bull breeds... is usually food
2 years old is generally when AB's reach their maturity level and start to completely fill out. You will want to make sure to associate him with your other dog as much as possible now so as not to run into any long term problems. However much of his learned behavior as far as other dogs go is already learned. If he's been in 6homes it can mean that he's either very well socialized due to the large number of people he's been with or it could mean that he's had some behavioral issues and difficult to keep for some. So whatever the case may be be patient and give him lots of love. They are an awesome breed. I've had 3 american Bulldogs and have a 15 week puppy that I'm raising now. He's the best!!!
also....it's never too old to train a dog. Especially an AB. you'll have to establish dominance early however this needs to be done in a non forceful way. They can seem stubborn but often we mistake intelligence for stubbornness. Treat him right and he'll love us forever. Send some pics!!!
