The Secret to Pit Bull Puppy Training

Training pit bull puppies to be great family pets takesinstances when the behavior is the same.
more "know how" than most people would expect.BIG mistake!
While Pits are a loving and loyal breed, they still canWe learned that pit bulls learn best in an environment
get out of control if not properly trained. Laura and Iwhere the "alpha leader" of the household conducts
should know, we spent several months trying to getone on one training in a controlled environment on a
our pit bull, "Rocco", to cooperate. We had noregular schedule. Of course, the dog must be old
success until we received expert advice from aenough to pay strict attention for approx. 10 minutes
professional pit bull handler.each session. Generally, this form of training pit bull
The key to training pit bull puppies is to start thepuppies can begin at about 5 months.
training when they are very young. Even at a veryFor training to be effective, a pit bull must get plenty
young age, pit bulls are very responsive to vocalof exercise. If they are restless and have too much
tone and one word commands. In fact, Laura and Ipent up energy, their attention spans suffer. And
learned that you can begin training as early as 8PLEASE, if you want your pit bull puppy training to go
weeks!smoothly, don't isolate your dog. Allow your puppy to
Needless to say, at such a young age, pit bulls havesocialize REGULARLY!
EXTREMELY short attention spans! Nevertheless, firmQuite frankly, Laura and I were on the verge of
commands such as "NO" and "Down" can be appliedputting "Rocco" up for adoption. We made the
from the day you bring your pit bull home. The key ismistake of trying to train him when we didn't know
to be consistent and firm. Don't make the mistake ofwhat we were doing. And, to make matters worse,
being firm in some instances, and not firm in otherwe waited until he was almost an adult to begin.