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Being the perfect Pit Bull owner involves understanding your dog and complying with certain breed demands, but it also involves selecting this breed because it fits into your own lifestyle. For example, if you own another dog and you know that your dogs will be unattended for a few hours each day, the Pit Bull may simply be the wrong breed for you. After all, fighting between your Pit Bull and other dogs you may meet on the street is easily discouraged. However, leaving two dogs alone for hours at a time, on a regular basis, with one of the two being a pup with the full knowledge that within a few years their lifestyles will be completely different than it is when they acquire the dog. Pit Bull, may be too much to ask of this breed. We must understand that when all is said and done, the Pit Bull is a fighting dog.

THE WRONG OWNER

The Pit Bull breed is not high on the list of dogs to be recommended for a family expecting children or for a situation in which the dog will be left alone for extended periods of time on a regular basis. Other than that, this is a fine family dog.

For example, if you are a young man who knows that within a few years you will be married and maybe have a child, this would be the wrong time to buy yourself a Pit Bull pup. This is an unfortunately common mistake. Too many young people make the decision to obtain a Pit Bull

If you are a working person or half of a working couple, and you desire a pet that you can leave alone all day, almost every day, a dog of any breed is really the wrong pet for you. There will be other times in your life for a dog, but this would seem not to be the right time.

Even if you are a person who simply hates to take a walk on a regular basis, the Pit Bull will be the wrong breed for you. There are other breeds that can live in such an environment. You would be doing both yourself and the Pit Bull breed a favor if you would select one of those breeds instead.

The perfect owner for a Pit Bull Terrier is one who will return the devotion the dog will provide him. This owner will want the dog primarily for the fantastic companionship it will afford and not for the image it will exude. This owner will enjoy the exercise the breed demands as much as his dog itself will. This owner will understand the reputation by which the breed has become victimized and work to improve it. This owner will be in a position to take on a dog that may be with him for 15 years, without expecting the dog to deal with excessive change in its life. This owner will be one who can provide a very regular routine in all respects.

If properly introduced, socialized and supervised, American Pit Bull Terriers can get along with other family pets.

If you are this person, the Pit Bull may be a better choice from among pure-bred dogs than you may formerly have thought.