Pit bull adoption

[Blueface]

Layla.
An adopted female from the Humane Society.
She was found on the street stray, as a puppy.
A wonderful, sweet, great dog.
Not an ounce of meaness.
55 lbs of nothing but gratefulness to be part of the family.

Forgot to mention, friendly to all dogs. Never aggressive. Looks at you wondering why other dogs go nuts when they see her and try to attack her. Gets beaten up by my Maltese and Yorkie and has never retaliated.
It is not the dog. It is the people that own the dog that make it what it is. I truly believe that with Layla.

anyone have any tips for crating. he still is randomly pissing and craping in the house but maybe once a day.

What do you want to know?

the easiest way for him to get his leash when he needs to go outside.

[Blueface]

There is no easy way.
It takes time.
After a while, they tell you when they want to go.
They will give you that look or scratch on the door or get you the leash.
Just have to dedicate time to housebreaking him.
The crate is something most of them won't do it in if they learn to identify it as home.
Some are hard headed as my Maltese was and crapped in it out of spite I bet.
When Layla came over to my house, my daughter had her for about a year prior. I had to train her. Fortunately, she learned fast.

Good luck.
Meant to mention earlier that your pup is beautiful.

[Blueface]

Oh....
Forgot.....

Please don't consider cropping the ears.
I did that to a Dobie many, many years ago and it was not nice to see.
As I grew older, I imagined what it would be like if my mom and dad cut my ears off.
As you can see, Layla has hers and looks great.
It sounds to me like you want a friend and not a Pit in the traditional sense owners want them.
I truly think keeping them as they are allows them to show their "kind" face and be loved by all.
Layla is the joy of the neighborhood.
I have to take her leash off and let her run with the neighbor's dogs and with the kids around the house.
She plays ball with all of them.
I rather have that than a mean dog that can bite someone and perpetuate a bad rap they have.

[Mustang1]

Pits are fantastic dogs. One adopted me just this past winter.
He was shivering in the February cold so hard I could have sworn I heard his bones rattle. This is him the night I brought him home. We washed him and gave him a blanket, he just slept and slept. We named him Stanley. He's the most greatful dog I have ever had. I have three other dogs, a dobie, another pit mix and a Jack Russel. The dobie is the only one we actually bought.

Originally Posted by barbourjay

anyone have any tips for crating. he still is randomly pissing and craping in the house but maybe once a day.

I got my pit mix from the Humane society and they said that dogs that come from there take longer to crate train. I guess because they use the restroom in/on the floor at the humane society.

Originally Posted by Tombstone

I got my pit mix from the Humane society and they said that dogs that come from there take longer to crate train. I guess because they use the restroom in/on the floor at the humane society.

i read that also. it's because they are basically forced to do so. i just hope he passes this phase quickly. it's kinda funny because he walks up right in front of me, doesn't make a sound and poops or pisses. i just take him out as soon as it happens. at night he stays in the crate with it next to the bed. he does get kind of upset that we don't let him up there.