another aggression situtaion

[luvmypitt]

Our youngest pitt is almost 3 years old.
Even thou we our working on his animal aggression he is now starting to show human agression towards not only to a limited few people but its now against me.I am a loving mama who gives him alot of attention.
One of the things i need to really know is neutering him now will it help majorly?

[RealPitBull]

Neutering may help a little bit, but it won't cure him. Under what circumstances is he acting aggressive?

[AmyJo27]

I would defintly neuter him(personally). also, is he getting daily exercise. When I skip out on exercising my 2 APBT's they both get kind of aggressive to each other and if I would skip out to long I am sure that aggression would be directed to me! For my dogs exercise is the Key to happiness! Hope this helps!

[RealPitBull]

ladypitbull27 said:

I would defintly neuter him(personally). also, is he getting daily exercise. When I skip out on exercising my 2 APBT's they both get kind of aggressive to each other and if I would skip out to long I am sure that aggression would be directed to me! For my dogs exercise is the Key to happiness! Hope this helps!

Lack of exercise is a HUGE problem and can compound already existing aggression problems.

Two VERY important points, however -

1) Interdog aggression commonly occurs in this breed and is not consider a fault, per se. It is a tendency that can be curtailed with proper management. Lack of exercise can certainly contribute to squabbles in the home between two dogs - a tired dog is less likely to be wired and hair-triggered, and hence less likely to get into trouble.

2) Aggression directed at humans (i.e. human aggression) is a serious fault in this breed. If you believe your dogs will become aggressive towards you due to lack of exercise, that concerns me.

Reiteration of My Point: Lack of exercise does NOT CAUSE AGGRESSION. It can, however contribute to an already existing aggression problem.

[luvmypitt]

It is strange.Sometimes he will be laying with me,he sleeps on my legs,and i go to pet him and he growls.Or most of the time when we first come home from being away he growls and runs from me while looking at me from the corner of his eye.He will go to my boyfriend.
Its like its ok to pet him on his time.My boyfriend takes him outside everyday and plays with him.He even takes him to a park and lets him run.
I dont know what to do.His aggression toward other dogs is the male thing cause its only towards other males.I believe nueturing will help that a bit.We wanted to breed him once first but that was when he was a real sweet dog.

[RealPitBull]

luvmypitt said:

It is strange.Sometimes he will be laying with me,he sleeps on my legs,and i go to pet him and he growls.Or most of the time when we first come home from being away he growls and runs from me while looking at me from the corner of his eye.He will go to my boyfriend.
Its like its ok to pet him on his time.My boyfriend takes him outside everyday and plays with him.He even takes him to a park and lets him run.
I dont know what to do.His aggression toward other dogs is the male thing cause its only towards other males.I believe nueturing will help that a bit.We wanted to breed him once first but that was when he was a real sweet dog.

If he growls when he's lying on you, I'd stop letting him lie on you.

The other situation you mentioned, where the dog growls at you when you first come home, can be any number of things.

I would strongly suggest you think about bringing a behaviorist/trainer into the home who could help you by evaluating the dog and working one on one with you and your boyfriend.

I would also very strongly suggest neutering him. Now.