English Bull Terrier
Discussion
ADogg said:
A bit of a thread resurrection but we picked up our Bully pup on December 28th at 8 weeks old. He's called Arthor - he's got "God of Thunder" in his family tree!
He's fabulous, farts like a trooper, is crate trained, seems to know his name, and gets on with our 2 Jack Russells and most importantly our 2 year old son!
Great pics. I loved it when ours was a pup, that look of her skin being too big for her, we wanted her to stay that way forever! He's fabulous, farts like a trooper, is crate trained, seems to know his name, and gets on with our 2 Jack Russells and most importantly our 2 year old son!
Yes he is full size, his mum was on the smaller end of the scale at around 23kg, but his dad was pretty big!
He's such fun, but my goodness does he fart...
Here is a pic of him sitting on command with our other two pups:
And the reason we wanted a Bully - for our son
He's such fun, but my goodness does he fart...
Here is a pic of him sitting on command with our other two pups:
And the reason we wanted a Bully - for our son
Edited by ADogg on Monday 9th January 21:04
Was wondering if someone could offer some help? Arthor is generally great - fine with other dogs, good recall, good at sitting etc. But, he is terrible at walking on the lead (initially). Once he gets into his stride he's generally OK, but getting into his stide usually only happens when a dog overtakes us or an occasional passers-by!
He’s 14 weeks old now!
He’s 14 weeks old now!
Edited by ADogg on Thursday 9th February 23:21
because English Bull Terrier.
initial excitement with these means they are known for pulling when you leave the house but, as you said, settle down after a few mins.
he's only a baby in EBT terms - dont worry, he'll ramp up the energy over the coming months. Lou does the same at 3 - shes so excited to go out she pulls but settles quickly.
its a trait you will see written about all over the place. "heel" training will help but unfortunately, youve picked a breed that is mental.
initial excitement with these means they are known for pulling when you leave the house but, as you said, settle down after a few mins.
he's only a baby in EBT terms - dont worry, he'll ramp up the energy over the coming months. Lou does the same at 3 - shes so excited to go out she pulls but settles quickly.
its a trait you will see written about all over the place. "heel" training will help but unfortunately, youve picked a breed that is mental.
ADogg said:
Was wondering if someone could offer some help? Arthor is generally great - fine with other dogs, good recall, good at sitting etc. But, he is terrible at walking on the lead (initially). Once he gets into his stride he's generally OK, but getting into his stide usually only happens when a dog overtakes us or an occasional passers-by!
He’s 14 weeks old now!
I'm going back 30 years to when we had ours as a pup, but I think she took until she was about 9-12 months to settle. Up till then walking was just a bit of a random activity - sometimes she'd be well up for it and walk really well on the lead, other times she would literally dig her paws in on the driveway and refuse to go anywhere, I remember it being quite comedy to watch. She settled down though, and became a really good walker on the lead. He’s 14 weeks old now!
Only problem we really had was walking off the lead, the local parkland had cows roaming free in it, and with cows come cowpats. Our Bully would sniff them out, roll in them and sometimes try to eat them!! Delightful to deal with - especially as she hated having a bath so it was always a case of one person holding her on the lead with it held vertical whilst the other chucked a bucket of water over her, after which she'd go apes
t for five minutes, into a bit of a huff, then come back wanting a cuddle and to be dried off! Great memories, but yeah, as said above, totally mental in a good way! 
ADogg said:
And the reason we wanted a Bully - for our son
Love this pic, we've got a 2yo son and not likely to have any other kids, wife is worried our boy will be lonely growing up.I'm not so worried, but would love an EBT when he's a bit older, this kinda pic might well help my case!
ADogg said:
Was wondering if someone could offer some help? Arthor is generally great - fine with other dogs, good recall, good at sitting etc. But, he is terrible at walking on the lead (initially). Once he gets into his stride he's generally OK, but getting into his stide usually only happens when a dog overtakes us or an occasional passers-by!
He’s 14 weeks old now!
There'd been times with our first Bully, Bernard, when he'd happily go for a walk but would just decide to stop when he'd had enough. I carried him home like a stuffed pig on numerous occasions!He’s 14 weeks old now!
Edited by ADogg on Thursday 9th February 23:21
When we got the boy we took him to puppy training classes.
Really good idea. As long as they know Bullies.
One lesson was meant to be sit, stay, goto treats only when told and only one at a time (5 treats).
So he sat, he waited, he counted, he went to the first on command then went to the rest in a nice straight line. All the other dogs (collies, labs, boxers, usual stuff) did the full routine. But i learnt with him (and most bullies) they do it the once to show they can then dont bother after that.
As for walking, his first week in a new house ended with a week long trip to St Bee's. He ran every where, to the week that he died. Never slowed, never stopped.
Really good idea. As long as they know Bullies.
One lesson was meant to be sit, stay, goto treats only when told and only one at a time (5 treats).
So he sat, he waited, he counted, he went to the first on command then went to the rest in a nice straight line. All the other dogs (collies, labs, boxers, usual stuff) did the full routine. But i learnt with him (and most bullies) they do it the once to show they can then dont bother after that.
As for walking, his first week in a new house ended with a week long trip to St Bee's. He ran every where, to the week that he died. Never slowed, never stopped.
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