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Anyone Have an English Bull Terrier?
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I have been wanting to get a dog for a while. I have had two dogs in the past, both Yorkshire Terriers (gorgeous dogs and great personalities) but another would just remind me too much of my last one and I want to keep the memories, but would still love a dog.
One of my favourite dogs is an English Bull Terrier but I have no experience of them and have heard they can be a handful. Does anyone have one and can they offer advice or confirm just how much of a handful they are?
One of my favourite dogs is an English Bull Terrier but I have no experience of them and have heard they can be a handful. Does anyone have one and can they offer advice or confirm just how much of a handful they are?
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Sometimes they can be a bit headstrong, especially in adolescence, but sounds basic training helps.
If you are used to very small dogs, I'd definitely recommend going and seeing a few EBTs, get a feel for how strong they are
By contrast, as a child someone lived in my nan's neighbourhood who had one and they barked a lot and was rumoured to have bitten someone's arm and locked their jaw so it wouldn't release it! I suspect the owner was more to blame for the animal's temperament, though, and have long since lost my fear of them.
Oddly, my Mum said when she was a kid, bull terriers were always seen as 'iffy' maybe their temperament has been improved over the years. I've never met a 'bad' one IYKWIM.
You can get mini ones too, I've only seen them at Crufts, but they have a reputation as fun little characters.
I was walking our dog a while back and chatting with a couple fellow dog owners , one of them told the story of how his dog had been bitten by a bull terrier and it had locked jaws on his dog's ear and neck area . Anyways as the owner was trying unsuccesfully to force open it's jaws with a stick - a complete stranger , passing by , bent down behind the Bull terrier and burnt it's balls with his cigarette lighter !!!!!!
Not surprisingly it let go instantly .
Incidentally , in the Bull terrier's defence it was the other dog who had started the fight.
EBT are lovely. My friend has a girl who is getting on a bit now. Absolutely gorgeous all white friendly little charmer she is. Her and my staffie love each other.
The only time she gets a bit funny is with a tennis ball, you cant get it off her and have to let her play until she passes out. They have such big wonderful personalities.