Videos
This page bears witness to the normal behaviors of very ordinary pit bulls. These dogs may never make it into news media like bad dogs (or extremely good dogs) do, but they've been set afloat in the stream of social media so that, hopefully, they can counter the devil-dog stereotype that pervades our society.
Give a pit bull to a responsible owner and this is what you get: a dog, doing dog things.
Dozer's Day
An overview of Dozer's typical day: sleeping, playing, and doing tricks.
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Dozer Brings In the Groceries
Dozer loves to pick things up for me, so I thought he might come in handy when it's time to carry the groceries into the kitchen.
Unfortunately, he really has no idea why I'm asking him to pick up all these bags!
Don't worry, Dozer, I love you for your enthusiasm, not your grace.
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Dozer Closes Cabinets and Drawers
This is a quick and easy trick to teach a dog that knows how to "target" an object. I had Dozer shutting up my kitchen within thirty minutes.
Targeting means the dog touches (with nose or paw, usually) a specific object. In this video Dozer targets my hand with his nose. He can also target a plastic lid, something we learned in agility classes, because this is how many dogs are trained to touch specific zones on agility obstacles (but I couldn't find the lid for this video and my palm was faster).
Toward the end of the video, I teach Dozer to close a new door and the fridge door as well, so you can see how targeting works.
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Dozer Puts His Toys in the Toy Box
Though he needs a lot of chained commands ("pick it up" and "in the box" over and over) to get the job done, Dozer can and does put his toys away.
This is a fun game for us to play while getting a chore done at the same time. Dozer loves the whole process, from finding each toy to getting a treat at the end.
And I love the fact that I can then walk through the house without tripping over dog toys. At least for a short while.
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