Pit and Dachshund

[Jamie-n-Heith]

I had 3 pit bulls and a little toy poodle and the poodle ran the show!!!

[Jay_Bunny]

Thanks for all the replies. Actually I have done a lot of reading and research about pits. My husband and I did a lot of research on different dog breeds including Pits, Dobermans, Poodles, and Rottweilers. According to a lot of books I read, Pits were first and foremost bred for boar and bear baiting. Then dog fighting became popular and pits were one of the breeds used for dog fighting. So, yes they were bred for fighting at some point in history. I am not saying they are SUPPOSED to be bred for that, but they were and still are.

We are going to introduce them slowly and at least until we know how they will act around each other, Bailey will be confined to our room while we are out of the house. Or at least confined to the upstairs. (baby gates are our friend)

[ed4281]

I had a daschund and a pit together for 10 years and have never had any issues good luck to you and I hope you enjoy them

[Jay_Bunny]

Well I just got a nice pic taken of Bailey tonight so I'll upload it when I can. I'll get pictures of the other dogs the next time we go over.

[joepythons]

Well I just got a nice pic taken of Bailey tonight so I'll upload it when I can. I'll get pictures of the other dogs the next time we go over.

Sure tease us and make us wait

[Jay_Bunny]

Well I couldn't upload it last night because its part of my husband's Christmas present. I'm putting together a photo frame wheel of our animals so he can put it on his desk at work. He keeps saying he wants pics of our kids at work so I had my sister come over and take pictures of the dog, cats, and ferrets. (I consider the snakes my kids, but he doesn't really)

[joepythons]

Well I couldn't upload it last night because its part of my husband's Christmas present. I'm putting together a photo frame wheel of our animals so he can put it on his desk at work. He keeps saying he wants pics of our kids at work so I had my sister come over and take pictures of the dog, cats, and ferrets. (I consider the snakes my kids, but he doesn't really)

Ok i will let it slide this time .Thats cool

[Repfanaticlady28]

If the Pit is trained properly (regardless of its history) and as long as it doesn't have a high prey drive they'll do fine. Introduce the Pit to small dogs and see how he does. If he's still a pup it's easy to train him how to act around smaller dogs as long as he doesn't start out by acting aggressively. Even then, it'll be harder to train him, but still not impossible. As somebody stated before, they should not be left together unsupervised. When I leave my house my Dachshund and German Shepherd mix go in their crates (because they're crate trained and like their crates) and my Pit stays in the living room. I do this because I've been told by many Pit savvy people to do it and because I've had experience with keeping dogs (non-Pit mother and daughter) together unsupervised for 5 years without a single problem and out of nowhere they got in a HUGE fight. The mother lost an eye and part of her ear. I still to this day have no idea what set them off because I wasn't there. I will never leave dogs together unsupervised again. Better safe than sorry. Here's some happy pics to get back on topic.
This is my Dachshund using my Pit to get a leg up onto the log. The Pit just sat there without a care in the world.


Also, some background with my situation. I adopted my Pit in December 08. She was 2 years old. She had a little bit of a prey drive, so I worked with her (since I have cats), took her to obedience training, and praised the heck out of her when she avoided the cats.

A month later I wanted to adopt a puppy, but didn't know how she'd be, so I introduced her to puppies and small dogs. She played rough with them, so I had to work with her again on that. I did adopt the puppy, but he stayed with my neighbors until I could get Lady to play more gently with him. It took 2 months before I could move him into my house.

In June I was offered a Dachshund for free. I've wanted a Dachshund for many years. Just didn't want to buy from a breeder and was never able to find the right time. I met the owner at a tennis court that wasn't being used and introduced the dogs on leash. Lady did great, so we went back to our house and introduced them again on leash. No problems at all. Took the leashes off and they were fine, so now I have my Pit Bull, German Shepherd mix, and Dachshund. Not a single tiff, much less fight to speak of, BUT if there is I will be ready and I will know what caused it because I will be there. Anyway, good luck and have a happy New Year!

[FrostFell]

Kind of coming late to this

Iv owned, bred, raised, shown, and trained pits for nearly half my life.

To put it in plain simple terms. If you are going to be out of line of sight of them, take one with, take both with, or crate them both. Period. You could be fine. You could not be fine. Doesn't matter. All it takes is one second when you are not there and you have a dead doxie that can never ever be replaced.

Don't take that chance.