My dad is not educated with dogs and is planning to buy from a BYB?
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Long story short I really don’t want to go in detail, my dad is getting a dog for all thr wrong reasons. He has a food business and stocks some of the business things in our house, he feels that our 3 dogs would not be enough to keep intruders away. He got triggered off into getting a dog when our neighbor that lives across the street got robbed about 2 1/2 weeks ago. First off who would try to rob from a house with 3 dogs? Not me. Also he is planning to buy from a BYB, these people don’t even know the breed of their dog for goodness sakes! They just call them “pitbulls” and they are American Staffordshire terriers, and they just recently gave one of their puppies away to a family 3 days ago, because the mother pushed it away and does not let it nurse, and guess how old it is? 4 weeks, they are only 4 weeks right now. They clearly don’t know about dogs. Not suppose to leave their mother until at least 8 weeks minimum.
My dad does not help me with the 3 dogs we have now, between school (I am homeschooled), my job, and traning my dogs, cleaning their area, taking them out he doesn’t do squat. He doesn’t even take them for walks. This new dog would just be another responsibility for me, and I don’t want it, and he’s being hardheaded and saying “it’s not about what you want” and also it wouldt be fair to the puppy, with my dads business he is gone a lot. Any way to top that off my rescued male dog from the streets is dog aggressve, and I have a 99% feeling he will NOT accept a new puppy.
So my dad doesn’t do anything for the dogs we have
I pay for the majority of the vet bills, and dog food because its my responsibility WTF? He doesnt even let me claim the dogs they are his.
He’s planning from buying froma byb, and he doesn’t think they are bad, and he thinks “red nose pits” is a breed.
How do I convince him not too? I dont want the extra responsibility, i know for a fct he will not take care of it, I know his ways.
Help!
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Answer by ČĤĨĞĨŔĹ
I don’t know how to help, sounds like you already tried telling him. He is an adult & he IS free to do as he pleases in this situation.
Tell him to get an alarm system & gun instead.
Tell him that a dog not properly trained for protection no matter where it is from, will only be a law suit waiting to happen.
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Well, first off, if you’ve tried to tell him – try showing him some things on the Internet. Like pull up AKC.org and show him how pit bulls are not on the Breed list. Get on the HSUS website and check out the flyer they have on BYBs and show your dad.
Try to get your Dad to a local shelter or the vet and have them explain why BYB dogs are a crap shoot when it comes to the health of a dog. Have the vet also educate your dad on dog aggression and how it will be dangerous for the puppy who will irritate your dogs by wanting to play all of time.
Get your Mom involved. Have her help you – you cannot convince him on your own.
Bully breed dogs are not guard dogs.
Taken from the UKC APBT standard:
The APBT is not the best choice for a guard dog since they are extremely friendly, even with strangers. Aggressive behavior toward humans is uncharacteristic of the breed and highly undesirable.
http://www.ukcdogs.com/WebSite.nsf/Breeds/AmericanPitBullTerrierRevisedNovember12008
Aside from the fact a guard/protection dog without training is just a pet you hope will do the job.
If not registered as AmStaffs,I highly doubt they are as they are far less common than APBT’s.Either way the general temperament is the same and the AmStaff is likely a little softer.
You seem to know the difference between reputable and byb’s so keep feeding him that info in the hopes that he gets.
ugh i know how you feel. my dad bought roosters and he didn’t do crap. me and my mom did everything.
lol i would call the cops on those BYBs cuz you could get in trouble for selling puppies that young.
you should have a real convo with your dad. if he doesn’t listen, tell him it’s extremely important. tell him how hard it is to take care of THREE dogs all by yourself. tell him that you don’t have the time to care for another dog. tell him everything. (tears will help lol). also, if he still doesn’t listen, SHOW him how hard it is.
he sounds like a pretty strict person and its hard to get him to listen. but if you let him see that what you need to say is important then im sure he’ll sit down and listen. id give him a dog pamphlet too. if he doesn’t take read it, keep leaving it in his room or something until he reads it.
haha or id get victoria stilwell….she will def put your dad right.
Tell him that pits are not commonly used as “professional’ guard dogs. I.E. They are trained by a dog trainer for that purpose. More common dogs are Rotties and GSDs. Tell him that unless he has a trained guard dog, a crook can open the gate and let the dogs out and rob him. Then the dogs will be out and possibly bite someone putting him at risk for a lawsuit. Maybe contact a policeman for assistance in this issue. Your dad is a good example of why millions of dogs are killed each year.
Good Luck
tell him how much extra its gonna cost in vet bills from buying from a byb. my mum bought a chihuahua for 600 aus dollars and it has cost her over 2000 dollars on vet bills for two laxating patellas,in one year.
plus amstaffs are not guard dogs what so ever, they have a temperment like a retriever