my two dogs

Question
   Hello my name is Mario.I have a 13 month shar-pei he's a very lay back dog love's to go for walks.Very playful with the kids.Resently I purchase a 8 week pit bull.My question is would the pit bull be as nice as my shar pei, would they get along well? My only concern are my kids i don't want nothing happening too them. Well hope you could answer my question.

Answer
Hi Mario;
That all depends on how ou train your dog, and how you treat him.
Pit Bulls ar NOT devils in dog form.
Some of them are very vicious because their owners TEACH them to be or because they belong to idiots tghat mistreat their animals and have no idea of how to raise and animal, children or anything else, and should NOT be allowed to raise anything.
We have had Pit Bulls in my neighborhood, and I have known many Pit Bulls,
My next door neighbor had one that was a killer, because the owner was a fool that mistreated him, and had a pit bull because he had been a bully all his life ( I knew him as a child), and wanted a mean bully dog.
A Chihuahua would have been a killer under this idiot's control.
My neighbor across the street has a pit bull that would come across the street and scratch on my front door to be let into the back yard to romp with my 4 small( i\at the time) dogs.
They would have a good romp for a couple of hours.
He also came outside to sit on the sidewalk everyday when it was time for the neighborhood school children to come home from school, because as they came up our block, he got lots of cuddles and pets from them.
Now he was more closely a TRUE Pit Bull personality.
Bad dogs are MADE, NOT born!!!!!
Your dog may tryo to dominate, but it will not be because it is a pit bull, it will be because it is natural for them to try to become the alpha.
YOU have to show then that YOU are the alpha (, boss, daddy)
Dogs need family structure just like humans do, that is why they make such perfect pets for humans, because we are so much alike.
They need a mom and dad, and brioothers and sisters etc.
Someone in the family has to lead. The alpha is the one who makes the rules, and all the little kids follow them.
Train them both with love and showing them how you want them to behave.
Treat them with respect, just like you teach them to respect everyone else in the home. Be kind and loving.
In other words, keep doing what you are doing now.
If you were not a kind and loving person, your Shar-Pei would NOt be such a laid back dog.
Do you know that in the last few years, studies have been completed that proove that children that live with pets in the house, especially before the age of 1 year old, grow up with fewer allergies than children who do not live with pets in the home?
Children who sleep with their animal in bed with them have even fewer helth problems., generally.
My children always slept with their pet ( some had a cat, some had a dog, but each of the 4 had their own pet).
We had no problems. Had cats and dogs together, different breeds, that all got along great.
My kids never had a blanket or stuffed toy that had to slep with. They had a warm, living beddy boo. Never had monsters in the closets etc.
Pets give a child security even the parents can't give.
Children learn more from animals than they do from their parents or in school.
They learn kindness, respect for others, and trust, much better from animals.
Will Rogers said" Three things a boy learns from a dog.
Trust, loyalty, and to turn around three times before laying down. LOL
Charlotte