Dog Behavior towards guest or strangers.

Question
Thank you for your advice it would be really hard to get rid of my dog Pixie. She gets along with other dogs And loves to play with them as well,Ill try the spray bottle method ,thanks again any info you can give in the future will be greatly appreciated....-------------------------
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Please help! I currently have a 9 month old brindle pitt bull,she does not like strangers, common Im sure.Even When I let someone in my house or she seen someone walking down the road , she growls her hair stands up on her back, and she tries to lunge towards them. Shes an inside dog I Work 10 hours a day so shes in her cage a majority of the time, my wife walks her half way thru the day on her lunch break, shes out of the cage when I get home until time for bed . I wanna solve this problem without spending a fortune,Im 26 my wife is 25 we have 2 kids whom she does not show aggression towards, my son is 6 my daughter is 4 months .Please help before Im forced to get rid of her...      Thank you ever so kindly.
Answer -
HI STEVE
THIS IS A TRUE PROBLEM WITH THIS BREED TO BE CONFINED IN A HOME ENFIROMENT OF JUST THE FAMILY AND SHE IS A NATURAL PROTECTOR AS SHOULD BE BUT THIS BREED I DO NOT TRUST PERSONALLY, I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THEM AS THEY ARE USED IN THE MOST INHUMANE WAY OF FIGHTING DOGS THAT MAKE THEM EVEN MORE UN DESERABLE FOR PETS.  I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT OWN ONE AS A PET IF I HAD TO CHOOSE I AM SO SORRY BUT THEY DO GET A BAD RAP BUT THEY HOLD UP TO IT ALSO.
GET A BOTTLE OF WATER OF SPRAY AND ADD A TAD BIT OF VINEGAR TO IT AND SPRAY IT INTO ITS FACE WHEN IT DOES WRONG, AND SAY A LOUD FIRM NO NO HEAR ME
I PERSONNALY FEEL SO SORRY FOR THIS BREED OF DOG FOR IT IS TRULY MISUSED IN A FAMILY PET INVEROMENT.  I THING IT SHOULD EITHER BE OUTLAUWED BY THE AKC OR CHANGED BY MAKEING IT A PET VALUE OF BY GOOD BREEDERS OF THIS WONDERULF LOYAL BREED OF DOG.
I FEEL SO SORRY WHEN I WATCH ANIMAL PLANET MOST OF THE DOGS THEY GO AFTER ARE PITBULLS AND IT IS SAD FOR THIS BREED COULD BECOME A WONDERFUL PET VALUE IF BREEDERS WOULD STOPP BREEDING THEM TO FIGHT AND BETTER YET PEOPLE WOULD STOP BUYING THEM OR GETTING THEM FOR FIGHTING IT IS TRULY OUT OF MY THINKING  OF LOVING DOGS TO KNOW PEOPLE DO THIS WITH PITBULLS FOR THEY COULD BECOME WONDERFUL PETS AS WELL BUT NOT WITH THE FIGHTERS OF IN N.Y. STATE ESPECIALLY AND DETROIT. MI.
DO NOT TRUST A CHILD WITH WITH THIS BREEED BEHIND Y0UR BACK PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND I KNOW U LOVE YOU DOG BUT THIS BREED IS BRED TO FIGHT OTHER DOGS.
I DO NOT TRULY KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THIS BREED OF DOG IS BRED NOW TO FIGHT OTHER DOGS AND TO BE SO CAREFUL WITH THE KIDS PLEASE.

KIND REGARDS.
PATT
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Answer
HI STEVE
THE PITBULL ISSUE IS TRULY A BAD ONE TO ADDRESS.  THEY GET A BAD RAP FOR THE KIDS IN DETROIT, NY. AND OTHER STATES THAT HALF HOUSE THIS POOR BREED TO FIGHT.  MOST OF THE LINES ARE BRED TO FIGHT JUST AS STATED BY ME.  THE LINES I DO NOT KNOW THAT ARE FOR LOVING HOMES, SO MOST GO ON INSTINCTS HERE THAT U GET THIS DOG OUT OF THE CRATE MORE THAN NOW SO.
GET OR PAY A YOUNG PERSON OR SCHOOL PERSON U CAN TRUST TO GO INTO YOUR HOME PAY A FEW BUCKS TO WALK AND RUN WITH THIS DOG DURING THE DAY.
YOU CANNOT CAGE NOR CRATE UP ANY BREED OF DOG AND EXPECT IT TO TURN INTO A SUPER FAMILY PET WITH CHILDREN.  I DO NOT CARE WHAT BREED IT MIGHT BE.
PUPS AND DOGS DESIRE FREEDOM, LOVE AND ATTTENTION OR THEY END UP DESTROYING THINGS FOR ATTENTION, GET SEPERATION ANXIETY, ETC.  U MUST ARRANGE FOR A PERSON TO GET THIS DOG OUT DURING THE DAY MORE SO.
EXERCISE IS THE KEY TO YOUR PROBLEM FOR NOW AND LOTS OF LOVE BECAUSE YOUR GONE SO LONG FROM THE PUP OR DOG, THEY BOND AND LOVE THEIR FAMILY AND NOW YOUR ALL GONE SO LONG AND ITS IN A CRATE, SO UNFAIR I WOULD NOT SELL U A PUPPY BECAUSE OF THIS AS I AM MOST CAUSTIOUS OF THIS HOME LIFE TO RUIN A WELL BRED PUPPY AS MINE ARE AND OTHERS.
WHEN U GET HOME HUG YOUR DOG THE WALK IT BEFORE U EAT, GIVE IT TONS OF HUGS AND ATTENTION.  LET IT KNOW U ARE THERE FOR IT AND THAT YOUR ITS LEADER AND BOSS.
FEED IT THEN WALK AGAIN SPEND TIME WITH THE DOG, DO NOT BLAME THE DOG FOR YOUR WORKING AND NOT BEING THERE FOR THE PET U TOOK ON IN LIFE WITH A FAMILY BEST U FIND IT A HOME WITH A FAMILY THAT CAN GIVE IT UNDIVIDED ATTENTION ALL THE TIME FOR DOGS DEMAND THIS IN LIFE, THEY RETURN THEIR LOVE FROM WHAT U GIVE TO THEM,.
GREAT ANIMALS OF LOVE GOD GAVE US ONLY TO DESTROY IT WITH WORKING BEING AWAY LONG HOURS AND THROWING IT INTO BACK YARDS TO BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT HOW SAD........ESPECIALLY PIT BULLS THAT MAKE GREAT PETS WITH TONS OF WORK FROM U THE OWNER AND BOSS

KIND REGARDS
PATT
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