Your Bull Terrier will usually enjoy following you every where on
visits, driving or on holiday.
The
Bull Terrier is a family pet. It needs daily and lots of contact with people. It
should live in your home and isn't suitable for kennel life.
It can be home alone, but it has to learn. You can't expect a puppy to
be alone 8-9 hours a day.
Both as puppy and as mature, your dog has to be activated, exercised physically and mentally, when
you're at home, so it'll be tired, when you leave it. But no matter what,
you can expect that it'll destroy some of your things, when you don't have an
eye on it.
You don't have to have neither house nor garden for your Bull Terrier to
be happy. If you give it sufficient attention, exercise, experiences etc., it
will thrive even though you share a small apartment.
Bull Terriers don't have the tendency to run away like some hunting dogs, but
you can't expect it to stay in a garden, that isn't probably fenced. Many owners
have learned to own a Bull Terrier takes a tall and strong fence.
A Bull Terrier might have a preventive effect and it might defend it's owner in a
truly critical situation, but it isn't breed to be a guard dog.
The
Bull Terrier descend from the same breeds as some fighting dogs. Normally a Bull
Terrier can be with other animals, if it's socialized with other animals from
puppy age.
You've to be aware that especially male dogs may have problems being together
with other male dogs. It's said that 70% of all male dogs - no matter breed -
are unfit to be with other male dogs. Minimum the same percentage goes for the Bull
Terrier.
You can have several Bull Terriers together. I think, they have great
pleasure from each other - and for the same reason, I've always had several Bull
Terrier at the same time. Because of the risk of males not agreeing with each
other, I prefer to have several bitches and one male.
In this connection I like to mention that I've never had great problems
with my males, when the bitches were in heat. They have of cause been separated
from the bitches during their season.
Bull Terriers should - no matter sex - be separated when they're home alone.
A lot of people ask, whether the Bull Terrier barks. It's a matter of education,
but in general I don't find it to be a problem to avoid.
Temperament consists of two things - heritage and environment. Some
believe 25% is heritage and the 75% comes from the upbringing. Remember some - and
an important - part of the upbringing takes place at the breeder and a lot of it
- and just as important - you're responsible for.
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How's the temperament of the parents and dogs of the same bloodlines?
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What considerations has the breeder made concerning temperaments,
when planning the litter?
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Has the breeder the necessary knowledge, time and motivation to educate/characterize the puppies
sufficiently?
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Can and will the breeder advice you on, how to educate/characterize your puppy?
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