Defiant Pits

[notactuallyamum1]

Please can someone give me any advice, I'm dog sitting for a friend and her dogs are essentially holding me hostage.

When their humans go out they go into their crate, fine. Except they won't go in for me. I've been trying for 30 minuets and have other things I need to be doing today and just want to get on.

I've tried putting treats in there for them and they don't have toys to lure them in so I just don't know what to do.

Please help

Have you any chicken or ham? They usually find that irresistible. Give them a tiny bit and chuck the rest in, they might go in for it. Have they had a good walk, because if they haven’t then they might need the exercise to empty their bowels first.

BTY, keep them on lead, no matter how their owner walks them.

Their owner doesn't walk them (I completely disagree with this and have suggested walks, unfortunately I also have an injury at the moment that means I'm just not strong enough to take them out).

They're currently outside so deffo not in need of a bathroom break, they're just trying their luck.

I'm going to try again and if it doesn't work I'll search the house for some cold meats!

The owners sound like pricks. Poor dogs. What breed are they?

Their pit bulls, I don't agree with their style of dog ownership and I'm just following instructions they left

You’re injured and looking after two strong, under exercised pit bulls which you can’t control? Are they actually pit bulls? Are you in the U.K.? This sounds like a bit of a disastrous situation!

Sorry, OP, I wasn’t getting at you. They’re storing up a very very dangerous situation, if the dogs aren’t being exercised. Can you send them a text and explain the dogs refuse to go in, therefore you’re leaving them in the kitchen. Please don’t put yourself at risk, no matter how good the dogs seem. BTY I would say that about any dog, that is being stubborn.

Any luck, @notactuallyamum1 ?

Seriously? They're pit bulls?

Honestly, I keep refreshing hoping to see a reassuring update from the OP. Multiple, unwalked pit bulls who don’t want to cooperate sounds like a potentially dangerous situation. Are you sure dog sitting in these circumstances is something you are happy to do, OP? Do they not get walked because of the breed? I have a friend with a lovely pit (in America where they aren’t banned) but have had a very frightening experience with an illegal pit in this country. A bad owner with a dog of this strength is a disaster waiting to happen. Good ownership that is responsible- fine. But someone who won’t take care of their most fundamental needs owning one pit bull, let alone more (or any dog at all, but especially a strong one) is chilling.

If they have to book the cage can't you grab the collar and guide them in?

Surley you wouldn't have agreed to look after aggressive dogs?

Also are they definitely Pit? Not staffs or some other breed?

The OP has an injury so may not be able to guide the dogs in even if confident it’s safe to do? If they don’t want to go in, it doesn’t sound like she can make them and she really shouldn’t try.

Actual pit bulls? Or just another bull terrier breed like a staffie? The former have been outlawed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. The latter can be perfectly nice dogs... if they're walked regularly, trained properly and socialised.

To be perfectly honest, I'm seriously concerned about your situation regardless of the specific breed, due to the total lack of exercise.

Sorry for the scare everyone! I managed to coax them in using will power and treats.

I'm not in the U.K. so they're not banned here.

I have an mcl sprain so not beyond injured and feeling unsafe but just not able to take them for the walks they need and deserve!

Thanks for all the support and help today

Do not ever grab their collar and drag them in. Cold meats, cheese, hotdogs etc are all great suggestions but grabbing the collars, I shudder to think what would happen if they took against it. Dogs, imo, should not be wearing collars in the house anyway unless it is a loose house collar used for training.

I have a slip lead I use for my stubborn, slightly reactive dog. It's come into a lot of use since we moved and he has discovered the joys of a garden with the added bonus of fence wars with the pug at the bottom of the garden.

He's my dog and usually well trained but if I grabbed his neck to move him away from the fence, I'd be at risk of losing a finger or three.