Blockhead Pit Bull Terrier Minneapolis, MN

Blockhead!!!
Sex: MALE Age: 1.5 Yrs Old

GOOD with dogs, OLDER KIDS ONLY, GOOD with dog savvy cats

ADOPTION FEE: $550 www.unbreakabull.com/adopt

From the foster mom: Blockhead is an energetic and handsome goobie goobs that just happens to be deaf. I affectionately say he is smart but not very bright. He is very treat motivated and caught on really fast to learning hand signals! So far he knows sit, down, stay and wait. He walks in a near perfect heel position. He has learned to respect thresholds and he knows to sit and wait before before we go out for our walks or when he comes inside. We do training daily. He knows the place command and we are working on duration with his down stays. He is kennel AND potty trained! ZERO accidents!

What would his perfect family look like? Because he is deaf, can startle easily, is an energetic young dog and can jump up on people, it would be recommended that he live in a home without little kids. He would most likely be fine in a home that has older, calmer and respectable kids (maybe 13+ years). You should have bully experience because as he lives up to his name … he literally is a blockhead. He can be a rebellious and stubborn teenager and can try and push you. He needs a strong handler and will benefit with structure in his life and he does well with being on a schedule. His bed time is usually 9 p.m. as he is exhausted after his evening walks. We normally walk between 3-4 miles per day to help burn off his energy. He would probably be a good running/jogging partner as he will match your speed. With proper training, he would probably make a perfect hiking partner and may do great off-leash (with proper recall). If you want to do really fun things with him, doing a sniff work or doing an agility course might be great for him! He is not dog or people reactive. He gets excited when he sees people and other dogs but that is because he wants to meet them. He can get very excited and may jump up but we have been working on that. He has made several new friends in the neighborhood, including the mail lady. She likes to give him treats.

He does well with my three dogs but I don’t let them play unsupervised since my dogs are older and don’t have the same energy level. He also doesn’t understand the corrections my dogs give him (maybe because he is deaf). But he would probably do good with a younger dog that also has high energy and loves to play. But he would be good as an only dog as well. Sometimes during play, he can get a little too ramped up and needs to be corrected to calm down.

For communication, we use a mini-educator eCollar. Since he cannot hear verbal commands, we need a way to communicate and this has worked well. He sleeps in his own room at night and I let him sleep outside his kennel. When I leave the house, he goes into his pro-kennel. Over the last month, he has been going into a wire kennel during the day while I work and his job is to chill out in the kennel and just relax. He gets kennel time every day even if I am home all day to help him get used to the wire kennel.

Now, a few words from the dog: ‘Sup. I am Blockhead. The lady who pulled me from the shelter (the director of the rescue) said I am a blockhead (I mean seriously - look at my huge head) and the name stuck. But honestly - I don’t care what you call me because I can’t hear you!

I currently live with three dogs and a cat. The cat’s name is Crowley, and he is the self-proclaimed King of Hell. I know he beholds great power so I try my best to ignore him. I refuse to bow down to his terroristic demands. I have booped his nose a few times through the gate at the top of the stairs. Sometimes I try to chase him when the gate is down, but he is too fast and runs away from me. But most times I just walk past him and just play hard to get.

I love working with the lady in the house. She gives me treats and all I have to do is follow a few commands. Seems like a real good trade off! At night, I get to sleep in my very own doggie bed in my own room. I play hard and I sleep hard. My bedtime is 9 p.m. and the lady usually feeds me when I wake up around 9 a.m. I go into the kennel when she leaves the house. Sometimes, I bark for a few minutes when I first go in, but me singing the song of my people seems to fall on deaf ears (hahaha! get it?!!!) and so I just settle down and sleep.

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Your future companion,

Blockhead

(added 3.13.2024)