Hello everyone. I just wanted to send out some good articles that I
think everyone should read.

PitBullLovers.com is a great website for some really good tips,
tricks and more for the APBT owner or even a future owner.

Please let me know if you have any questions, jsut respond to this
email and I will answer them asap.

Thanks,
Allison & Eric Haynes



10 Easy to Remember Tips for Responsible Pit Bull Owners

1. Exercise your dog everyday. Pit Bulls are high energy dogs that
need some way of burning off that pinned up energy. Even a short 10-
15 minute walk or game of fetch in the backyard will help burn off
energy that can lead to behavior problems.
2. Never leave pit bulls alone with other dogs (or any animal). Even
if you're dog gets along great 99.9% of the time with other animals
the Pit Bull is known for animal aggression and it is possible
something will happen. A good piece of advice I received a long time
ago was, Never trust your Pit Bull not to fight.
3. Always have your dog on a leash in public. Most if not all towns,
cities and states have leash laws. Obey these laws. This will help
people see your dog in a positive light and keep accidents like
getting hit by passing cars from occuring.
4. Always supervise your dogs and never allow them to roam free.
Loose dogs are often hurt by cruel people and accidents can happen
as well. Always know where your dog is.
5. Supervise your dog with small children. This is a must. Small
children are often hurt by dogs not out of angry, but because dogs
can scratch them, step on them, and otherwise injure them.
6. Spay or Neuter your dog. Unless you plan on doing something where
the dog can not be spayed or neutered get it done. This will reduce
accidental breedings and stop roaming males from getting loose.
7. Train your dog. Take your dog to obedience classes or hire a
private trainer to help you train your dog. This is very important
for Pit Bull owners. If you can not control your dog bad things will
eventually happen. Get your dog into training as soon as possible.
8. Avoid dog parks. While your Pit Bull is a puppy and up to date on
all their shots going to a dog park isn't a bad idea. However, when
the dog gets older it turns into a bad idea. Because you have a Pit
Bull is not the main reason for not going to places like these.
Rather it's because other dogs and owners are not responsible and
let their dogs run around like jackasses. This can cause friction
between your dog and another dog at the park. Not a good scene rio.
9. Socialize your dog. Take your dog to as many places as you can,
meet new people and while they are young meet as many other dogs as
possible. Socializing your Pit Bull will help curb any future
problems that might occur.
10. Keep your dog properly confined. Pit Bulls are known to be great
escape artist. Make sure you have the means to keep them in your
yard and properly confined. Installing a six foot privacy fence is
not a bad idea either.
Responsible ownership starts from the time your Pit Bull comes to
live with you. Irresponsible owner's are one of the major causes for
all the problems the breed faces today. It's our hope here at Pit
Bull Lovers we can spread the word and educate more owners to take
responsibility for their dogs actions.

In order for things to change, we must change the way we look at our
own actions and how they effect the world around us. Until we do
that, things will simply stay the way they are right now.
- Jason Mann



Please go to this page on his website:
http://www.pitbulllovers.com/health-articles.html
Research as much as you can on the Health Issues that you may/may
not be faced with. Even if you think you know everything there is,
there is always something more to learn.

We get quite a few questions about what books to get about Pit
Bulls. Jason has already created a page that is detailed and all
the books that we think you should have as well. We only have to get
a few more and Amazon is the best place around to find them. Check
it out at: http://www.pitbulllovers.com/american-pit-bull-terrier-
books.html


We hope we have inspired you to learn a little bit about your dog
and being a responsible owner.

Check out our website in a few weeks as we will be adding to it. We
will also be starting a Breedings page to keep you updated as to our
puppies and so forth.

Thanks and have a wonderful day.

Eric & Allison Haynes
Haynes Pit Bulls
www.haynespitbulls.com