Otis and Neela

Your dog sounds like he is really cute! I'm sure he is a wonderful companion. You know, Cesar Milan has some great tips for dealing with overly aggressive dogs, especially Pit Bulls. If you go to his website or read any of his books, you might find some help training your dog (and yourself in the process!) how to be less aggressive. Guarding is a normal dog behavior, you don't have to do anything to get most dogs to guard, they just do it on their own. Almost any dog will "guard" without any training, so I'm not surprised to hear that your year old pit is exhibiting this instinctive, untrained behavior. They feel it's their job to protect the pack (you) from danger, so they instinctively bark at people, noises, whatever. This normal dog behavior can lead to aggression if you let it get out of hand. It may be time to sit down, do some research, and do some real training! My pit/German shepherd mix dog barks and 'guards' too. I didn't even have to train him to do it. He's only 6 months old and he's been doing it for a while. You might have to read a book (you can do it!) and work hard and your dog can lose that nasty aggressive streak. My dog has never been aggressive before, he gets along great with my blind cat. He is dark brown, almost black, and has one ear up and one ear down. He's awesome! People always comment about how attractive he is, or about how cute his ears are, but to me, it's his personality that matters. I'm sure you can relate to that as a fellow dog owner. Also, that first comment you posted didn't make alot of sense to me. People here are commenting about the adorable, stunningly attractive dogs in the pictures above. I think you may have intended to post your first comment under a picture of your face. It's an easy mistake, though, I'm sure anyone could have made it :) Have a great day! good luck training!