hi I have 6 dogs, 4 are the 4th generation of my own pets. 2 are "pitbull" as folks call them. our dog ywitches because it is dreaming, they alo orta run and make barkin noises too.. perceftly normal. Who ever is telling you this "fighting" dog stuff is an absolute moron. The marks on your dog appear to be just scratches or something. I live in Canada out on the prairies. it gets well below -20 here, in fact it is colder than that right now. My dawg live in the oue. they spend a lot of time outside in the winter, wandering of for hours ata time.. No problems.. I have had recue dogs from puppy mills and a couple from dog fighting places. Fleas or ticks will "present" themselves..ticks are rea; eay to spot as they swell up to the size of grapes when they get to sucking blood. jut rip em off and burn em.. I remove about 300 ticks a day from my dogs during tick season out here. watch for the ones that try to get into your dogs ears.. thats nasty and hadr to get out. te marks on your dog appear to be scratches or maybe he i nipping at herself to scratch. or perhaps a stick or twig, fleas do not really leave a big mark. NOt sayng i am an expert, but, I have been raising dogs fer 20 years. A dog is as nice as its human...dogs are mean .. ONLY.. if taught to be mmean. You can easily unteach that.. treat em like an 6 year old that never grows up//
