LISA GRENNAN: I have no worries with Hulk
being around the baby. It’s not a big deal.
MARLON GRENNAN: So these dogs are trained
to be 100% fearless. They know no defeat.
MARLON GRENNAN: Most powerful dog that I have is Hulk.
MARLON GRENNAN: He is one of the most famous
dogs on the planet right now. He is about 180 pounds, which makes him one of the largest
pit bulls in the world.
MARLON GRENNAN: If he bit down on somebody’s
arm with full power, he will snap your arm like a toothpick.
MARLON GRENNAN: We really wanted to see how
he’d cope with the new member of the pack. Enter Jackson.
JORDON: Who is Jackson?
COMM: Who is this little guy?
LISA GRENNAN: This is Jackson Leslie Grennan.
MARLON GRENNAN: Mere hours old. So we are
about to take Jackson home and meet the pack. We are excited. When you are the leader of
the pack and the structures, rules, boundaries, limits, leadership, there is nothing to be
worried about. I’m always in control. That’s the main thing, so, not worried at all.
MARLON GRENNAN: Anything I bring in to my
house, as a leader of the pack is accepted by them instantly because, you know, I am
the alpha of the house. So, I don’t expect, I know everything will go smoothly and they
will love him just as I love him. All right, so let’s go back and meet the family, it’s
time, let’s go meet Hulk. See you there.
MARLON GRENNAN: Jackson weighs about 8 pounds,
so the crazy thing here is Hulk is about 22 times the size of him.
MARLON GRENNAN: Oh, big guy, that will eat
you. I know you got to calm down before you meet the baby.
MARLON GRENNAN: Sometimes Hulk gets really
excited but we know Hulk, we know he knows when it is time to settle down.
MARLON GRENNAN: Give some space, bro.
LISA GRENNAN: I don’t want to have him come
over when he is all excited and bring that energy around the baby.
MARLON GRENNAN: Everything’s got to be on
your terms, you know, that’s the most important part. So if you want him to come over, you call him up.
LISA GRENNAN: Hulk, come here, come.
MARLON GRENNAN: In this moment, it’s really
important that Lisa calls Hulk over. You know, you have to lead the way, you always have to be in control.
LISA GRENNAN: No, we are going to lick his head, though. He is clean.
LISA GRENNAN: He loves them.
LISA GRENNAN: Come here. Good boy. All right, all right, you're gonna wake him up.
LISA GRENNAN: I have no worries with Hulk
being around the baby. I mean he is great with kids, dogs, everything. He is such a
gentle soul. He is awesome. He loves babies. This is his brother here.
MARLON GRENNAN: Hulk loved Jackson from the
moment that he saw him and over a couple of months they have become absolutely inseparable,
it’s been beautiful to watch.
LISA GRENNAN: You want to get Hulk. Yeah, you want to see him. Yeah, let’s get Hulk.
LISA GRENNAN: Slow down, slow down.
LISA GRENNAN: When we brought Jackson home,
Hulk was all over him. He loves him. He was watching me while I carried him around. Every
time he cried, he’d perk up and go check on him.
LISA GRENNAN: Hulk is Jackson’s big brother.
He is the perfect protector and babysitter.
LISA GRENNAN: Not on his mouth, that’s gross.
LISA GRENNAN: He followed me around everywhere.
Any time I’d put him down, he’d be sitting by his crib or the swing and checking on him.
Couldn’t ask for a better dog.
LISA GRENNAN: He really does love him and
you can see it in his eyes.
LISA GRENNAN: When you see videos of Hulk
working and doing bite work, that’s just his other side. He is a working dog, he is
a protection dog, and a dog that is able to do that has to be very very balanced and stable.
His job is to protect the family. So, he has to be a good family dog and he is.
LISA GRENNAN: Watching over us. The dogs have
been really good with the baby in the house and it’s been an easy transition for everyone.
Hulk is used to having Jordan around and Jordan is almost five now, so they are all used to
sharing the attention. Hulk grew up with Jordan and their relationship is amazing, I knew
he would be great with Jackson too.
LISA GRENNAN: Give him a bath.
MARLON GRENNAN: Ready, wait, attack. Oh, good boy.
LISA GRENNAN: Jordan’s whole world is dogs
and you ask him what he wants to do and he wants to be a dog trainer. He is always asking
for his own mini bite suit to work with the dogs and train the dogs.
LISA GRENNAN: Do you go for walks with Hulk.
JORDON: Yes, I walk him. He is cute like a
big puppy. I play the harmonica and he sings.
MARLON GRENNAN: Say ‘well done’. Go pet him.
LISA GRENNAN: You don’t have to train a
dog to be around children, it’s just how you raise them. The training that we do from
a young age is just imprinting. We make loud noises, we bring different surfaces, pull
on their tail, pull on their ears, mess with them a little bit when they are younger and
then they are used to it all, and that way if a kid comes up behind the dog and startles
it, some dog’s reaction would be to turn and nib or bite. With all the imprinting that
we do, that’s not their reaction, they are just used to it all.
LISA GRENNAN: You always have to be careful
with any animal around kids, that’s just common sense. I wouldn’t leave my baby on
the floor with any dog in there and I wouldn’t want him to get stepped on or anything like
that. But when he is in his crib and I will leave him in the crib with a dog in the room.
LISA GRENNAN: Hulk absolutely loves Jackson
and it’s monitored too, but I do trust him and they are very balanced, stable dogs and
I mean they know that he is a baby and just like their own puppies, they will know how
to be gentle. Hulk will lick his face, lick his hands and again that’s monitored, I
am not going to let him smother him, but he gives him baths.
LISA GRENNAN: The main criticism that we get
is, how can you let your dog lick your baby, which to me is silly, I mean, I let the dog
lick me and I don’t think that is dirty and it’s not. Take a bath after, it’s not a big deal.
LISA GRENNAN: Hulk would risk his life to
protect my family and I know that. And I know that he would go to end of the world for us.
So, he makes the perfect babysitter, protector.
MARLON GRENNAN: We got the dogs down but kids, we are working on it.
LISA GRENNAN: Kid trainers, contact us.