we had had german shepherds for 20years or more worked with them in agility and heel work so we thought we were pretty experianced dog owners.boy,were we in for a shock when we had our english bull terrier puppy.i spent the first 2 weeks sleeping on the sofa trying to settle him down,that didnt work.we bought an old fashioned wooden play pen,put all his toys,his chew bones,vet bed,clock every thing we could think of,that didnt work.so we took everything upstairs in the bedroom with us.that didnt work.our german shepherd tess thought it was all really funny,she would look up to the ceiling with these eyes that said please go to bloody sleep.mine were not much better.in the end my husband said just pick him up and put him on the bed,and you what the little swine went straight to sleep.and thats were he slept for the next 12 years.one thing i did find with our gus was that he decided he was my dog.not a family dog as the shepherds had been.he was a loving and loyal companion and like the other bullies thought he was a lap dog.he took poorly two weeks before my daughters 21st birthday on 26th july.we thought he had an infection but it turned out to be cancer.we lost him 10 days later.there was nothing they could do.it brokeour hearts.i said i would never have another but maybe one day i will.im going through the stage of not being able to talk about him without crying at the moment but they say time heals but when you lose a bully you also lose a bit of your heart