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BigOlePappy posted...

Why do people with two at once pitbulls seem like they can't control them?

For the same reason why most people can't control two dogs at once period. Because they don't bother to train them and aren't good at keeping them disciplined.

You just notice it more with larger dogs, because they're stronger and can pull against leashes harder. And because larger, stronger dogs can do more damage when they're being assholes than, say, a poodle can (and poodles can be nasty fucking dogs). And because you can punt a poodle or a Pomeranian halfway across the room if one tries to attack you.



faramir77 posted...

Pitbulls are a great dog when properly trained, and they're an unstable, extremely violent dog when not.

Blatantly untrue.

Pitbulls are quite well-adjusted, loving, and relatively well-behaved even when untrained. They also rank pretty highly on the scale of intelligence by breed. Their main drawback is that they're larger, muscular (and often don't know their own strength), and overly energetic. The point of training is mostly to teach them to calm down and be obedient so you can keep them from hurting people without meaning to.

They're really only unstable and violent when they are trained to be. Either through deliberate training (by people who want them to be viscous for guard dog purposes) or casual abuse (by assholes). It's why you get the usual stereotype of the drug dealer who gets a pitbull and beats the shit out of it to make it hostile so it'll attack people. You have to make them that way. But you can make most dogs (or people) violent if you abuse them enough.

Like with most things, the actual problem is that people are shit.

Pitbulls are basically a breed that requires the owner to be both responsible and intelligent. Unfortunately, most pet owners (or people in general) are neither of those things these days. Which is part of why cats have become so popular as pets lately - because even the shittiest of people can own them and generally not screw them up through lack of effort. Cats exist. Dogs require work.