Can Pitbulls Be Well Behaved?

My pit bull was a very very good dog. I hate to even call him a dog, he was a member of our family. But I really don't even think you have to train them to be good, I think they are a very good natured animal. At least our Tanner was. If you train them to be bad they are going to be that way to please you and that is what is giving them such a bad reputation.

My pitbull is also well behaved. We have a blue tic hound and a terrier mix and they all get along just fine. We also have 3 goats she loves to give them kisses. she is the best dog out of the 3 dogs behavior wise. She doesnt chew anything she doesnt bark constantly and she is perfect. She doesnt even bite! She does however love to give lots of kisses and she likes to snuggle she is a lap dog...lol She wants up all the time she is like a kid! Yes I recommend A Pit Bull to those who can give them lots of love and affection:) For those who train them for other reasons (notice i said train them there not born that way) don't deserve any kind of DOG!!

I am a firm believer that any dog can be a good dog if they are well taken care of and taught how to behave. If they are taught to be mean ruthless dogs, then they will be mean and ruthless. It's all about training. I've known several people with pitbulls and they were lovable and perfectly well behaved because they were trained to behave.

We have a couple of pits in the family and they are all well behaved, friendly dogs. My son-in-law brought home a pitbull puppy last month and, if I had any concerns about this breed being around my three grandchildren, they wouldn't have that dog. Pits get a bad rap just like Dobermans and Rotties do. I've had both of those breeds, too, and they were great dogs.

Most Definitely! My Pitbull is the most well behaved, sweetest dog ever! It all comes down to how your dog is raised, even a Labrador if trained wrong can be misbehaved.

I completley agree with you. I have never owned a pitbull or have any friends that have owned pitbulls but I don't beleive in bad dogs just are bad owners. Yes, some bad owners have bread their dogs to be agressive but all dogs in there purest form are not bad. Nothing angers me more then to see irresponsible dpg owners. I think some people just don't know how to manage or control their dog. i don't know whether or not pibulls are family dogs or not. I think every dog is different.

Absolutely Pitbulls can be well behaved and is a myth otherwise. A lot of the problem with aggression issues found common in the Pitbull breed has to do with breeding and handling. Any dog can become aggressive with improper handling. Some people breed Pitbulls for aggression, to fight, to kill. This is wrong and gives the Pitbull a really bad name. The other day, I met the most passive Pitbull ever. He was big and strong and could surely do damage if he wanted or if he was trained to but since his lines were well bred and straight from Germany they said, he was bred for the quiet passive temperment that Pitbulls apparently were originally bred to have. We can train our dogs to be aggressive and some can just become aggressive with improper handling. Pitbulls get the bad end of the stick due to human error, without any doubt. You are right that the Pitbull breed can be nice as long as it is raised that way but there is a lot to be said about their lineage as well.

My pitbull is very sweet, He is a big baby! Pitbull's are very Good companions!!! I Have a 2 year old daughter and my pitbull is better around her than my chihuahua! Pitbull's Love to please their owners which makes them better listeners and want to do what you tell them.. All's they need is simple training as puppies and a lot of love and there amazing dogs!

I know there are breeds of dogs that get a bad rap, but I believe that a dog is only as good as it's owner. If you take care of them, groom them in manners and treat them good, then there is no reason for them to be a 'bad' dog. My pets are members of the family. I can tell when they've done something wrong and they have remorse and try to say they're sorry too. Pitbulls are a breed of dog that can be over protective and a bit of a brute. So can a Germanshepard (I have one) and a Mastiff (I have one too). But, they are both fantastic and know what no and yes are. If a person comes to the door they don't know, they bark, but all I tell them is - it's okay, he/she's our friend. Key words are used with training. A good owner will have a good dog. As for me, it's like raising another two children. They really are members of the family.

Should not pets be "well behaved". Pitbulls are aggressive, more so than any dog that people acctully have as pets, by nature. If you have to say "MY pitbull is wellbehaved" there is some problem with having pitbulls as pets.

and people that need to ask the question "what breed is best for me" at petstore should not be getting a pet in the firstplace. And if so the petstore should always answer a "mutt".

There is a point be made with "pitbulls should not be alowed as pets" But that has to more with how "breeding" works. I can comment more about this in a biology/genetics kind of a way but...But i have a basic understanding of how a dogs "mind" work... The problem here is that ask yourself why is there even a breed "pitbulls"?

I agree that pitbulls can be "nice" if they are properly trained. Unfortunately, I notice more and more that there are alot of pitbull owners that have their animals trained not be be nice. There are so many bad owners out there that train their animals to be ferocious and very overly protective animals. I can't imagine that owning a pitbull and worrying about whether or not it going to attack somebody can be that great human-kanine relationship that so many people enjoy.

I was raised around pit bulls my entire life. Cripe, growing up we had a pit bull before anyone ever heard of pit bulls. I do not think the dog is automatically bad just because it is a pit bull. The dangerous aspect of pit bulls is once they clamp their jaws down on something then it is almost impossible to get them to let go. My brother also raised pit bulls, bred them and sold them. As a result of that I ended up having 2 of them as pets myself, and I had young children. I never had any problem with them. Many people would come from other states to buy one just to fight. I think that is wrong. But I also think the pit bull got too much hype back in the 90's.In the end it is really back on the owner. A dog is not just naturally a bad dog, or a bad breed. It is the way they are trained. If they are trained to be aggressive then they will be. I think dobermans are aggressive dogs. They just do not have the jaw power a pit bull has. If you keep your dog in your yard and not roaming the streets then there wouldn't be so many horror stories about kids getting mauled by pit bulls. Again, it is the owner's responsibility again to keep their dog under control. As far as pit bulls attacking other dogs, it is the owner who does not control their pet. The pit bull has unusal strength in their jaws and for that reason the owner should be careful about how they are trained and how they are controlled. Let the owners who are irresponsible take the blame and not the dog.

There are some dogs that are born with a nasty personality but that has nothing to do with breed and even those dogs can be controlled with proper training they just require a firmer hand. Each breed has unique qualities but all breeds have the potential to be amazing pets if the owner trains them correctly.

god,yes.a friend of mine has 150 pounds of drooly lovebug. the only thing i have to worry about with this dog is dripping from happy greetings. it's how they're raised. i'm surprised his butt doesn't levitate from the happy tail helicopter he has going on.

I think pit bulls get a bad rep because the majority of people who own them want them for watch dogs, or for dog fights. The ones that are used for watch dogs are dangerous to the public as it's hard to keep them penned in their own yard. When they do get out they set out to claim their territory and will attack any thing or anyone they see as a threat. I've known pit bulls that are just fine with the family that owns them, right down to the babies, but they don't tolerate strangers. Any big aggressive dog has to be well taken care of, meticulously trained, and understood to keep them from getting mean.

I think that all the supposedly dangerous dogs are not that dangerous! This probably sounds controversial but I'm sure that it's true. A dog is only as bad as you train it to be. If you train it from very young then it can become a lovely family pet. It's all down to the way the owner brings their dog up. Bad owners, bad dogs I guess! Andrew

Hi queenlove! Of course they can - any animal / pet is a product of its environment. I've known "gentle breeds" to be quite fierce due to the way they were handled. And I've known pitbulls to be so loving that I'm covered in "kisses". I've seen a dachsund go after men because it was abused by men - it's all in the way the animal was taken care of - or not.

It all depends on the person training the dog. Some train them to be vicious, and they would attack other dogs or even people. I have see pit bulls that weren't vicous, and they were the sweetest dogs you ever wanted to meet. I don't know why people have to train their pit bull to attack and maybe even kill other dogs, or attack a human. I think most of them though, are bred to be fighting dogs, and I think that is sad. It just isn't right to treat a dog like that. People like that, have no business having a dog in the first place. Happy mylotting to you.