can 2 male unneutered pitbulls get along if they were brought up since puppies?

Question

thanks to everyone who answered the last question i wanna know if two male unneutered pits can get along all their lifes? i dont wanna neutered them because ive heard they get fat and lazy and it affects their normal growth because when you neuter them you take away their testosterone and they become funny looking so ive heard it is better if you dont neuter or wait till they are 2 years old and i dont want a female because i wouldnt want to spaye her either and i dont wanna deal with a female in heat and cause i dont want to breed either. thank you for your help.

Answer 1

YES THEY WILL GET ALONG BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A DOMINATE ONE OF THE 2.... I HAVE 2 FEMALES THAT ARE NOT SPAYED AND THE ROTTI IS THE DOMINATE OF THE PITTI..... YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE CONTROL OVER YOU DOG YOU HAVE TO BE THE DOMINATE ONE:)

Answer 2

You should definitely neuter both dogs, I've had dogs that were adopted from shelters that were neutered at 8 weeks of age, and there was nothing wrong with how they looked, they weren't fat and lazy either, if your dogs tend to put on some extra weight the simple solution is to feed less and exercise more. 2 years is a long time to wait, if I remember right 6 months is usually the rule of thumb. But I always preferred it when my dogs were spayed and neutered real early, I just had really good luck doing it that way. When in doubt consult your vet, they will set you straight and get you on the right path. Good luck

Answer 3

They should get along, provided that you are a good owner and are able to lead the "pack", so that neither one will be vying for the alpha dog position. Neutering a male dog will significantly decrease a dog's risk for testicular cancer. Unless you plan on breeding/showing the animal, there's really no reason not to neuter your animal. Please do, not even for the argument that there might be unwanted puppies somewhere. Unneutered males are much more likely to roam and get hit by cars, get lost, get injured in dog fights, have behavioral issues, and get cancer. As long as you monitor their diet and give them regular exercise, they will not get lazy. It's a myth. There is speculation that neutering early in life will cause growth issues, but usually by about six to nine months, it should not affect their growth. even if you want to wait until they are two, that's fine, but keep in mind the risks. Some behaviors, like urine marking, will not go away the longer you wait to neuter. Please, even just for the health of your dogs' health, neuter them. Spaying a female before her first heat decreases her risk of uterine and mammary cancer by about 80%. Allowing a female to repeatedly go into heat without breeding her predisposes her to pyometra, which is a severe infection of the uterus. Many females die due to these infections. Neutering a health issue for your companion animals, rather than a soapbox about abandoned puppies.

Answer 4

I actually saw 2 two-year-old intact male pit bulls today! They actually cry when the other is away!

However(!) it is unlikely that two same-sex intact dogs will forever be friends. Even two same-sex pits might not get along forever. They are notorious for being dog-aggressive and being intact perpetuates that. If you want two males, the likelihood of them being best friends forever and ever would be if they were neutered.
They can gain extra weight after their surgery, but it's nothing a good food and exercise cant fix. I would HIGHLY recommend neutering. It keeps the pet population down AND it decreases sexual illnesses. Intact dogs can smell a female in heat for near 10 miles and might try and escape to get to her.
Sixty (60) percent of intact males develop testicular cancer. Scary, huh? If the price of neutering is scary, think about what cancer treatment would cost. There are plenty of spay/neuter clinics that do the surgery for free or close to if you look careful enough.

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Answer 5

If you don't want to breed them, you really should get them neutered. There are a lot of reasons why. If they are not neutered, chances are they would get along until there was a female in heat somewhere around. Two intact adult males together are FAR more likely to act aggressively toward people and somebody could get hurt or killed. You wouldn't want that on your conscience, would you? They won't get fat and lazy unless you let them get that way. Talk to a vet about the effect neutering will have.

Answer 6

Neutering generally does not make dogs fat or lazy. I do think if done when young enough, it keeps them more puppy like. They will prolly get along better.
It really is supposed to be better for their health as well. When my male (a homeless lad of about 8 months) was neutered immediately I noticed no difference. Now at two years old he is still very much a great lad, and lifelong mate to this Cheeky Lad.
--That Cheeky Lad "Only room enough for one set of bits in my house!"

Answer 7

why do you keep asking about pitbulls on a UK site? You cannot have pitbulls since they are illegal over here. Nobody would ask about kepping 2 unneutered ones and offer such a lame excuse for not having it done. Why ask at all if you have no intention of neutering? Methinks you are just a pimply schoolkid who wants to look macho and let people think you have pitbulls when in reality you look like a silly boy.

Answer 8

My son had two intact brother pitbull males (no females) and they were vicious to each other. I mean tearing each apart and blood everywhere. We would have to choke them out to get them apart at times. They were relatively young 1 1/2yrs and one got hit by a car and killed so no idea if they would have eventually settled down since they were raised together. I don't think so honestly. When my son moved back in with me his surviving male and my male pit almost killed each other several times. We had to keep them apart but they weren't raised together. Even my female pit would fight his male but my male only attacked my female once to establish dominance I think. I don't know but they are aggressive.

Answer 9

I think they can get along if the are raised together. Besides, it is how you train them. I have a male pit bull, and he is the best. I never neutered my pit either. My son's pit is neutered and he is not fat or lazy. Raise and train them together.

Answer 10

Yes they can get along. I have a pit female and a pit mix male. The two males would probably get along better than two females. Just be responsible and keep them supervised and well trained. They should be fine. neutering them will not hurt or change them either. If you have concerns about this talk to the vet about it when you take them to get their shots.

Answer 11

My son has two male, unneutered pitbulls and they get along great (they're just shy of a year now). They do play off each other and get into a fair bit of trouble (bad couch-chewers) so are a little harder to control when there are two of them, but you just have to be firm in your discipline of them. If you introduced a female it would cause a world of problems because they would be vying for her attention, so that definitely isn't a good plan.

Best of luck with your little guys!