Ive raised pits and have been around them my whole life i do not believe in animal abuse at all and would never hurt a dog, but with pit bulls you half to show them who is boss, spanking them is like poking a cotton ball it doesn’t affect them, not gonna lie my pit bull would always listen when i got a big plastic soup spoon and smacked his butt after that i just pulled it out and he would listen w/o whooping him so try that but dont whoop them to much bc you can make them turn on you.