If it's just one melee I can usually get them off/kill if I have a bit of healing, but 2 tend to eat me fast. My pets are usually out being offensive, so I gotta pull them back in to help be defensive. One big problem I'm having is I'm doing too much fire and forget with the pets, especially for a BM hunter. I rely on my gun damage and positioning and let the pets autopilot too much, especially in big brawls like AV/IoC/TB.