Dog attack....ALMOST

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in a serious dog attack things happen so fast its unbelievable. you get tagged 4 or 5 times before the first bite registers. and if its a couple big dogs? that pack thing could make it real unhappy for ya. heck one thing i notice is that folks read about some moron trying a police dog out and getting away with it and forget that some of a police dog's training makes an attack from them more manageable. they are trained to attack in a directed way to certain parts of the body. in effect a less than all out attack. i weigh 200 pounds and had a 75 pound dog by the collar she lunged and pulled me in the air to drop me in the center of a 3 dog furball. i was not the focus of the attack all three mutts were mine but in less than 2 secongs i'd been hit 6 or 7 times plus knocked silly
 
a shooting buddy of mine in a neighboring county (lives in town) was walking his ****zyu (sp?) and got attacked by a large male pit bull that had chewed through a cord tie-out line. the pit went after his dog first (had to have 40 stitches at vet) but when he began kicking it came after him lunging at his neck and he grabbed it's collar with left hand and pulled his large one-hand opening folder. he stabbed it several times in the chest - never even slowed it down, he sank the knife into its under neck and ripped severeing the veins and it stopped attacking but not until after it had chewed my buddys left wrist and forearm good. lucky no tendons were severed but he lost a qt of blood. had to have lots of stitches - can't recall but seems about 40 or so.
no one ever owned up to owning the pit bull, there is a project about 1/4 mile away and leo believe it came from a 'home boy's' yard there. he carrys spray and a staff now and has applied for CCW.
 
When charged by a unknown dog, if hes barking its in warning mode. if the dogs charging and not barking, your gonna get bit !!!!!
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Excellent point. When I've watched trained LEO and Military dogs working-out they never bark when they are attacking the bad guy.
 
LowEx - Good description of what can actually transpire during an attack by a dog who is serious about having you.

Those who make comments here about how fit and strong they are and would kick a dog's butt if it ever made the mistake of going after them simply do not understand how mismatched they would be in such a situation.

It's an easy claim to make at your keyboard. In the heat of battle it's quite another.

Dogs have certain inherent advantages in a brawl that almost all humans would have great difficult overcoming.

You stated that in your encounter you didn't win; you survived.

In my opinion, that definitely counts as a win. Big time.



Personal observation: Not all dogs are big, bad, death dealing organisms - but tangling with almost any of them (miniature species aside) can spoil your day. Sometimes a lot of your days for quite a while. YMMV.
 
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If you have a stick, hit the dog on the snout just above the nose (bridge). That should put out it's lights. Then pick up a front leg and while the dog is on it's side, jump on the chest with both feet. This is a quick way to kill any canine. It works for trappers, it'll work for you.

Another thing you can do is carry a squirt gun filled with amonia. Just squirt the dog in the nose and eyes, it works every time.
 
Find you a nice Brass head from a mule harness and attach it to a good stout stick. Mine is a old oak shovel handle. That brass head is heavy enough to put the lights out on a dog.
When I walk I carry a 4 inch S&W Folder, Pepper spray, one of my 4 walking sticks and my Charter undercover 38. Plus 2 realoads.
 
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The only dog whisper you need.
 
I can remember many yrs ago, before we got transfered to Germany, there was a pair of dobermans that used to run loose in our neighberhood. I was confronted by them one morning on my way to work and the were growling, I made it to my car without an attack. I carried a 2' length of dowell rod in my truck in case it happenned again; it didnt. I am glad, too, I imagine that that stick wouldnt help much against 2 dob's!
 
That video showed me two things.
1. I don't want to be attacked by a trained dog, or even an untrained dog.
2. When I get a GS I want it trained as close to that as possible. [Any ideas as to the cost of this?]

Also I seem to remember a thread on here not to long ago about a guy who had three dogs charge him. He hit one with 00 buckshot and it didn't stop the attack or kill it. Just something to think about.
And finally I have no macho fantasies about being able to take a dog, luckily I haven't seen too many aggressive dogs around my neighborhood, and my Fox Labs pepper spray should be coming in the mail today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQpu9UoXCeM&feature=related
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If you are attacked by a large dog and have no weapon. as he charges you crouch down If you are right handed sacrifice your left arm and fend him off. He will probably grab your left arm. Lift him up and with all your might hit him in the rib cage with your right fist. no dog (or wolf for that matter) can sustain such a blow and keep fighting. thier lungs are so close to the rib cage and the bones are flexible. once down you can run or kill him which ever you choose.
 
Nope when your crippled, getting in trouble over shooting someones mean dog is the least of your worries. As I posted earlier I carry a large folder, Cell, Pepper Spray, Cane and my 38. I have plenty of levels of force to use. Plus my Dr has on record my inability to run any distance anymore.
The Charter was my attempt at toung n cheek humor.
 
The squirt-gun-with-ammonia solution seems effective (and humane, after a fashion) but I have too many childhood memories of trying to shoot people with (a water-filled!) squirtgun and been stymied by the fact that the tube (or barrel?) seems to drain itself back into the gun over time, necessitating some "pump-priming". In other words, I think after the five or ten trigger pulls necessary to get the ammonia flowing, I'd be Purina.

Oddly enough, my last dog "attack" was an all-bark-no-biter who lives on my road. It was last winter, very snowy. Came out barking, generally be ornery and not backing down. He wouldn't let me by to get home (apparently he's not a supporter of outdoor fitness, the rascal!) so I was preparing a huge snowball to hurl at him, figuring it couldn't hurt. Just then the dog's owner's neighbor stuck her head out the window and told him to hush and go home. It worked.
 
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My wife, 15 week old daughter and I go for walks while the weather is still nice. We stay in our neighborhoods mostly. We are one street over from our home and are walking up a slight incline in the road. I'm looking over at a house and my wife says my name in a worried voice.

I whip my head back around and notice a dog (breed unknown, size of a German shepard) heading towards us full bore from about 100 ft away. I told my wife to get back (daughter in stroller). I stepped forward and started to draw my pocket knife and as the dog was about 15 ft away I yelled, "NO DOG, NO". Sure enough it stopped. By this time the owner is yelling at the top of her lungs for the dog to return. It does turn around and head back.

I have passed this dog before and it is usually chained up in the front yard. It always barks (normal). The owner never said a word to us and headed inside.

As we head back to the house my wife asked, "Where you going to kill that dog?" and I said, "If it got within arms length I was sure going to try."

Be careful out there. It makes me wonder what would have happened if I wasn't there with my wife and child.
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Hi, I had a similar situation occur to me at a local high school, during a evening walk.

I was walking back to my vehicle, down an enclosed fenced in, cat-walk like path, as I noticed an older man with his five unleashed GS dogs, approaching my direction. I was to far away from an opening, out of the cat-walk.

I decided to stand quietly, in a non-threatening manner, at the side of the path, hoping that all five dogs would run by. The first two dogs ran by, but the third larger dog turned in towards me, and tried to grab a hold of my left side hip area. I was able to push my self away with my right hand, giving myself an arms length from the dog. I shot the dog with a good dosage of o.c. (pepper stray), of which I had in my left hand. The dog immediately broke off its attack, and retreated from my position. A fourth dog was also coming in for the attack, on my opposite side. I was able to spray this dog as well, of which it turned away from my position.

I assured the owner that I was o.k., in a rather shaken up like manner. We both went about our separate paths.

My advice would be to always be prepared for the unexpected misfortunes that occur in life. Don't be fooled by the environment, that may appear to be peaceful at times. The minute you let down your guard, is when tragedy can and often does strike, which can alter your life, permanently.
 
I walk my dog daily, sometimes twice daily. I carry bear spray
and a .44 spl, with the first round a Glaser, the rest hard cast.
The bear spray has worked the few times that it was needed.
Haven't had to shoot yet. One owner of a Rotty that was charging
my Springer and me thanked me for not shooting. He had never
seen his dog crap itself and howl like that bear spray made him do.
 
I recently got to see a nice display of a pit bull's speed and agility, having only previously seen them at the end of logging chain held by either thugs or white trash.
I was letting my whippet run in a park and the neighbor had his Pit out there too. The whippet is quick, fast, and agile, but the pit was just barely slower and more lumbering. That's a lot of meat in motion that can be quick and fast.

Not picking on pits by any means, but if one thinks that large muscular dogs can't be agile and quick, it's really eye opening to learn differently in the flesh.

You think you'll beat a big dog to the punch because you're a crossfitter? I don't think so. We have bigger brains and opposable thumbs. Use tools to help you get out of it in one piece unharmed. You won't be coming out unscathed if you try to go hand to hand with a big mean animal like a medium or large dog.
 
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