UNITED KINGDOM -- Hey everyone, im a proud doberman owner my boy is 13 months and is the sweetest and nicest dog, no aggression towards any dogs or people.
My friend owns a 15 months old rotweiller which got attacked by a pit bull and ripped his ear off. Today i read in the newspaper that this poor guy was walking his jack russell when a PIT BULL came running towards his dog and instantly hooked onto his neck. Apparently this PIT BULL took ages to let go, and the jack russell just barely survived. The owner of the PIT BULL apparently shouted at the owner of the russell and said "dont you dare touch my dog" and “And keep your poof(gay) dog away from mine".
I live in london,UK and there's a lot of pricks who buy staffs and pits just for status. These dogs are beaten and not socialised so they become aggressive. my question is, lets say (god forbid!) a pit bull or staff hooked onto my boys neck, or anywhere else for that matter.
How would you break up this fight? Or if it was very serious how would you kill the attacking dog? Ive been reading round and ive seen things like pepper spray the dog in the face/nose, Break the hind legs , squeeze the balls (if its male), choke it with its collar, or the worst ive heard which i dont believe is stick your finger or a stick up the attacking dogs ass.
APOLOGIST
Dont get me wrong i love all dogs and i know lots of PIT BULLS who wouldnt hurt a fly, however if my boy was ever attacked like that i wouldnt want to take any risk. So like i said how would you kill the dog or injure it heavily? obviously taking in mind that were just in the park with no weapons or anything? Please dont say immature or w.e, i honestly love my boy to bits and just want to know how to deal with this type of situation.
Btw if you want to see the article its here.
Posted by claustro
Join Date: May 2012
Location: London
Dogs Name: Jack Bauer
prairiefire - Frankly, if a dog attacked my I'd be stupid and grab the little **** by the throat right behind the lower jaw and keep squeezing until it stopped moving or the cops showed up. Nothing stopping from sitting on it either.
For the record, I love all dogs. I just love mine most of all.
Adnohr - If my dog was ever attacked, I'd probably beat the **** out of the attacker. No matter what breed it is, nothing would be attacking my dog for no reason. I would do everything I could to get the dog away. People should make some kind of prevent attack classes and know what to do if there was one.
ZeldaRules - The only way to humanely break the hold of a determined terrier that will not let go is a break stick.
Pit Bull Rescue Central
Otherwise, they will stop at nothing. I speak from experience and I did not have a gun or knife on me, otherwise I would have put the dog down as this was not someone's pet and it was killing my Doberman in front of my eyes.
I do not recommend choking the dog, the dog could easily turn on you if it lets go. Sticking the finger up the butt is likely not going to faze a truly determined dog set to kill. Same with the water hose. It's not a good idea to pick up the hind legs and pull because you are just going to cause more damage to your dog, the bite will tear more into your dog's flesh, the terrier is not going to let go. Pepper spray would just get your dog as well. Never scream or yell or slap/kick the dog, that will just amp them up more.
Do not be like these dumb-@sses...
LiveLeak.com - Couple Desperately Tries to Break Up a Brutal and Bloody Pitbull Fight
If you do not have a break stick..most people don't carry one on them...you can shove the end of a shovel, broom, or a pooper scooper(what i used) behind the dog's molars to act like a break stick and get the jaws to release. Most people don't carry those on walks either so in that event, do what is necessary to protect your dog's life. If you don't walk with a weapon, good luck.
475linebaugh - This is interesting. I would shoot the attacking dog.
Patches Mom - Buddy was attacked by a pit bull type dog a couple of years ago Buddy walking by scooter Patches on scooter behind my legs we were the next street over from ours. The pit jumped over the front yard fence attacked Buddy I hit my air horn the pit stopped fighting Buddy came over in front of my scooter just looked right at the air horn ? it ran out of air some teen agers were trying to get their dog the pit. It attacked Buddy again finely the teenagers got it off of Buddy we left I went home the back pack Buddy wears was bitten but Buddy was not hurt.Got home checked Buddy out I was on the phone to AC the next day since everything happens on weekends. Then when we went out always took my cane which i would have used if it happened again.
ZeldaRules - Wow...these macho comments...
Some perspective...
The APBT that attacked my Doberman was no more than 50-60 pounds. There were 5 of us adults in the yard trying to get this dog to let go. This dog wore out all 5 of us. I was bashing his head with a brick, it was all I had, until someone ran over with the scooper. The dog was wagging his tail the entire time. Prime was screaming. My boss was screaming in frustration and that caused the dog to tear and thrash my dog even more.
Yeah, try and choke a dog out in that zone...
Never put yourself between fighting dogs, especially one that is unknown. And especially don't wrap your arms around him with your face close to his jaws. You're just asking for it!
Paw Spa - If it came down to it, and a red zone bully breed or ANY breed came at me or my dog, I would shoot it. That is why I have a CWP. I would HATE to do that to someone's dog, but my dog and my safety come first. I wouldn't even bother to try to strong arm it. There is no reasoning with that frame of mind. Depending on how clearly I was thinking I might try shooting in a non lethal area first .
TeachersPet - I'm a little puzzled by this thread. Is being attacked by a PBT or other loose dogs that have intent to kill a real possibility in your area--to the extent that you require mace and break sticks to feel safe going for a simple walk? Being prepared and having a plan is one thing, but this seems like extreme overkill to me. You're probably much more likely to hurt yourself, your dog, or the other dog's owner with that stuff should an incident actually occur.
But hey, I'm in Canada, what do I know. I'm always baffled by the threads on here that promote carrying concealed and walking around with mace as nonchalantly as I would talk about grabbing my car keys.
(DobermanTalk - February 11, 2013)
