The only way to stop a bad guy with a bully XL, is a good guy with a bully XL.
Joking aside, and I'm aware I do it a lot in this thread, but it's very doom and gloom. There are many more threats we face day to day other than this dog.
We could do with some national guidance of what to do when an inevitable attack happens over the next decade; what's the highest percentage method of deterring or mitigating once an attack is under way?
There's two main methods, depending on size of dog and your size strength. Problem is they are counter intuitive to people's natural reactions in such a situation (which is fear and flight, both the worst reactions you can have) and also recognising the point you need to be taking such measures, as they are extreme.
You either calmly stand your ground and project as little threat as possible, no eye contact no screaming/shouting or quick movements to try and not excite the dog further or fight back, with the intention to seriously hurt or kill it. Or if the dog is too big and strong you curl up in the fetal position to protect your head and neck area and offer no resistance, so hopefully the dog gets bored with seeing no threat/excitement.
If you are going to fight the main thing is to use your own body weight to pin them down with wrestling and overwhelming them with your size. Dogs ribs break quite easily, use knees, elbows as pressure points and go for eyes, throat etc. If you're bitten, don't try and pull your arm out, push it in instead, to try and choke the dog.
Someone mentioned footage of the attack the other day. It's disgusting. But also disgusting is the apparent lack of effort or urgency by those around 'trying' to stop the dogs while the guy bleeds to death. They should have been going in hard to kill those dogs, it was the only way they were going to stop. You're already putting yourself in danger by getting involved, at least make it count.
Which is right, but like I say not an easy reaction or conclusion to come to quickly in such a situation since it is out of the vast majority of people's experience.
I've been involved in a fight between our own 2 dogs when I was a teen (and have the scars to prove it!
) It was between an Alsation and Doberman and no amount of hitting with sticks or kicking made a jot of difference. I ended up having to stand on the neck of the Doberman (the aggressor) while holding the Alsation at arms length until a passer by stopped and took the Alsation away, which was quite a while since I was down a quiet country road!
I'll always remember the first vehicle to stop was two guys in a van, with me covered in blood (dogs and my own) pleading for help and they just said "nothing to do with me" and drove off #*££@*!'s and it was a woman on her own next who came and helped by taking the Alsation away.
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