So - you are attacked by a dog….

[Foxyboy43]

A female family friend innocently asked me what to do if attacked by a dog. This set me thinking - a rare event nowadays and one to be cherished..
Presumably the answer is determined by the size of said beast - i.e. if small, laugh and stamp on it or if huge and it is male just fake an orgasm (for advice - ask your wife) but it was an honest well meant question.
Now, in my day the advice was to grab it’s front legs and force them apart thereby splitting it’s sternum/ribs - presumably by said dog laughing so much as it savaged your then kindly adjacent face/head/neck.
Others would say grab it’s top jaw and force your fingers in to prise the jaws from your now almost severed fingers/arm/leg. This idea presumably applies only before the severing of said digits….
Yet more would say just play dead - theory being that the dear little thing will soon tire of not getting a reaction and wander off - presumably bearing your severed fingers/arm/leg…. The attendant though rarely stated risk of course is by that time you may well be in the very state you had been playing….
Soooo, what advice can the assembled SD massive offer chaps?

 

[Bo Diddley]

If it's a large, strong dog, the first rule is to try not to go down, otherwise, you are in trouble.

I think pulling the front legs apart is an old special forces training method.

Edit; if it's running nicely towards you, imagine you are Jonny Wilkinson doing a drop kick to score the winning points, just under the chin to snap its head back nicely.

 

[tackb]

if it's the type to bite and release try and get something between you and it and protect your neck etc

if it's one that locks on then personally i'd force my thumbs in it's eyes full depth if poss if it's locked on , i would be aiming to kill it since it's a me or it situation

 

[FISH BOY]

A friends spaniel died the other day - out for a walk as normal throwing a ball around, when the ball bounced, the spaniel jumped and swallowed it whole.

The dog went into suffocation and the owner tried desperately to get the ball out, resulting in the dog clamping down and her losing three fingers on her right hand.

Terribly sad and highlights the power of the jaws even from a small dog.

Thankfully never been attacked by a dog, but someone once told me to bash them on the nose like you would a shark.

 

[Smellydog]

Mount the bastard and hang on. Carry a big stick, knife or hand gun.
Possibly use your coat to smother the bastard get on top and suffocate the bastard.

Had two attacks, one I offered an easy arm for it to grab but as it lept it got a boot in its guts that winded it. While it was gasping it got another boot in the ribs. That dog kept away forever then.
Second dog got a handy fence post over it's head and knocked it out nearly. There was to many witnesses to end it dam it...

If there is one thing I can not stand it's an aggressive dog, the second most loathed thing about dogs is the average useless dog owner who allows their mutt to assume an alpha position, knob eds....

 

[DavyG]

I was attacked once by a female family friend. I managed to restrain her after a while…
DG

 

[VSS]

Stand still.

 

[Mr Tree]

Clasp both hands round the neck and squeeze hard, dont let go till it stops moving. Doesn't work on jack Russells because they're too bloody fast

 

[tackb]

Clasp both hands round the neck and squeeze hard, dont let go till it stops moving. Doesn't work on jack Russells because they're too bloody fast

i knocked my mums JR out cold with a coal shovel once when it attacked me (again!) , soon as it came round it went for me again

i am not a fan of jack russells !

 

[Mr Tree]

i knocked my mums JR out cold with a coal shovel once when it attacked me (again!) , soon as it came round it went for me again

i am not a fan of jack russells !

Me neither, I can handle big dogs because you can get hold of them, starting with the collar & twisting. I remember hitch hiking into town & there was this caravan parked in a lay-by. This midget Jack tore out and snapped the back of my ankle, I went to kick it but it went onto the other ankle, this went on for ages me kicking air, and jack snapping away with needle teeth like a minuture demoniac critter , eventually I could feel blood coming down both ankles, so I legged it with the demoniac in hot pursuit. Next day, I had to hitch past the caravan again, I had a butchers steel up my sleeve, hell hound was tied up. and an ugly guy in a string vest was glaring at me. Sometimes it pays to get the motor bike repaired.

 

[HonestJohn]

Shoot it with an RPG incoming

 

[bowji john]

Bring a leopard with you

They like dogs

 

[Dunwaters]

Stand still.

And commit your soul to Jesus

 

[shakey jake]

Mate used too carry quick start to deal with aggresive farm dogs, quick spray and they fall asleep apparently.
Love the idea of grabbing the front lega and pulling them appart, good luck with that.
Personally a decent dog you are trouble, a gobby thing kick or whack with a stick and expect the wrath from the owner

 

[Bo Diddley]

One of those pepper spray pistols would be handy, they fire a capsule, six or seven shots I think. It's an American non-lethal home defence idea.

 

[gixer1]

I was always told to try and get the dog in a headlock keeping your head and neck as far away from the dogs mouth as possible and squeeze as hard as you can until you can no longer squeeze - hoping the dog will pass out.

The “grab the front legs” is an old wives tale and likely to get you bitten in the face.

The other option is grab anything to hand - wheels bin, broom and use that as an item to keep between you and the dog or to beat the dog on the head with it.

 

[gixer1]

One of those pepper spray pistols would be handy, they fire a capsule, six or seven shots I think. It's an American non-lethal home defence idea.

And illegal in the U.K.

I wish they would legalise pepper spray here so people could use it for self defence.

And stun guns, my wife had one in the US and the noise alone would make you think twice if attacking.

 

[enfieldspares]

One of those pepper spray pistols would be handy, they fire a capsule, six or seven shots I think. It's an American non-lethal home defence idea.

Apparently pepper spray doesn't work on dogs? Back in the day in France they did things differently. Harsh some may say...but back then to be bitten by a dog carried the risk of your catching rabies from the bite. I am just old enough to remember British public information films about the danger of rabies coming back in the UK. Nuff said. As they say. And in America too judging from this advertisement.



And the UK see link to "The Cyclist's Friend" below:

The Velodog Revolver

Information on working terriers, dogs, natural history, hunting, and the environment.

terriermandotcom.blogspot.com

 

[gixer1]

Apparently pepper spray doesn't work on dogs?

It 100% does.

 

[gixer1]