1) Do you think an actual attacking dog will back off at some level that doesn't involve serious injury or death? If so, what DO you base that upon? If you feel it is "not real hard to discourage a dog from attacking," how do YOU do that, and how often have you actually tested this against an attacking dog?
1. Do you think an actual attacking dog will back off at some level that doesn't involve serious injury or death?
2. If so, what DO you base that upon?
3. If you feel it is "not real hard to discourage a dog from attacking," how do YOU do that, and how often have you actually tested this against an attacking dog?
Lets be sure we clarify this a little first. There is a significant difference in a trained attack dog and pets, I will do pets first.
To number 1, absolutely and without any doubt at all. A dog will typically only attack within a very few circumstances. If its territory is violated and yes, the dog decides its territory, if it gets to roam the whole block, it owns it all, if it gets six blocks it owns all that, if it is restricted to its yard, it typically owns only that. This alone is a good reason not to let your own dog roam, they can easily mistake folks for threats. The other and common action for a dog, particularly weak dogs is to bluff an attack. They learn by doing so they will indeed be left alone. They are very used to humans retreating in fear from said actions, a simple loud “no” and an aggressive step at them will cause these dogs to bolt. Dogs will not hunt or attack prey larger than themselves if not in a pack, if it is not trained to do so, it will not be posturing with an adult human unless it has a very weak temperament.
It is also notable that an untrained dog has limits and if they miss in the attack mode the third time, they tend to abandon the attack, simply standing your ground and making the dog miss in its attacks will deter them from continuing. Knowing you are in a fight and paying attention to that simple fact instead of panicking which in reality is what most do.
Trained attack dog on the other hand, you are going to have to injure it, you are likely to be injured as well and may even employ that as part of your attack. That’s right, to use a cliché’ from Josey Whales “plumb mad dog mean” in other words and what you seem to be missing is simply that you must ATTACK the dog, not defend yourself.
Its not Karate or nija stuff, it is flat out attacking the dog. There are methods to better increase your success times and decrease your injuries.
Number 2, I base it upon raising and training attack dogs for the Sheriff’s department years ago with my father. Raising and training show dogs as well and learning and knowing breeds.
Number 3, every situation is different so it is indeed hard to answer your question without defining it a little, again trained vs untrained. Untrained, it is not very likely I would be attacked by such a dog, however if I was, as stated I would punt its butt in a large way. That part is about timing and the attack needs to be in progress, meaning the dog coming at you not the other way around, they are too quick for that at all.
Trained, your getting bit, the end,. You need to know it, understand it, and pick it. Your best choice is if you have time, cover your left forearm, if not it goes uncovered and when the dog bites down on it, you take the dogs back, pull that forearm into its mouth so it may not release and with your right you come under the throat and choke the dog to death.
To that last part of number 3, I have been the “dummy” involved in training dogs 5-10 times and even with huge pads that my dad punched me while wearing to “prove them” it was scary as can be the first time, not much better the second but somewhere after 4 or 5 it was almost fun. Outside of training the animals, fewer than 10 have gotten close enough to bother with at all, none were trained animals and only one got its teeth on me. A sweeping motion with my fist catching it in the rib cage discouraged it enough to run off. All of the other strange dogs never came close to closing the distance, they simply fell where they stood from a bullet wound, a hazard of farming and city folks dumping their pets.
There is a lot more to it than I have time to discuss, but defeating a dog is not a hard task IMHO, you do have to think about it and you do have to decide to do it and not think about defending yourself but actually decide to kill the animal and I suppose that is the more likely part that causes a lot of folks to fail, they just want the dog to quit, it does not work that way. If you do as described and you choke it out but decide to “let it live” you are going to find that as far as doggie is concerned the fight is still on and you better be committed to putting it down once you start as it is committed to doing the same thing to you. I suppose one other item to mention particular to the fight, doggies want your back, never give it to them, you can not kick or hit very hard backwards.
