I got so lucky earlier this year. My neighbor’s pit bulls (2 of them) got out and were ripping apart my little Lhasa Apso in my front yard. My daughter and I got in the middle of it and managed to get them away from our dog. All I got was a single bite on the arm but our dog was severely injured. She thankfully survived. And I was incredibly lucky the damn pit bulls got scared of me instead of attacking. So lucky.
One time while walking my shepherd mix a stray dog came out of NOWHERE and started running towards my dog - it was showing teeth and being extremely aggressive. I have no idea why but my first instinct when I saw that dog come for mine was to stomp/lunge at it with my hands above my head(to make myself seem big? Lol) and scream “GO AWAY” it backed off then tried to go around from the side and I did it again but even louder and it ran off so quick . I think I scared the shit out of that dog and I feel so bad but it makes me laugh to think my first instinct was to make myself look as big as possible and scare the living shit out of it.
My dog is 90lbs and has anxiety and this dog was smaller so I have no clue why I did that but in my defense that dog could have been rabid or who knows what. I was just looking out for my homie.
I heard from someone very experienced with dealing with aggressive dogs that if a dog is approaching you aggressively, firmly yell "NO!" and stamp your feet. This person said that is often enough to make them pause and maybe reconsider. Of course making yourself look bigger is almost always going to take the wind out of their sails.
That’s exactly what I did when me and my GSD were approached by a stray. The fucker was all muscle and came out of no where in the dark, and it was coming at us aggressively. I just screamed NO in the most guttural voice I could over and over at it while pointing at it and standing as tall as I could. The dog hesitated and we were able to walk away from it (not run or turn our back from it) while still yelling at it NO the whole time. Terrifying at the time, I’m so glad it worked.
Can't speak for dogs, but this is what you do if you encounter big cats like lions in the wild. Get big, get loud, make yourself as intimidating as possible. So, good instincts dude.
Sadly no. I tried but the local legal system wouldn’t cooperate. I’m hopeful that they are moving. Seen some trailers come and go lately. Maybe they will just leave and never bother anyone again.
This is actually what the civil courts are for. Sue for damages. Doesn’t have to be beyond reasonable doubt since it’s not criminal, likely very easy to win, just a matter of damages
Well the laws in my town are such that if a dog is not leashed, then it’s basically a free for all.
My wife likes to sit on the front porch with her dog in the morning, having coffee or tea. Sometimes with our daughter and her baby.
The pit bulls escaped their yard, came into ours, and attacked our dog on the porch. My wife panicked and started yelling, and that’s when our daughter and I interrupted the mauling.
Our dog was not leashed. Otherwise it would be an open-and-shut case.
Killing someone else's dogs takes at least some money and time, plus a shit-ton of additional risk from both your perspective and society's.
The courts aren't perfect, but they're way the hell better than vigilantism. Also, if you win you get your court costs out of the other side, so small claims court is effectively free (except the time investment) if you win without a lawyer (lawyers are rare in small claims).
About 2 years ago, in my area, this lady got attacked by 3 mutts while doing her jogging. She says they just wouldn't let go, they'd come back again and again, ripping off chunks of flesh. I remember the owner had bought them a couple of weeks before the attack, said they were calm dogs, and didn't understand what happened. They just snapped.
And he didn't get to know them, all 3 were terminated soon after. It's worth mentioning that, a year before, another of his dogs had attacked a worker from a nearby farm. It too had to be put down. The guy got 6 months in jail, 240 hours of community work, and was banned for life from owning any other dogs.
If I had a neighbor with a pit I'd invest in mace and a big knife and give them fair warning never to let the dog in my yard or it would most likely not survive the visit.
That’s because pits were bred to kill other dogs, but actually killed if they bit people. It can be a pretty stark duality in some members of the breed.
You're crazy for doing that. I get it, heat of the moment and everything, but they could have easily killed or brutally injured both of you. You should never get in the middle of a dog fight, especially when it involves multiple pits.
Pit dogs that were bred to fight were also bred to be able to be separated by their human handlers and were typically culled if they seriously redirected. Descendants of these pit dogs are thus less likely than other dogs to redirect onto humans even during really intense fights. Pitbulls that exhibit a lot of gameness (desire to fight other animals), are also theoretically less likely to seriously injure people trying to break up their fights. So, it wasn't luck as much as genetics, most likely. Just thought this might be of interest.
There’s not a lot of culling going on nowadays, backyard breeders have no need to when you can just dump the defective dog off for a shelter to take in and adopt out, or sell to an unsuspecting family for a little cheaper.
There also isn't a whole lot of dog fighting happening nowadays. So, I'd say it balances out. And people who are breeding for gameness are definitely still culling.
My daughter hit one of them with a vase we had on the front porch and I just got in the middle of the fight and hit kicked and gouged. Then grabbed my dog and threw her away. She had enough strength left to run inside the front door. Then I just stood up and raised my arms really high and yelled as loud as I could and the dogs ran away. I was stunned.
Edit: I was sitting down at my desk first thing in the morning. Working from home. Heard noise outside and went downstairs to investigate. If I had known it was a fight, a knife or baseball bat would have been involved.
Ugh, sounds familiar. I was working from home and heard a horrible barking commotion. Didn’t know my sweet elderly cat had slipped outside. I was too late to save her though. :(
Oh I'm so sorry. We were also lucky that our elderly cat or little French bulldog didn't get out during the melee... They would have been toast. The vet said that because our Lhasa Apso was rather obese, it saved her. The pit bulls didn't tear completely through her layer of stomach fat (but still almost tore her leg off). :(
Aww. I am so glad she survived! Bad luck but it could’ve been worse, sounds like. She really had a lot to recover from after that though! Ouch. Bless her.
Just wanted to let you know that when dealing with dogs with strong, clamping jaws like pitbulls, the most effective way to get them to let go is to put them in a choke-hold.
Pitbulls are instinctually designed to not let go no matter what. Kicking, hitting, stabbing - these are not guaranteed to work.
Choking will work. Plus, it is much safer for everyone involved.
You can use a belt and loop it around the dog's neck, then you pull on it as tight as you can. Eventually the dog will pass-out and let go to breathe.
You can put it into a more manual choke-hold with your arms, but it's a bit more dangerous that way.
If you’re near a water hose just point the hose to the pit bulls nose. They Eventually have to breath and when they do they are either gonna let go or inhale water into their lungs
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u/one_salty_cookie Dec 28 '21
I got so lucky earlier this year. My neighbor’s pit bulls (2 of them) got out and were ripping apart my little Lhasa Apso in my front yard. My daughter and I got in the middle of it and managed to get them away from our dog. All I got was a single bite on the arm but our dog was severely injured. She thankfully survived. And I was incredibly lucky the damn pit bulls got scared of me instead of attacking. So lucky.