Nasty pitbull attack caught on camera

[Brigade77]

And whilst your reaching for the dogs legs it clamps its jaws on your arm right to the bone.

Police dogs are trained to do this because the method of disabling the dog by spreading its forelegs renders them useless, it has absolutely nothing to do with whether you may be holding a weapon. The average dog that is attacking to kill wants/needs to get you on the ground where it can bite your throat, this is an instinct 100's of 1000's of years old. It will bite your arm, it will bite anything & you will get bitten, but if it's your last chance then grab those forelegs & spread them.

 

[ericmark]

I love wild life, I walk and site in the woodland waiting for photo opportunities, when I am lying on the floor, with camera on a tripod, waiting for a shot, and a dog comes up and wants to lick everything in sight including my lens, I am not amused, and for the owner to then say it's OK he's harmless is just rubbing salt into the wounds. I would happily kill the dog and the owner. It is not OK for a dog to approach anyone other than the owner. I am lucky I know a woodland owner who has banned all dogs from his woodland. And I am able to watch the wild life.

Sheep dogs OK, Cow dogs (nasty things) still OK they have a job, Blind dogs OK, Police dogs OK, not so sure about RAF dogs they are trained to kill not just hold, nothing wrong with a budgie, cat or dog as a pet, as long as you don't take it to public places or treat it bad.

 

[Brigade77]

I love wild life, I walk and site in the woodland waiting for photo opportunities, when I am lying on the floor, with camera on a tripod, waiting for a shot, and a dog comes up and wants to lick everything in sight including my lens, I am not amused, and for the owner to then say it's OK he's harmless is just rubbing salt into the wounds. I would happily kill the dog and the owner. It is not OK for a dog to approach anyone other than the owner. I am lucky I know a woodland owner who has banned all dogs from his woodland. And I am able to watch the wild life.

Sheep dogs OK, Cow dogs (nasty things) still OK they have a job, Blind dogs OK, Police dogs OK, not so sure about RAF dogs they are trained to kill not just hold, nothing wrong with a budgie, cat or dog as a pet, as long as you don't take it to public places or treat it bad.

I think you may have some mental health problems. Please seek help.

 

[DaveHerns]

I thought EM was going to say the dog comes up and pees on him. Then he'd have something to complain about.

 

[blightymam]

Police dogs are trained to do this because the method of disabling the dog by spreading its forelegs renders them useless, it has absolutely nothing to do with whether you may be holding a weapon. The average dog that is attacking to kill wants/needs to get you on the ground where it can bite your throat, this is an instinct 100's of 1000's of years old. It will bite your arm, it will bite anything & you will get bitten, but if it's your last chance then grab those forelegs & spread them.

I didn't know police dogs were trained in pulling apart another dogs legs, how smart!!
Kidding aside, it's really an old wives tale, no proof it works. It's pretty hard to spread the dogs legs apart that far that it causes any damage and would take a silly amount of force, esp by someone who's also being attacked by very sharp teeth at the same time. It's been said over the years that it can burst a rib cage, or break a leg, or cause a heart-attack, depending on who you ask at the time and I would think the police are probably trained in a better method, ie, kill the bloomin thing.

 

[DaveHerns]

Has no one here got a pet dog that worships it's owner and shows it when the owner comes home after a hour or two? Mine lies at the bottom of the stairs waiting for a belly rub when I get up in the morning. I accept there are vicious dogs ( yet to meet one) but is it not mostly the fault of the owners?

 

[HawkEye244]

I didn't know police dogs were trained in pulling apart another dogs legs, how smart!!
Kidding aside, it's really an old wives tale, no proof it works. It's pretty hard to spread the dogs legs apart that far that it causes any damage and would take a silly amount of force, esp by someone who's also being attacked by very sharp teeth at the same time. It's been said over the years that it can burst a rib cage, or break a leg, or cause a heart-attack, depending on who you ask at the time and I would think the police are probably trained in a better method, ie, kill the bloomin thing.

I suppose you could kick it's legs out if you couldn't reach with your arms.

 

[blightymam]

Has no one here got a pet dog that worships it's owner and shows it when the owner comes home after a hour or two? Mine lies at the bottom of the stairs waiting for a belly rub when I get up in the morning. I accept there are vicious dogs ( yet to meet one) but is it not mostly the fault of the owners?

Absolutely! One of the nicest things in the world is that welcome home you get from a dog who's always pleased to see you, no matter what you've done..

Grew up with dogs and they've never been anything but soppy buggers. Always treated with a firm and kind hand, routine and lots of walks and stimulation and they are happy - dogs as a rule want to please and be part of the pack, it's how they work. Works for cats too - we rehomed a 5 year old cat who was a shouty, violent unhappy cat. Kindness, fuss and time spent on him and he's as quiet and content as can be now. He likes our company so much that we even have to take him for a walk every day.. No lead or anything, just likes to go for about an hours walk. Strange fella

 

[blightymam]

I suppose you could kick it's legs out if you couldn't reach with your arms.

Yeah, may be lucky enough to break a leg but again, dogs that close to you enough to kick it are already a ball of strong, snapping jaws with sharp teeth. Would that be so easy? Also, dogs are still capable of attacking when slightly injured - it has 3 more legs to work on and would probably get even more violent.

I was told best way if you've a dog who's certain to attack is to give it something to chomp, like if carry an umbrella or a bag etc. If nothing available, the next best is to wrap clothing thickly around an arm, like a coat and let it chomp with the arm way in front of you, while you can then reach for something to hurt it /something else to chomp or look for a way out and protect throat, face & torso. When nothing is going to stop an attack they'll bite anything. I do agree with other posters, they are aiming for the throat, as well as face & stomach (dogs hurt each other in the stomach because it's nearly always fatal). So keeping on both feet is a must so no falling over or legs being bitten and being forced down by a dog.

Still, all of this is hypothetical for most of us, hope stays that way!

 

[EFLImpudence]

He likes our company so much that we even have to take him for a walk every day.. No lead or anything, just likes to go for about an hours walk. Strange fella

I used to see from my window a woman taking the dog for a walk every day.

Dog on a lead of course to prevent it being run over or eating children.
Some days a cat would be "with them". No lead obviously, just walking along - if he wanted to.



I used to work in an office in a place where we had a cat. She used to come with me to the bank or shop and wait for me outside.

 

[DaveHerns]

I was told that letting off a fire extinguisher repels dogs without injuring them, whether it's the sound or force of the escaping gas I don't know.

 

[HawkEye244]

Yeah, may be lucky enough to break a leg but again, dogs that close to you enough to kick it are already a ball of strong, snapping jaws with sharp teeth. Would that be so easy? Also, dogs are still capable of attacking when slightly injured - it has 3 more legs to work on and would probably get even more violent.

I was told best way if you've a dog who's certain to attack is to give it something to chomp, like if carry an umbrella or a bag etc. If nothing available, the next best is to wrap clothing thickly around an arm, like a coat and let it chomp with the arm way in front of you, while you can then reach for something to hurt it /something else to chomp or look for a way out and protect throat, face & torso. When nothing is going to stop an attack they'll bite anything. I do agree with other posters, they are aiming for the throat, as well as face & stomach (dogs hurt each other in the stomach because it's nearly always fatal). So keeping on both feet is a must so no falling over or legs being bitten and being forced down by a dog.

Still, all of this is hypothetical for most of us, hope stays that way!

If I'm out running any approaching dogs usually respond well enough to ''fukc off ****''.

In fairness I think the UK does pretty well on the whole at being responsible with their pets. I'd hate to live in the latin american countries where you get ferral gangs of dogs running about freely.

 

[blightymam]

I used to see from my window a woman taking the dog for a walk every day.

Dog on a lead of course to prevent it being run over or eating children.
Some days a cat would be "with them". No lead obviously, just walking along - if he wanted to.



I used to work in an office in a place where we had a cat. She used to come with me to the bank or shop and wait for me outside.

Grins, the 'eating children' part made me laugh!

Those cats sound fab and liking the cat who went to town with you Dogs in a previous life perhaps?

 

[EFLImpudence]

liking the cat who went to town with you

Yes. People would look in amazement after stroking her, then I'd come out of the shop and off we'd go.

Dogs in a previous life perhaps?

Mmm. Could be but -
only after being given a brain and learning how to behave - definite promotion.

I'm with Hawkeye on dogs.

 

[noseall]

Yes. People would look in amazement after stroking her, then I'd come out of the shop and off we'd go.


Mmm. Could be but -
only after being given a brain and learning how to behave - definite promotion.

I'm with Hawkeye on dogs.

We too had a cat (female) that would follow us to school.

I'm with Hawkeye and EFLI on dogs.