20-03-2021, 12:47 PM
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Roxy I'm trying that on any dog that goes for mine! What a great move! I don't know why her dog refused to go with her? Maybe it was fired up and wanted to keep on at Dageus. Some people are weird - when a dog attacked mine, the woman just sauntered over and said "oh he does that sometimes" and wandered off. Meanwhile, Diva Dog (who was only 10 months old) was screaming as her leg was bitten, and I was (ashamed to say) screaming and swearing like a common fishwife at the dog AND her, while trying to kick her dog off mine.
20-03-2021, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Roxy
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Dageus and I were in the park a week ago and he was chasing his ball, This Staffie type dog came out of nowhere and attacked him, went straight for his throat and as Dageus had a mouthfull of ball he was unable to respond. I was near enough to stop it before it got bad and I grabbed the Staffies back legs and raised then high and he could no longer fight. It was several minutes before his owner sauntered into view and started to have a go at me for hurting her dog. .
The other bit of advice I offer to people taking their dogs to dog parks or in a dog-busy area is to carry a squeezable bottle of ice-cold water. A heavy dousing in the face of the attacking dog usually shocks them into backing off.
20-03-2021, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfermom
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This is exactly the procedure I use when there is a dog fight, Roxy. It not only throws the dog off kilter, it keeps your hands from accidentally being bitten. The other bit of advice I offer to people taking their dogs to dog parks or in a dog-busy area is to carry a squeezable bottle of ice-cold water. A heavy dousing in the face of the attacking dog usually shocks them into backing off.
20-03-2021, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Muddy
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It’s rare that dogs fight off the lead .
Rare perhaps, but it does happen.
You've perhaps seen me write in the past about my beloved Izzy, who was heavily pregnant and enjoying a gentle stroll in the sunshine down the park with me, when a bloody evil Staffy - off lead - rushed at her and attacked her for no reason whatsoever. She didn't even see it coming up behind her.
Iz hadn't got a bad bone in her body, but that viscious dog fully intended to kill her and her puppies.
20-03-2021, 04:47 PM
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Re: Dog owners scared
Originally Posted by Surfermom
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This is exactly the procedure I use when there is a dog fight, Roxy. It not only throws the dog off kilter, it keeps your hands from accidentally being bitten. The other bit of advice I offer to people taking their dogs to dog parks or in a dog-busy area is to carry a squeezable bottle of ice-cold water. A heavy dousing in the face of the attacking dog usually shocks them into backing off.
Only thing to be careful of is it doesn't try to turn round and grab your ankles!
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