dog attacks

[aeelinehand]

how about putting a demo on your show on how to defend against a dog attack. loose aggresive dogs seem to becoming  a bigger problem in america and not every one can carry a gun.

[Texas_Bryan]

That's for true, lots and lots of feral dogs running around in Austin and nearby.  My plan is not that good.  My ass ain't out running them that's for sure.

[Walter45Auto]

If you run you only make it worse. Prey Drive kicks in, and they'll chase you. With an already aggressive dog, running won't help.

[Texas_Bryan]

If you run you only make it worse. Prey Drive kicks in, and they'll chase you. With an already aggressive dog, running won't help.

I walk at night in a fairly wildlife heavy area, deer, feral hogs, dogs, and smaller critters.  If they get territorial, deer and hogs do like crazy around here, then I just return what ever grunt or huff and puff, except twice as loud.  That's been my technique for avoiding any physical confrontation, its worked so far.  I'm not sure how that would play out with an aggressive dog though, could be desperate or sick...get your plunging knife ready, get the dog off its feet, and figure out where to go from there.

[Solus]

Growling back is a good tactic...might not do as well with a pack of dogs...focus on the leader.

I've heard that s squirt gun filled with ammonia might do a good job.  A squirt in the face will take some of the fight out of a dog, and you have multiple quick shots.

 

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[yuri gagarin]

Walking with my husky in rural New York State I was put upon by 4 pit bull mix dogs in the woods. I normally carry a handgun, but on this day I was unarmed. Picked up a twig and swung it at the dogs, they were wary but not really afraid. My husky and I walked backwards to the house, about 100 yards, never showing our backs to the pack of dogs. When any of the pit bulls got close, my husky lunged, and I gave one a swift kick directly to the chest. Got into the house and got my shotgun, but by then they took off (sixth sense that I would have killed them?). My husky had a cut under his chin, about 35 stiches, that I didn't notice until we got back into the house. Now I never walk in the woods without my pepper spray, and usually I carry my Springfield XD .45 too! Real hero was my husky, named Harley, who is in heaven now. If I didn't have him, I'm sure the 4 dogs would have gone after me, and I probably would be here today if even one of them knocked me off my feet.
This is a big problem, probably the most danger, anyone will run into in the woods.

[yuri gagarin]

The Funeral Procession

 

 

A man was leaving a convenience store with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery.

A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one.

Behind the second hearse was a solitary man walking a dog on a leash.

Behind him, a short distance back, were about 200 men walking single file.

The man couldn't stand the curiosity. He respectfully approached the man walking the dog and said, 'I am so sorry for your loss, and this may be a bad time to disturb you, but I've never seen a funeral like this.

Whose funeral i s it?'

 

'My wife's.
 

''What happened to her?'
 

The man replied, 'My dog attacked and killed her'

 
He inquired further, 'But who is in the second hearse?'

 
The man answered, 'My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my wife when the dog turned on her.'

 

A poignant and thoughtful moment of silence passed between the two men.

 

'Can I borrow the dog?'

 

The man replied, 'Get in line.'

[m25operator]

We have a lot of walking and strolling neighbors in our hood, 75% of them carry stout sticks or canes, notice a lot of fanny packs too. I also once used pepper spray to good use on a full grown rotweiler that had my cat cornered under a car in my driveway, one shot into his face was enough to send him packing, he sneezed once, buried his nose in the dirt, shook it a couple times and then hauled back to his casa pronto.

Funny thing is, my 2 basenjis were chewing on weak boards in the fence to make a hole to escape, so I pepper sprayed the boards they were chewing real good, did not slow them down a bit. This was Olio Capsicum, and the good stuff. They eat my Jalapeno dip with gusto.

[ericire12]

Ive stopped a charging dog in its tracks with a loud aggressive "No! No! No!" (Hand going for the 26, but never drew). Most neighborhood dogs are 95% controllable through stern commands and aggressive posture..... true ferel or rabid dogs are a different story. I suggest using those aggressive commands as early as possible before they can close the distance, and then if that does not work all bets are off.

[fightingquaker13]

We have a lot of walking and strolling neighbors in our hood, 75% of them carry stout sticks or canes, notice a lot of fanny packs too. I also once used pepper spray to good use on a full grown rotweiler that had my cat cornered under a car in my driveway, one shot into his face was enough to send him packing, he sneezed once, buried his nose in the dirt, shook it a couple times and then hauled back to his casa pronto.

Funny thing is, my 2 basenjis were chewing on weak boards in the fence to make a hole to escape, so I pepper sprayed the boards they were chewing real good, did not slow them down a bit. This was Olio Capsicum, and the good stuff. They eat my Jalapeno dip with gusto.

I'd check the date on that pepper spray. In neither case did it work as it should. I was going to AK and enguired about bear issuses if I cached some supplies a few years back. I was warned not to pepper spray the rock pile. Reason being that as the capsacium degrades it turns sweet and bears will actually come and lick it up. Sounds like your stuff might have just gotten old. Just a theory.
FQ13