Your Martial Arts Skills VS. Wild Dog

[stabbychick]

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[Hikage]

Hikage: This Rotti certainly had a tail.

For clarification on whether or not Rottweilers have tails, please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottweiler

However, you bring up a very valid point. Many dogs do not have tails, or have tiny tails that are nigh impossible to grab with any effect.

I did not know that anyone let their tails grow.

I concede the point and apologize for any doubt cast.

-Hikage

[knifethrower]

For all you folks who think you're going to simply poke him in the eyes...remember this guy had a suit on when he let the dog take his arm. Imagine how much more difficult it becomes while your arm is being shredded.

Right on…The real damage is not the bite but, the vicious shake that follows. That’s a lot of trauma to go through and still keep a clear head.

[HtTKar]

Orininally posted by Hardball:
So he didn't like his tail being pulled? I'll have to make a mental note of that. I would think a good shot to the ribs would hurt any dog

Its not really wild dogs that you have to be afraid of. They are too weak and malnourished to take on an adult. Its the well-fed domestic dogs that have the stamina to take on an adult. I have always grown up with large dogs, and have broken up a couple fights. Beleive me, hitting a dog in the ribs or head will not make them give up. I have taken a baseball bat to the sides of a german shepard and he would not release his grib on my buddies labrador. At another time I tried using a cast iron pan across a malamutes skull to break up the fight, this didnt really work either. Eventhough after the fight the dog was very confused and unstable. Remember that all the traits we breed for, such as courage, fearlessness, and althletic ability, are exactly the same traits that keep those dogs holding on until death if necessary.

There are two kinds of attacks;
The ones most people fear are where a dog lunges for you and holds on. This is used in attack-and-release. The dog bites down and shakes, keeping you there. In this instance, I would sacrifice an arm, pick the dog up and break its back over my knee. Once a human gets a hold of the dog, if they can keep their cool, the dog is dead.

A smarter dog however will bite and run away, staying out of your range. They will keep you occupied constantly. One or two bites will slow you down enough to keep you from running away. They can then use their stamina against you, and unless you can either climb on top of something, or get a hold of the dog, its only a matter of time before they wear you out.

Dont forget to look out for the dogs claws either. Unless the dog has had its nails trimmed, or has been running on concrete, its claws are like a bears and can cut you right through your clothing.

I guess if I had to come up with a plan, it would be first of all to keep your cool. Secondly in the moment before the attack, know that if this dog dares to bite you, you will kill that dog as soon as possible. Go on the offensive and grab, rip, break anyting that you can. I wont tolerate any human aggression from a dog whatsoever. Dogs with human aggressive tendancies should be put down, or not allowed to breed. I just dont get why people try to breed these animals inside the safety of a community.

[Hardball]

Its not really wild dogs that you have to be afraid of. They are too weak and malnourished to take on an adult. Its the well-fed domestic dogs that have the stamina to take on an adult. I have always grown up with large dogs, and have broken up a couple fights. Beleive me, hitting a dog in the ribs or head will not make them give up. I have taken a baseball bat to the sides of a german shepard and he would not release his grib on my buddies labrador. At another time I tried using a cast iron pan across a malamutes skull to break up the fight, this didnt really work either. Eventhough after the fight the dog was very confused and unstable. Remember that all the traits we breed for, such as courage, fearlessness, and althletic ability, are exactly the same traits that keep those dogs holding on until death if necessary.

There are two kinds of attacks;
The ones most people fear are where a dog lunges for you and holds on. This is used in attack-and-release. The dog bites down and shakes, keeping you there. In this instance, I would sacrifice an arm, pick the dog up and break its back over my knee. Once a human gets a hold of the dog, if they can keep their cool, the dog is dead.

A smarter dog however will bite and run away, staying out of your range. They will keep you occupied constantly. One or two bites will slow you down enough to keep you from running away. They can then use their stamina against you, and unless you can either climb on top of something, or get a hold of the dog, its only a matter of time before they wear you out.

Dont forget to look out for the dogs claws either. Unless the dog has had its nails trimmed, or has been running on concrete, its claws are like a bears and can cut you right through your clothing.

I guess if I had to come up with a plan, it would be first of all to keep your cool. Secondly in the moment before the attack, know that if this dog dares to bite you, you will kill that dog as soon as possible. Go on the offensive and grab, rip, break anyting that you can. I wont tolerate any human aggression from a dog whatsoever. Dogs with human aggressive tendancies should be put down, or not allowed to breed. I just dont get why people try to breed these animals inside the safety of a community.

Man that was intelligent and mind boggling.

[Hardball]

Its not really wild dogs that you have to be afraid of. They are too weak and malnourished to take on an adult. Its the well-fed domestic dogs that have the stamina to take on an adult. I have always grown up with large dogs, and have broken up a couple fights. Beleive me, hitting a dog in the ribs or head will not make them give up. I have taken a baseball bat to the sides of a german shepard and he would not release his grib on my buddies labrador. At another time I tried using a cast iron pan across a malamutes skull to break up the fight, this didnt really work either. Eventhough after the fight the dog was very confused and unstable. Remember that all the traits we breed for, such as courage, fearlessness, and althletic ability, are exactly the same traits that keep those dogs holding on until death if necessary.

There are two kinds of attacks;
The ones most people fear are where a dog lunges for you and holds on. This is used in attack-and-release. The dog bites down and shakes, keeping you there. In this instance, I would sacrifice an arm, pick the dog up and break its back over my knee. Once a human gets a hold of the dog, if they can keep their cool, the dog is dead.

A smarter dog however will bite and run away, staying out of your range. They will keep you occupied constantly. One or two bites will slow you down enough to keep you from running away. They can then use their stamina against you, and unless you can either climb on top of something, or get a hold of the dog, its only a matter of time before they wear you out.

Dont forget to look out for the dogs claws either. Unless the dog has had its nails trimmed, or has been running on concrete, its claws are like a bears and can cut you right through your clothing.

I guess if I had to come up with a plan, it would be first of all to keep your cool. Secondly in the moment before the attack, know that if this dog dares to bite you, you will kill that dog as soon as possible. Go on the offensive and grab, rip, break anyting that you can. I wont tolerate any human aggression from a dog whatsoever. Dogs with human aggressive tendancies should be put down, or not allowed to breed. I just dont get why people try to breed these animals inside the safety of a community.

Oops, double post.

[stabbychick]

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[HtTKar]

I'm not sure how things work where you are from, but I don't remember the packs of dogs in New Mexico being malnourished. They often run with coyotes. There were also a lot of loose dogs that didn't really count as feral. They just had irresponsible owners who let them run loose and form packs.

At one time I had wild dogs living on one of my propertys underneath a trailer. My property was located in a very rural town that would not pay for an animal control officer. The first time I saw them I was almost attacked, but had a paintball gun with me and lit the mother dog up. She stopped charging me at only about 9 feet away, then ran for the hills. I unloaded about 200 paintballs on her until they would no longer reach her. Under the trailer I found 4 puppies which I gathered, raised and gave away. I would often see the mother dog basking in the sun far away from me, leading me to believe there may have been some puppies that I missed. I did a lot of research at the time, and really learned to respect this wild dog.

[HtTKar]

I live in the Adirondack moutains where we get very large coyotes (between 30-80lbs). Many of them have Red Wolf blood in them. I have walked up on packs of them and they flee; they have a natural fear of humans.

The average lifespan of a feral dog is about a year and a half. Most of them are very bad at hunting and depend on trash and road-kill to survive. However, some do become great hunters, survive, and because they have no natural fear of humans are very dangerous.

Now if a pack of these were to attack anyone they would be in alot of danger, but they are too small to take a healthy adult human one-on-one. They just cant risk the energy or health hazard. It is so much easier to find a dead animal on the side of the road than to risk death by injury. Domesticated dogs can kill whatever they want, and if they fail go home and eat out of a bowl. They can put on bulk and get as large as their genes allow. If they get injured, they can cozy up on a couch and repair. This is why I feel domesticated dogs are far more dangerous than feral dogs.

[explorer]

I'm with BoarSpear ... anyone who brings a dog to a gunfight just ain't ready!

[darrianation]

Labrador dong fu!

I am definitely not qualified as a dog fighting expert but having certain tools would be of benefit. Since most armchair masters seem to spew out stuff about how to defeat dogs empty handed I wonder if they have ever used it against a real dog attack (and not against poodles either). I also wonder about the repeatability of such maneuvers.

For those of you who have stated “weapons” this would most definitely add some higher repeatable solutions but many times not even baseball bats and knives can stop a dog/s at least not instantaneously…but better to have a weapon than have not.