>> >> terriers never give up, no matter how hard they are whacked
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>> Your only chance (and you only get one chance) is to punch them between the
>> eyes with all your might as hard as you possibly can (or harder)
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>> If that fails, you'd better start praying to your God.
The easiest way to protect again getting seriously savaged by a dog is to know how and why they bite. Their only real weapon is the Jaw and over 40 teeth of various sizes and sharpness,
As puppies they arrive with lots of little needle sharp teeth, very sharp indeed, the sole reason being to teach the dog how to use its teeth responsibly. You, its mum or its siblings will soon clobber a lesson into it about how to use those teeth.
So as an adult, it will bite in two ways each for a separate reason.
1/ The defensive snap. This is a quick lunge in, snap shut the jaws - possibly a tear, usually not, open jaws, retreat to a defensive posture. Its a warning.
2/ Prey drive*. This is the one where most people get seriously hurt or killed. Its almost entirely consists of of one good solid bite, lots of jaw pressure, and lots of shaking (called the death shake - aimed to break a preys neck), but NOT LETTING GO. The only reason it lets go is because the grip wasn't good enough, or its slipped, or the gripped part has torn or broken, whereupon it will have another go for a good grip.
So to keep the dog occupied, under some form of control, and minimum damage to you, its key to provide the dog with a good grip on an item of your choosing, but NOT your arm. (you dont want 40 to 60 kilos of dog hanging off your arm, it reduces your ability to handle things and makes you unbalanced)
So give it a grip. Something that needs to be about 4 inches wide, soft enough to get teeth into, firm enough it wont break or tear. Ideally thats a tree branch, to handle a Pit-bull you go in their with two feet of 4 inch branch held out between your hands and offer the dog the bite in the middle. Once its latched on you can actually lift the damn thing off its feet and carry it anywhere you want - it aint letting go.
Most people don't have a branch with them however, but you do have the ideal thing. The soul of your shoe. When the dog lunges at you, push out the sole of your foot horizontally to the ground, and the dog will latch onto the sole of your shoe where upon you can continue your forward momentum down to the ground with your foot breaking its bottom jaw. You can use all your weight to pin the dog to the ground by its injured jaw.
In short, you have protection on your body, your shoe - use it effectively.
*Prey drive. Its how you train dogs, they all have it, so you use it. Tuggy games, chasing the ball, they all love it so use it as a reward.
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