How to deal with dog attacks

[Lucas88]

Yesterday evening, while I was walking down a street, I came to a house with a garden with parts of the fence broken or missing completely. In the garden there was an unsupervised dog which looked like a pit bull or a similar kind of breed. The dog immediately jumped up and edged towards me with a menacing growl. As I retreated to get away from the dog, it started to charge at me and chased me to the other side of the road. I was then backed up against a wall at the opposite pavement and the dog continued to stalk me while growling aggressively.

In that moment, I had neither a weapon nor any object that could be used to throw at the dog as a distraction. For a second, I considered kicking the dog in the nose as hard as I could but feared that if I missed the dog would have an opportunity to latch onto my leg and cause serious damage. I don't understand the anatomy of animals as much as I do that of humans. I don't know where their weak points are or how do inflict maximum damage on them while avoiding being bitten. Martial arts are designed for fighting other humans, not animals.

So I just kept calm and continued to slowly back away along the wall. Eventually the dog calmed down and returned to the garden from where it came.

What kind of retard leaves a dangerous breed of dog unsupervised in a garden with large portions of the fence missing right next to a public pavement? I'm sure that it was exactly the kind of 80 IQ moron that our moderator and resident misanthrope @fschmidt believes should be exterminated. In this particular case, I agree with him.

Although I didn't panic and the event only shook me up slightly, it made me think about the need for suitable strategies of defense against dog attacks.

Ideally, I would like to carry with me some kind of lance-like weapon, maybe a wooden staff with a protractible blade or point that one could use to fend off animal attacks and stick into the aggressive animal's eyes or neck if necessary, although carrying such a weapon would be illegal in most "civilized" societies.

Such is the lamentable condition of modern man - a weak and cowardly subject deprived of all survival instinct and unwilling to even prepare for self-defense. Moreover, those of us who still do have those same primal instincts are forbidden by law to carry any kind of genuine weapon for our own protection (e.g., from wild animals). The result of this is a generation of stunted imbeciles completely lacking the essential knowledge or preparation needed to survive life-or-death scenarios that our prehistoric ancestors would have faced almost on a daily basis.

So staffs and lances are out of the question. Concealed carry of a firearm isn't permitted in most countries either. I suppose that pepper spray might be one of the best options.

What do you guys think are the best options against dog attacks?

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[MrPeabody]

I think the commercial pepper spray is too weak. Bear spray would be better. The problem is you don't know if it will work until you really need it, and you are screwed if it doesn't.

[kernuo]

For me, pepper spray can deal with dogs that are not too big. The important thing is to stay calm and not panic or run away. Because your panic will stimulate the dogs to become more aggressive.

[MrPeabody]

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[Lucas88]

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Wow, it includes self-defence strategies such as punching the dog in its sensitive nose, breaking the dog's forelegs at certain weak points with a foreign object (if available), pulling the dog's legs apart like a wishbone and thereby dislocating them, and even choking the dog out with a rear naked choke.

I've heard of stories of people choking out aggressive dogs with a RNC. Rickson Gracie apparently subdued a pitbull that way.

I'm an experienced grappler but applying a RNC to a dog looks quite awkward to me. Their heads are smaller and they can sneak out of holds easier than a human can. I'll have to watch some videos for correct technique against a canine assailant.

Why the hell is that information censored from the public view? It's extremely valuable for self-defence against dog attacks. Everybody should know about it!

[MrPeabody]

Here is information that is censored from the public view.

https://exigentcircumstance.wordpress.c ... ght-a-dog/

Thank you very much for sharing this article!

Wow, it includes self-defence strategies such as punching the dog in its sensitive nose, breaking the dog's forelegs at certain weak points with a foreign object (if available), pulling the dog's legs apart like a wishbone and thereby dislocating them, and even choking the dog out with a rear naked choke.

I've heard of stories of people choking out aggressive dogs with a RNC. Rickson Gracie apparently subdued a pitbull that way.

I'm an experienced grappler but applying a RNC to a dog looks quite awkward to me. Their heads are smaller and they can sneak out of holds easier than a human can. I'll have to watch some videos for correct technique against a canine assailant.

Why the hell is that information censored from the public view? It's extremely valuable for self-defence against dog attacks. Everybody should know about it!

Because the media is dominated by dog lovers. So they tell you completely useless advice like "make like a tree" or "crawl into a ball to protect your face and neck".

Watch out for pitbulls. They are very dangerous and promoted by the media as safe. They are 6% of the population but account for 60% of dog attacks. They were bread specifically to fight, have a high pain tolerance, are built like weightlifters, and can attack without giving any warning signs. When you see a pitbull, walk to the other side of the street. Don't believe the propaganda - pictures of pitbulls with bunny ears or sleeping with babies.