Best way to handle this? - Page 2

I had a scary experience when one of my females was about 4 months old. I was walking her on one of the streets in our area in the evening and it was dark. All of a sudden a large female pit bull (or American bull dog) came at us whith hackles raised. She was looking at my puppy so I picked the pup up, yes, all 30 lbs of her, and started walking backwards with her in my arms, closely watching the aggressor. I walked very slowly backwards with my pup in my arms and my leash at the ready to strike. I also was prepared to kick the dog coming on in the throat and was judging my distance. As we moved out of the dog's "territory" she backed off and we were allowed to leave the immediate area without an attack. But it was the scariest thing I've had with a pup. I was prepared however to do whatever had to be done. I'm glad it didn't come to that.

Maybe this is just me, but my own dog's health is a hell of a lot more important (to ME!) than the offending dog's. If a dog is fighting with mine, you best believe any objects lying around, they're flying at the attacking dog. If the owner comes up and starts yelling at me, I'll tell them all about the leash laws, and agressive dog laws. It has happened before, I was walking my dog (Golden Retriever un-altered male)at a rest stop on my way up north, and out of the blue, this rott comes charging at me, my stud (20 months old at the time) gets between me and the other dog, and the dog goes for his neck, Koda lunges and the fight ensues. I saw a medium sized tree branch on the ground, and I picked it up, and swiped the dog across the back. Naturally, the dog yelps and runs off, the owner comes over, is obviously pissed off, yells at me, I explained the situation, and not only got a BIG applogy, (apparently the dog jumped out his truck window) and he bought me dinner. He told me during dinner that had he a dog getting attacked by another dog, he would've picked up a branch and swiped the dog with it too. This is JUST MY OPINION, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT!

My solution: 380 cal. handgun + 7 round clip. Mine is a Manuhrin (French knock-off of a Ruger). Light, well-balanced, easily stuffed in pants pockets, waistband, boots, sports bras... Only accurate at short distance, but scares the hell out of a pack of dogs headed my way... and will kill a rabid skunk at a reasonably safe distance. Can be used with blanks for DPO trials. Much more dependable than the average blank gun. May cause a few mouths to drop in disbelief in some neighborhoods, but not in mine ;) Good luck!

Shelley, A rabid skunk, too funny, you really had me laughing at that one! :D

My two males have gotten at each other at my mistake and they wouldnt stop till one is dead so I did what one suggested , I grabbed ones fur saver and both of them were locked to each other and trying to kill and I choked the one till he passed out on the dock of my barn and shoved him in a sliding door with foot and when the other males tried to regrip I yanked him the other way and slammed door shut. Of course , I got bit on the leg by one and the hand by the other in a frenzy. The same two got into it when my son was home and I let one out not knowing He had let the other out and it took 2 seconds for them to see each other and we each got the hind legs and pulled and I almost couldnt hold on to my dog as he is 85lbs.and a Pirol son and the other is a Teikerhook....Deadly combination. I had to hold on while son ran the other to a close by kennel and then let go. I have had two females out of each of these two do the same and they will not release no matter what commands u give. wHEN BY MYSELF , I drag them to the big kennels and get one inside with me and slamm door on the other until one releases and then Im trapped until they settle down. I was told to buy a cattle prod but I dont know if that would work or not? It is always my fault that one of them gets out at the wrong time... I cow clip doors and cages and my son built doors with impossible to open latches that he invented and I wish he would patent it. I cant walk my dogs as we have too many dogs roaming in the country and the fight would be on and I dont want a vet bill and a hurt dog. Sad but no lease laws in the country.....

Usually when another dog comes up to us out of nowhere I ask my dog to look at me and platz or sit, and to NOT LOOK AWAY. I usually hold him very close to me. Nothing bad has ever happened from this. The other dog sniffs him, waits for a response, gets none, and moves away from the freak dog. One time we were on a walk and a pit bull was loose on the other side of the street, coming straight for us, posture indicating he was VERY interested in my dog and not in a good way. I asked my dog to sit, went forward by myself, looked the other dog in the eye, and gave it my best "Stay the hell away from us but if you want to rumble you'll have to face me" posturing. It stopped, wondering what the hell was wrong with the picture, I stepped forward again, and it decided I wasn't worth its time. I'm pack leader, and it's my job to handle this, so my dog has to stay out of it at all times. If by any chance dog actually attacks without provocation, I'd attempt to keep my dog on a platz and away from him and beat the crap out of the other dog. As much as possible I never want my dog handling this kind of situation by himself.

shinokami~thats pretty much my thought on this subject too. I'm the leader I'll take care of the situation and my dogs better stay neutral, as I tell them when another dog shows up. I do the same when walking and see a cat slink out of hiding. If I see it first, I can say "no kitty" and they wont chase it. If they see it first, prey drive kicks in and kitty better run like hell. Occasionally I can call one or both dogs off, (harder to do if more than one dog are out together, as they race to see who can catch kitty first, rather than listen to mom) Again it's a matter of watching your surroundings and trying to not get surprised. Stop the action before it starts, is always easier than cleaning up the mess, after you let your guard down.

There is a universal language that all dog understand weather Czech, German, American etc. That is the old " pick up the rock routine". Works every time. Sometimes yelling doesn't work but bending over and picking up a rock is understood by all. Next time you have a dog that doesn't want to give ground try it. I know I am responding to these topics way late, my computer was in the shop from Sat. Morn till last night.

two viscious dogs live next door to me. moved in about five months ago. They have lunged on the end of their chains at my dogs and my children as they go by in my yard. Needless to say none of them are allowed out withiut me just in case one of those dogs get loose its happened. One day I was picking up a piece of wind blown trash from the ground. The dogs ran into thier boxes when saw me bend to ground. Appearantly they have had many rocks thrown at them and just the barest gesture of going for one sends them packing quick. If I am out in the fields I use a walking staff anyhow it helps me on the slants as I have ankle issue and recent surgury past summer but it helped as a deterant when faced with a loose dog situation as described.

Newbie, I don't know if they necessarily have had rocks thrown at them. I think they just have the intellegence motivated by self preservation to kinda instinctively know that the rock you pick up is going to have their name on it. Some things they just seem to know like "go home,go on, go home". Most dogs learn english real quick when it benifits them, especially like getting clobbered.