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No NO DON:

U would have pulled out a one of those  Y2K  condoms , you still have saved   and stretched it out and put it around the dogs neck and left him hanging on the nearest fence post for the owner to come retrieve...


lol

YR

Nice! Forgot about the XX-Large Magnums

No I have done what the xxxxxxxx trainer suggested in the original post here . I have grabbed him in mid air by the throat right under the jaw. And held him in the air. Fortunately the owner opened the door and she was pretty quick on her feet and said OH my! Mr Blabla what will we do? I replied:" I don't know!!!"
And she said :" OK I open the door and you throw him in and I close it really fast. So that is what we have done.
Dog was being evaluated for being children's day care pet dog. He was a rescue dog. Needless to say he fail.
Sometimes you may have to do what others think is "lunatic suggestion".
And never say die!
Prager Hans
http://www.alpinek9.com

Hans, I think the OP's point was that this technique was being recommended to a group of mail carriers who most likely, as a majority, had no real knowledge of dogs and behavior... I certainly wouldn't want to onus of being the person who instructed them to fight back against an aggressive dog by grabbing it with their hands, taking it to the ground, and somehow pinning the dog on the ground.  That's a lawsuit waiting to happen, and I have an affinity for everything I own and have earned and will earn.  Don't want to give it away!

I, too, have been in similar situations as what you describe above, and my reactions pretty much mirrored yours...but the difference between you or me and a bunch of mail carriers is that both of us would know exactly what we had to do, how to do it, and what our next actions would need to be, all in that split second before the dog actually made contact with us.  The carriers, not so much.

[shudder] I only hope that if that day comes....and it may, as I now run a boarding kennel...I will have the strength and the speed needed to keep a dog like that from my throat!

Anyone got any tips on just how to do this, other than (hopefully) being able to move very fast? 

Sunsilver, the most important skill you need in situations like that is the ability to read a dog. Without that, the dog's going to have its way with you, no matter what.

My dog reading skills are pretty good, fortunately!  The only dog to catch me by suprise so far was a little fear-biter of a Boston terrier, who nailed me on the ankle.  :)  I thought he'd settle once I go the noose leash over his head. I was wrong...

We let him in and out via the guilloutine door after that.

In the 6 months I've been here, I've yet to have a large dog that was a menace, other than a couple of labs that would knock you ass over teakettle with their sheer enthusiasm.

Hans, you tell a tall tale and no I do not believe the advice is sound.