How to Defeat a Pit Bull with Your Bare Hands
 

Fact: Any breed of dog is capable of attacking a human. But 56 percent of all fatal dog attacks in the United States in the past five years were committed by pit bulls, according to a report released last week by the organization DogsBite.org. "During the 1980s and 1990s, fatal dog attacks averaged 17 per year. The death-by-dog-bite rate now is nearly double this amount at over 30 per year and largely due to pit bulls," the group says. The tips below can be used against any breed of dog that happens to attack, up to and including the pit bull. (And to those who claim that humans' anxiety about pit bull attacks is fostering an environment where pit bulls are subliminally encouraged to attack: I will not discuss matters of human culpability and mind-reading pit bulls because YOU ARE INSANE.)

1. Avoid Conflict

"Trying to make friends with strange dogs is not a good idea," says David Wiley, a Seattle dog behavioral therapist with BarkBusters.com. "Don't try to pay attention to a dog in a car or behind a fence?even friendly dogs can be territorial."

Never let yummy little kids?who make sudden, startling, unpredictable movements?anywhere near unleashed pit bulls.

If you find yourself on what feels like the verge of being attacked: "Don't run?the movement can make the dog more excited and chase you. Stand completely still and cross your hands in front of you. Don't make direct eye contact, which can come across as a challenge. Don't turn your back, as it may embolden the dog. Just stand still. Once the dog loses interest, back away," says Wiley.

2. Stand On A Car

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So you've stood still and avoided eye contact, and still the dog in question shows signs of dangerous aggression. If you can get yourself somewhere higher than the ground, do it. If you can stand on a car, stand on a car. (You can worry about possibly denting a stranger's hood and roof later?just get the fuck up there.)

3. Cover Your Face and Play Dead

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If there's no car or any other higher level handy, "don't try to defend yourself, just protect yourself," says Emily Keegans, behavior program manager at the Seattle Humane Society. "That basically means to get down on the ground, pull your knees to your chest, clasp your hands behind your neck, put your elbows around your face." This play-dead-while-defending-your- tender-face-and-lap-bits approach is seconded by Wiley: "Stillness is the best thing. If a dog gets its teeth into you, fighting back can make things worse."

4. Mace The Fucker

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There's nothing as low drama as spraying the animal with a pain-inducing repellent. If your life regularly takes you through areas populated with dogs, get Mace (or pepper spray, or citronella). Do it now, because all other "fighting back" options are nauseatingly violent. Butch's Gun Shop on Aurora Avenue sells a small container of Mace for around $12, while REI sells an eight-ounce "bear spray" for $30.

5. Bust Its Head, Break Its Knees, Or Choke It

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Is there something heavy you can grab? A rock, a brick, a boom box? If so, smash it against the dog's head until it retreats or loses consciousness.

Or can you or someone else grab the attacking dog's legs? If so, yank them apart to break the dog's knees.

If that's not possible, choke it. Don't straddle the dog, but get into a position with the bony part of your forearm against its throat and put pressure on the windpipe "for at least 30 seconds until the dog is unconscious and has stopped struggling," says self-defense specialist Charles Prosper.

6. Gouge Its Eyes Out

Is choking not in the cards? Do you have something to wrap around your arm? Say, a jacket? If so, wrap it around your nondominant arm and let the dog bite it. Then fall on top of the fucker and dig your fingers into its eyes. Don't stop until the dog's a whimpering mass of blindness, then get yourself to safety.

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First, this "organization" has a vendetta against Pit Bulls, so take anything they say with a grain of salt, plus people are dumb and automatically group any dog that looks similar to a Pit Bull as one, so the statistics are skewed.

This can be applied to any breed of dog.

I was attacked by a german shepherd when I was a little kid. It snapped me twice and I got out of there on foot after kicking it in the lower jaw.

Back when I walked dogs for extra cash a boxer attacked one of my clients dogs, had it around the scruff and wouldnt let go. I put the boxer in a rear naked choke and drove my knees into the dog's ribs. It let go after 15 seconds or so. The owner called the police on me. My client's dog was fine. Scared shitless, but nothing more than a few superficial cuts.

Yeah, dogs instinct to go for the throat, especially Pit Bulls as they were bread and used to take down wild boars, the best way to do that is go for the throat, that's why they've got such powerful jaws.

Yea but can just any breed of dog do this? This was from pit bull attack, ripped both arms completely off.


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I have been bitten by a dog on two occasions, once a beagle when I had a paper route as a kid and another time all drunk I tried to pet a chihuahua and that little mother fucker split my middle finger open, lol. I have a German shepherd/husky mix and she's a giant fucking pansy. Always comes down to the individual dog and their owner, in my opinion.

That's like asking if a skinny kid can hurt you over a body builder... Both are capable of it, but clearly one is more likely due to it's strength.

If you see a dog, simply call the police, and they will come shoot it for you, no questions asked....




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Thats true. What about if your new neighbors have a couple of pits that they leave outside all the time and literally busts through your wood fence trying to attack you and your dogs?
My first inclination is to call the cops but yea, I don't want the damn things shot, I would rather they shoot the fucking owners.

Pit bulls are proof that even the most butt ugly and mean sonofabitch can be loved. (Plus they'll kill sometimes at random.) But mostly it's about the love. (and the killing)

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i was recently in a National Park camping, in this area are both bears and mountain lions.

i recall the warning posting on Mountain lion, the last line was:
"fight back"

guessing the same with dogs and all animals, if they feel you are giving up then you are prey...

Is that male or female ??

Woman Loses Arms and Eye After Family Pitbulls Attack Her
http://newsone.com/2526520/linda-henry-pitbull-attacks/

Pit Bulls Rip Arms Off 74-Year-Old Disabled Florida Veteran

HAWTHORNE, Fla. ? An elderly man is in a hospital in Gainesville with severe injuries after his neighbor?s dogs attacked him. His daughter tells Action News the next 48 hours are critical.

Roy McSweeney, 74, was in the front yard of his Old Hawthorne Road home in Putnam County Friday morning, when two pit bulls attacked the disabled veteran.

After undergoing hours of surgery, McSweeney?s right arm has been removed, and his face has been badly damaged. Doctors are still working to reattach his left arm according to family.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2011...orida-veteran/

I live on a mountain, Spanish Mastiff got out of his field and went for my dog, but I always carry a thick solid oak stick with a fistsized knot in the end of it up here.

Knocked the fucker out, thought I´d killed it but after a minute it got up shook its head and went back into its field. it´s learned now, it stays in the field.

Scary though as they´re big bastard dogs.

play dead, my ass... I'm fighting as if my life depended on it!

You should too.