Pit Bull attack, what would you do ?

[R8VXF]

DocJock said:

AB said:

My first thought was how the hell did the dog survive beatings with 3 golf clubs resulting in broken shafts!?

Don't know, but I'd have used each broken shaft to stab the fker.

Golf clubs are not designed to hit an immovable object, and the impact of miss hitting even a golf ball can really jar you, so can see them breaking pretty easily when hitting a solid pit bull that has been bred not to give a fk about external influence. Would have been better to wedge a wedge into the back of the jaw to force the jaw open.

[Halb]

TheInternet said:

AB said:

What would I do? Adrenaline would probably result in me trying to pull it off

I can just about understand the finger up the arse claims, but this is just seems unnecessary.

"I just fell backwards onto this milk bottle, doctor. All of a sudden like."

[bobtail4x4]

or use the golf club up its arse?

[R8VXF]

bobtail4x4 said:

or use the golf club up its arse?

The dog would probably eat the ball.

[LordHaveMurci]

The keyboard warriors have finally cleared off & left it to some genuinely funny posters, except the golf club stabby one, I keep picturing a Spanish Matador now

[Tango13]

Stand next to the Pit Bull and fart! Dogs like to sniff each others bums so I'm sure the dog would pause its' attack to get a good nose full.

The down side is that the dog might bite your arse and you could st your pants trying to fart but I think as a concept it has merits

[funkyrobot]

TheInternet said:

AB said:

What would I do? Adrenaline would probably result in me trying to pull it off

I can just about understand the finger up the arse claims, but this is just seems unnecessary.

[DocJock]

LordHaveMurci said:

The keyboard warriors have finally cleared off & left it to some genuinely funny posters, except the golf club stabby one, I keep picturing a Spanish Matador now

To answer the original question, and based on 50+ years of being around bull terriers, I think I would look for some cord and try to garotte the dog. You are much safer behind it, especially once their eyes have glazed over and they've lost the plot.

[carmadgaz]

EnthusiastOwned said:

J4CKO said:

there are so many stories of Staff goring other people dogs and the owners walking off thinking that their dog killing some poor old ladies Yorkshire terrier is in some way amusing.

And here lies the issue. This thread highlights it perfectly. Dangerous, muscle bound dog = Staffy.

I bet my life savings most of these stories didn't involve a Staffy.

I've never met a Staffy that wasn't an amicable pooch that wanted a fuss. I did hear my friends Staffy in "Warn of strangers" mode and he was bloody scary. He got to the door snarling and growling. Looked at the person and the door and trotted off up the garden.

Grandad's neighbour had one as a pup, was astounding how heavy this little pup was but again soft as anything.

At the end of the day even the softest of dogs (like people) will fight if they deem it necessary.

[AB]

funkyrobot said:

TheInternet said:

AB said:

What would I do? Adrenaline would probably result in me trying to pull it off

I can just about understand the finger up the arse claims, but this is just seems unnecessary.

Not much makes me chuckle out loud on my own. But that did.

[funkyrobot]

How about calling Steve Irwin?

Oh yes ....

[DocJock]

carmadgaz said:

EnthusiastOwned said:

J4CKO said:

there are so many stories of Staff goring other people dogs and the owners walking off thinking that their dog killing some poor old ladies Yorkshire terrier is in some way amusing.

And here lies the issue. This thread highlights it perfectly. Dangerous, muscle bound dog = Staffy.

I bet my life savings most of these stories didn't involve a Staffy.

I've never met a Staffy that wasn't an amicable pooch that wanted a fuss. I did hear my friends Staffy in "Warn of strangers" mode and he was bloody scary. He got to the door snarling and growling. Looked at the person and the door and trotted off up the garden.

Grandad's neighbour had one as a pup, was astounding how heavy this little pup was but again soft as anything.

At the end of the day even the softest of dogs (like people) will fight if they deem it necessary.

As with all breeds, training is key.

Staffies are generally good natured with people but it would not be hard to encourage aggressive behaviour. That behaviour is then unpredictable with the unfortunate outcome such as this case, particularly with males.

As an aside, my Staffies would growl or bark to let me know they'd heard/seen something but when they approach an intruder they are normally silent. A bull terrier staring you down as it slowly stalks towards you is quite intimidating.

Regretfully I won't have another because the irresponsible attitude of local dog owners makes even taking one for a walk on the lead is more stressful than it's worth.

[so called]

J4CKO said:

so called said:

Christmas 2014 our Bulldog and Huskey/Malamute had a set to. Not the first but by far the worst.
As I held back the Bulldog and my daughter the HM, somehow I ended up on one knee and the Bulldog in its rage decided that my leg must belong to the HM.
It took me quite a few seconds to get his teeth out of my thigh at which point it realized its mistake and complete recovered from its red mist.
Apart from the fact that certain breeds have very powerful jaw muscles, I would not like to be the actual target of a raged dog of that type.

The flesh on my thigh was torn and, shall we say, a bit of a mess.
On the positive side and as pointed out by the nurse, responding to my flinching as she cleaned me up, a couple more inches up and to the right and I would have been smarting even more. Every cloud and all that.

Get a Chihuahua and a Yorkie next time, smaller bites and only to the shin.

What have you done with them long term, do you keep them separate of have they been to Acas or something ?

The bite incident was 29th Dec 2014. Following that, several more set too's occurred which all seemed to worse than the last.
We decided that before one of the family or oe of the dogs got seriously hurt, we need to separate them.
As the HM was basically bought as a therapy dog form my daughter, it meant that George the Bulldog had to go
We gave him to family friends where he is now the center of their family and is adored.
We miss him but they send us regular video's and photo's.

[J4CKO]

so called said:

J4CKO said:

so called said:

Christmas 2014 our Bulldog and Huskey/Malamute had a set to. Not the first but by far the worst.
As I held back the Bulldog and my daughter the HM, somehow I ended up on one knee and the Bulldog in its rage decided that my leg must belong to the HM.
It took me quite a few seconds to get his teeth out of my thigh at which point it realized its mistake and complete recovered from its red mist.
Apart from the fact that certain breeds have very powerful jaw muscles, I would not like to be the actual target of a raged dog of that type.

The flesh on my thigh was torn and, shall we say, a bit of a mess.
On the positive side and as pointed out by the nurse, responding to my flinching as she cleaned me up, a couple more inches up and to the right and I would have been smarting even more. Every cloud and all that.

Get a Chihuahua and a Yorkie next time, smaller bites and only to the shin.

What have you done with them long term, do you keep them separate of have they been to Acas or something ?

The bite incident was 29th Dec 2014. Following that, several more set too's occurred which all seemed to worse than the last.
We decided that before one of the family or oe of the dogs got seriously hurt, we need to separate them.
As the HM was basically bought as a therapy dog form my daughter, it meant that George the Bulldog had to go
We gave him to family friends where he is now the center of their family and is adored.
We miss him but they send us regular video's and photo's.

Sounds like a good outcome, difficult but better than a lot of the alternatives, a couple of people I know have had silar problems, one has two small dogs, one being a JRT and cant remember the other, they were fine for ages together and now tear each other to shreds at any opportunity, and another that had two of the same breed, fine for years then one tears the others ear off.

[soad]

funkyrobot said:

How about calling Steve Irwin?

Oh yes ....

He's no longer with us. Passed away a decade ago iirc.

[so called]

J4CKO said:

so called said:

J4CKO said:

so called said:

Christmas 2014 our Bulldog and Huskey/Malamute had a set to. Not the first but by far the worst.
As I held back the Bulldog and my daughter the HM, somehow I ended up on one knee and the Bulldog in its rage decided that my leg must belong to the HM.
It took me quite a few seconds to get his teeth out of my thigh at which point it realized its mistake and complete recovered from its red mist.
Apart from the fact that certain breeds have very powerful jaw muscles, I would not like to be the actual target of a raged dog of that type.

The flesh on my thigh was torn and, shall we say, a bit of a mess.
On the positive side and as pointed out by the nurse, responding to my flinching as she cleaned me up, a couple more inches up and to the right and I would have been smarting even more. Every cloud and all that.

Get a Chihuahua and a Yorkie next time, smaller bites and only to the shin.

What have you done with them long term, do you keep them separate of have they been to Acas or something ?

The bite incident was 29th Dec 2014. Following that, several more set too's occurred which all seemed to worse than the last.
We decided that before one of the family or oe of the dogs got seriously hurt, we need to separate them.
As the HM was basically bought as a therapy dog form my daughter, it meant that George the Bulldog had to go
We gave him to family friends where he is now the center of their family and is adored.
We miss him but they send us regular video's and photo's.

Sounds like a good outcome, difficult but better than a lot of the alternatives, a couple of people I know have had silar problems, one has two small dogs, one being a JRT and cant remember the other, they were fine for ages together and now tear each other to shreds at any opportunity, and another that had two of the same breed, fine for years then one tears the others ear off.

Yes, he's a cracking Bulldog and they love him.
Its a difficult problem to deal with.
We spent quite a bit on training and one on one with a pro but in the end it wasn't working....plus the pro disappeared after we paid up front
Two powerful pups bought at the same time and when their testosterone kicked in it was a game changer.

[Halb]

soad said:

He's no longer with us. Passed away a decade ago iirc.

Holy smoke! I never would have guessed it was that long ago!
I had to go look!

[Disastrous]

And yet the stingray has never been caught. Where's the justice??

Last I heard the Police had pulled in a poor old skate that they tried to fit up for the job, just to show a result, but it never stuck.

[Swanny87]

Blimey. That dog must have been a brick st house if repeated battering with golf clubs didn't see it off!

[Stickyfinger]

Swanny87 said:

Blimey. That dog must have been a brick st house if repeated battering with golf clubs didn't see it off!

I think you need to read about the nervous system of animals that attack....it all shuts off until they kill.