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Monday 18 May 2015

DANGEROUS DOGS FACEBOOK GROUP ARE ALLEGED PUBLIC SAFETY ADVOCATES


Penn Bright
19 hrs · Morisset East
Is anyone on here from NSW Australia? I have a question about dangerous dog signs
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Jeffrey Sloan I don't know that anyone recommends a knife for self defense against a charging pit, but knives have been shown quite effective in stopping a pit bull that is in the zone and attacking a beloved pet, and that is by far the most common case.

Julia Lewis
May 16 at 6:32pm
Wonderful article by Merritt Clifton in Animals 24/7 about how to survive a dog attack. Do read it, as it really brings home the peril you are in if it is a pit bull-type dog that is doing the attacking.
I'm going to try to put it in the files section for future reference.
15 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack
by Merritt Clifton For Dog Bite Prevention Week 2015 the American Humane Association and American Veterinary Medical Association have offered more than a dozen tips for avoiding ordinary dog bites ...
ANIMALS24-7.ORG|BY MERRITT CLIFTON
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  • Julia Lewis Loved the account of how he saved a woman jogger's life by ordering the two pit bulls that were attacking her to "sit". Nicholas Valentine, do read it!
    May 16 at 6:36pm · Like · 3
  • Julia Lewis It shows how - sometimes - pit bulls can be "called off", as we were talking about in the other thread. But it would take great presence of mind. I don't think I would have thought of asking them to sit. I would have panicked.
    May 16 at 6:39pm · Like · 3
  • Julia Lewis Am bumping this up!
    May 16 at 7:00pm · Like · 2
  • Nicholas ValentineMy angle on the " calling off " argument is that people have stated that a Pit Bull can never be called off . My objection is to the word NEVER , because I know that a Pit Bull can be trained to " be called off " , the fact that most can't is down to lack of discipline and training . The video of the Pit Bull Police dog in Brazil appears to support this . The dog has hold of a photographer by the leg and then releases him . If the dog had not responded to commands from the handler the clip would have been very much longer . Sarah Howard .
    May 16 at 7:20pm · Like
  • Julia Lewis Nicholas Valentine, do you suspect that that police dog in the video has pit bull in it, or do you know that is what some countries are doing? If so, that is madness!
    May 16 at 8:45pm · Like · 1
  • Julia Lewis A friend has a lurcher with some pit in it. You wouldn't know by its looks but its behaviour is different to that of an ordinary lurcher.
    May 16 at 8:46pm · Like
  • Dennis Ballance Sr I would feel safer with roll over and play dead. I like the 80% option
    May 16 at 8:48pm · Like
  • Julia Lewis Merritt Clifton has certainly shown that, in certain circumstances, a pit bull can be called off if you interrupt its genetically-programmed attack behaviour in some way, as in ordering it to sit.
    May 16 at 8:48pm · Like · 1
  • Dennis Ballance Sr Problem he can get back up some good info well worth the read
    May 16 at 8:50pm · Like
  • Nicholas Valentine Myranya Werlemann , what you have just said is quite correct . I think dogs should be bred for purpose and if you want a family pet people should get a breed that is suitable as such .
    May 16 at 8:52pm · Like · 2
  • Nicholas ValentineJulia , just seen your post . The dog in the video looks pure GSD , but I know that the Dutch have crossed Pit into the Mals and Dutch Shepherds , the Police are importing them to replace their GSDs because they have such hip problems . To take a bite...See More
    May 16 at 9:07pm · Like
  • Christy CornellThis article is EXCELLENT. Merrit brought up many good points and lots of good suggestions which I've never heard before from bite prevention "experts".

    I'm glad Merrit was such a quick thinker in that incident where he helped the jogger. The victim     ...See More
    May 16 at 10:08pm · Like
  • Stacy Renee Snow What about a stun gun?
    May 17 at 5:48am · Like
  • Julia Lewis Not sure how a stun gun works. Merritt says in his article that tasers don't work.
    May 17 at 6:04am · Like
  • Jeffrey Sloan I don't know that anyone recommends a knife for self defense against a charging pit, but knives have been shown quite effective in stopping a pit bull that is in the zone and attacking a beloved pet, and that is by far the most common case.
    5 hrs · Edited · Like · 1
  • Craig Brown Shot it, repeat until out of ammo. Bring extra ammo..
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