How to break up a dog fight without getting hurt. For Cait.
The safest way to break up a dogfight requires 2 people. Each person grabs the back feet of one of the dogs. The dog back feet are then picked up like a wheelbarrow. With the legs up, both dogs are then pulled apart.
Once the dog fight is broken up and the dogs pulled apart it is critical that the people do not release the dogs or the dog fight will begin again. The two people need to start turning in a circle, or slowly swinging the dogs in a circle while they back away from the other dog. This stops the dog from curling and coming back and biting the person holding their legs.
Here’s the procedure if you’re alone:
- Keep your cool you have a job to do.
- Do not waste time screaming at the dogs. It hardly ever works.
- Your goal is still the same; you must break up the fight without getting hurt.
- Go get a leash (allow the fight to continue while you do this).
- Dogs are almost always locked onto one another. Walk up and loop the leash around the back loin of the dog by either threading the leash through the handle or use the clip. I prefer the thread method.
- Now slowly back away and drag the dog to a fence or to an object that you can tie the leash to. By doing this, you effectively create an anchor for one of the dogs.
- Then walk around and grab the back legs of the second dog and drag it away from the dog that is tied up. Remember to turn and circle as they release.
- Drag the dog into a dog pen or another room before you release the back legs.
- Go back and take the dog off the fence and put him or her into a dog kennel.
- Sit down and have a stiff drink (or two).
Whatever you do, don’t hose them down, yell at them, use cattle prods or tasers or anything of the like. Unless you enjoy watching two fighting dogs really tear into each other, or you.
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Well, he didn’t mention nut-grabbing. I’ll bet that’s a no-no too. We got some spray that’s supposed to be effective against aggressive dogs. It has citronella. We’ll try that first.
Apparently a CO2 fire extinguisher works really well, too. The author of the piece worries that a dog will get used to it if its used too much, though.
See, now that’s why I prefer slugs. Slugfights are much easier to break up, although you do tend to get sticky hands. Damn hard to get the leash on, though.
Those trained fighting slugs are pretty nasty when they get their hackles up. That’s why I like to keep a super soaker of salt water on hand to keep the peace. It sometimes works.
Once thsoe slugs learn to use their penis as a weapon, it’s all over for humanity.
“[…] one slug gnaws off the penis of the other”
Ouch. When it’s spring, make doubly sure there’s no slugs humping your legs! Wouldn’t want them to get confused, after all.
Slugs have hackles?
I read several articles on breaking up dog fights & agree, from experience, with most. I raise Doberman Pinschers who rarely fight, rarely. I am always alone, have emphysema & need a simpler way. I have heard GOOD results with cattle prods. Here you say, no. As I have NOT made up my mind, I would be interested in the negative side of using the prods. Remember, I am alone. Last year was a bad year, 3 fights - no Vets but lots of slow healing. Prods info on facts not opinions. Lovely, if it could be for Dobermans, as they do not compare with the aggressive breeds - Sheppards, Rotts,. bulls & many terriers. They do not LIKE to fight, are slow to engage & EZ brak up if you are there when it begins, but near impossible once they are really into it.
I am dog-sitting my son’s delightful 80 pound black lab while he is deployed but there was one incident last week where my mixed male (shepard & ??, 55 punds) got into it. Fortunately someone else was home and we separated them. However, this morning they went at it again and I was alone. After the initial panic and useless screaming at them, I threw a handy comfortor over both of them and wrapped it securely around both until they separated. I wish I had the sense to do that early on and now that they have suddenly become enemies after 3 months, I will keep that comforter handy.
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