[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Breaking up dog fights
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- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:32:11 -0400
I found that if one got another one down, the whole crew, if loose, wanted
to get in on the action. Must be some kind of "call of the wild" instinct"
where the group goes in to kill the prey. Whew, I'm glad I'm not dealing
with dog fights any more!
Tish
In a message dated 9/25/2014 11:43:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
When we had our ONLY dog fight (Thank goodness) and one dog had the other
dog on its back and by the throat, I put my arm around the aggressor's
neck/throat and choked her until she let go. She had to either let go or
pass out.
BTW - this was an intact bitch trying to kill an older neutered male. The
fight started with an intact male attacking the older male. Once that
male was stopped and taken away, the bitch attacked the older male. And, she
wanted to kill him for sure.
Barb Hively - PA
DNA. It's what makes a white, a German Shepherd
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From: Kathy Partch <kathy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Sep 25, 2014 12:35 pm
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Breaking up dog fights
What is the best way to break up a serious dog fight? This just happened
down at my agility/obedience field where I train my two shepherds. It was
the second intermediate obedience class when the dogs were on their down
stay. The two people with Aussies and a GSD in-between the Aussies. The
Aussie handlers were not sure if their dogs would stay so they stood close
in front of them. I was told the one Aussie kept staring at the GSD with no
handler corrections. Seconds from the Aussie's stare it breaks its stay and
attacks the shepherd as the other Aussie on the other side of the shepherd
chimes in on the fight. Now they have the GSD down on the ground and the
fight is on. The trainer runs in to break up the fight. She immediately
falls on the ground and the dogs are fighting over her until a man from her
class comes in to help. The man got some scratches but no one really got
hurt thank heavens. I'm not sure about the dogs at this time. But they need
to have a plan for the next time. In the middle of fighting dogs and
especially more then two it's very difficult to think what your next move
should be. You only have seconds to make decisions. Easy to write about but
when it happens each time can be a different situation, especially when
your
dog is part of the squabble you can become more emotional. Screaming trying
to break up the fight is the worse thing to do as we know. Now let us say
the dogs are locked - the worse thing is to start pulling them apart. You
need two people working together -- lifting each dog up by their back legs
or tail moving towards their locked jaws and most of the time they'll let
go
from their hold. But be careful when they do because in their hyper mode
they may turn and bite you. One time long ago my friends' large intact GSD
got into it with an intact Husky. The Husky went for the GSDs throat having
a death grip. The shepherd falls to the ground and just lays quiet because
he knows if he fights his throat will be ripped open. The owner of the
Husky
got down on the ground and dug his nails into Husky's gums until he
released
his grip on the shepherd but yet you still have to be quick for each person
to pull away the dogs after the bite is released. I've had people use a
piece of plywood to try and separate fighting dogs. But who has plywood on
hand unless this is a repeated recurrence at home. Just the sound of dogs
fighting now for me really bothers me because I've been through enough to
implant the horrible image & sound. A great devise to have on hand for such
things is a boat air horn. You blow that thing in the faces of fighting
dogs
and they should stop immediately in their tracks. I'm getting one to carry
on my dog walks. Kathy www.JoKaySedona.com <http://www.jokaysedona.com/>
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