[ SHOWGSD-L ] Breaking up dog fights
- From: "David Fritsche" <d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kathy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 10:37:09 -0700
On occasion I have had dogs that simply could not
get along. Trying to figure out why was useless.
Trying to break up their fights was dangerous. I
finally got a clue from an old trainer was to
throw a blanket over both fighting dogs, which
meant carrying two blankets with me to training -
not going to happen. Unfortunately, regardless of
what Caesar says, some dogs will not stop, so
they can't be together. They have to be kept
separate - period!
Dave
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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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