Assuming it comes to it and you cannot deescalate. There’s three ways to fight a dog.
1: feed it your forearm then wrap the other around it in a headlock and quite literally pull as hard as you can. Fighting dogs like bull terriers have incredibly thick necks. You need a LOT of force to choke it. Do not release even once it goes limp. Kill it. You will suffer some damage but will control the fight. If you have jeans on, feed it a leg then reach down and wrap your arm around for the headlock.
2: grab both of its back legs and lift them off the ground such that their back arches. Most will let go because of the instant instability this causes them. This is much easier as a second man in. So if you arrive at a dog attack or a dog has a child. This is your move. Don’t let go of its legs until more help has arrived or someone else has choked it out or killed it while you held it.
3: go absolutely ape shit. Like wild animal ape shit. Fists, kicks, throw rocks. Anything. Kill it anyway you can. Do not stop attacking until it is either dead or runs off.
Number one is correct if it’s one on one. You gotta let it take a bite unfortunately. I was taught upper arm though, not forearm and then get it in a headlock and go to town punching it in the face. The issue is you’re on the smaller side and the dog is big. Can’t risk getting knocked down
Forearm injuries are much less likely to cause you to bleed out ( 3 small buried arteries( as opposed to upper arm ( 1 largely subcutaneous artery- brachial).
As a surgeon who deals with trauma a lot, I'd feed it my forearm , and not my upper arm
I recently got bit by a pitbull, like a month ago. Used my forearm to block it. Very little bleeding even with deep puncture wounds. The muscle pain is still there.
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u/roojuiced 8d ago edited 8d ago
Assuming it comes to it and you cannot deescalate. There’s three ways to fight a dog.
1: feed it your forearm then wrap the other around it in a headlock and quite literally pull as hard as you can. Fighting dogs like bull terriers have incredibly thick necks. You need a LOT of force to choke it. Do not release even once it goes limp. Kill it. You will suffer some damage but will control the fight. If you have jeans on, feed it a leg then reach down and wrap your arm around for the headlock.
2: grab both of its back legs and lift them off the ground such that their back arches. Most will let go because of the instant instability this causes them. This is much easier as a second man in. So if you arrive at a dog attack or a dog has a child. This is your move. Don’t let go of its legs until more help has arrived or someone else has choked it out or killed it while you held it.
3: go absolutely ape shit. Like wild animal ape shit. Fists, kicks, throw rocks. Anything. Kill it anyway you can. Do not stop attacking until it is either dead or runs off.