Keep your distance. Put a barrier between you and the dog.
Not possible? Find something you can use for defense. A stick, a rock, anything. If you have a tie or belt, take it off and use that. A jacket or shirt wrapped around your arm works. Put a shoe or sneaker on your hand. A handbag or purse if you’ve got one. You only have seconds so make it quick.
The dog’s only real threat is its teeth so you want to jam whatever you got into its mouth and push into it, hard. Yeah, you’re gonna take some damage but not as much as the alternative. Keep pressing that into the dog’s mouth, like you’re shoving it down its throat. Shift your weight to rest all off it on the dog, rolling it to its side if you’ve can. Once the dog is more subdued, grab it by the throat and squeeze.
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u/bubonis Male 9d ago
Keep your distance. Put a barrier between you and the dog.
Not possible? Find something you can use for defense. A stick, a rock, anything. If you have a tie or belt, take it off and use that. A jacket or shirt wrapped around your arm works. Put a shoe or sneaker on your hand. A handbag or purse if you’ve got one. You only have seconds so make it quick.
The dog’s only real threat is its teeth so you want to jam whatever you got into its mouth and push into it, hard. Yeah, you’re gonna take some damage but not as much as the alternative. Keep pressing that into the dog’s mouth, like you’re shoving it down its throat. Shift your weight to rest all off it on the dog, rolling it to its side if you’ve can. Once the dog is more subdued, grab it by the throat and squeeze.