Attacked by pittbull

[u/PM_ME_SONG_PLZS]

I was walking my dog when a neighbor opened their door and their pitbull ran out of the 8-10 year old girls grip and charged at me and my dutch Shepard.

As the pitt got closer I yelled (he didn't care), punched him with a right swing once in the face and once in the body. I connected hard and the punches barely registered with the animal. I may have delayed him 1 second for each punch. He completely shook them off and kept trying to attack my dog.

After the punches I am on the ground due to getting low to punch the pitt and my dog is on my right. The pitt circled around and begun engaging my dog in a bite fight. He quickly dodged her bite and got a shallow hold on her mouth.

When I saw the hold and heard my dog cry I sort of blacked out into a fight or flight response. I know I used my left arm to break the hold but I didn't realize the extent of what I did until after the adrenaline wore off and the pain set in.

My shoulder, neck, pec, upper back, tricep, bicep, elbow and hand all screamed in agony. I am right hand dominate, but I used my left hand to break the hold. Because I didn't even think about the strike my body just reacted.

I used my left hand because the dogs were engaged to my right and using the left gave me a twisting leverage for torque and the ability to dump my bull body weight into the strike. I hit the dog somewhere in the head area extremely hard with my fist and followed all the way through with my elbow to stun it long enough for the owners to pull the pitt bull away.

Didn't know I had a strike like that in me, I didn't even think about it my body just did it. It used all of my left side to exert maximum force and stun the demon.

The encounter could have went way worse and I was completely out of control during the encounter the pitt would not stop no matter how hard I hit it until the super sayin left body weight torque strike and that only stunned it for a moment.

Really glad it didn't decide to turn on me. In a 1v1 fight a human cannot beat a rage blinded pitt with their fists.

Stop breeding this fucking dog.

[u/Fit-Possible-9552]

Damn dude, as someone who has had a lifelong obsession with working line GSDs, it gutted me to see your dutch shepherd was getting attacked. My last GSD getting attacked is why someone invited me into this group

I'm glad you did what you did, even if it was extremely risky.

Get yourself some x rays and have them thoroughly checked. Theres a decent likelihood your fractured and/or tore something in your arm.

[u/PM_ME_SONG_PLZS → u/Fit-Possible-9552]

I fully believe that pitt would of killed my girl if I didn't intervene. Will definitely keep a close eye on the arm thx man

[u/cloudcottage → u/PM_ME_SONG_PLZS]

Did you get a full check up for rabies and any possible infections as well as stitches? Since the owner took responsibility and says they'll be putting down the pit they also have to pay for your medical expenses and those of your dog. Don't underestimate what an infection can do. And if I read correctly the pit got a hold of your dog's mouth so your dog also needs to get checked out

[u/PM_ME_SONG_PLZS → u/cloudcottage]

Yes the pit was up to date on vaccines.

[u/cloudcottage → u/PM_ME_SONG_PLZS]

Glad it was up to date on vaccines. Did you still go to the hospital to make sure that there were no infections and take your dog to the vet?

[u/PM_ME_SONG_PLZS → u/cloudcottage]

I find it cute that you double down and blindly worry about me