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Never a dull moment, Drew!
ANY mouth is a dirty thing when blood is drawn. Hope yer well.
Don’t break up dog fights!!!
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Cheap thrills!
Never a dull moment, Drew!
ANY mouth is a dirty thing when blood is drawn. Hope yer well.
I work with German Shepherds, and their bite force can be as high as 280-300 PSI, which is high enough to break any bone in a human body, though of course many breeds bite even harder.
One time at a dog park a Pitbull was killing a Golden Retriever and nobody could get the Pit off of the Golden's neck, including the Pit's owner, so I pulled my knife and was going to end it one way or another when another guy ran up and stopped me. That guy then stuck his finger in the Pit's butt and that Pit looked totally surprised as it let go of the Golden.
Just sayin!
P.S. The Golden survived with minor injuries once it's airway was restored (the Pit was suffocating it with it's neck bite, and the Golden's eyes had just rolled back when I pulled the knife).
Summary: Use the above at your own risk LOL!
One time at a dog park a Pitbull was killing a Golden Retriever and nobody could get the Pit off of the Golden's neck, including the Pit's owner, so I pulled my knife and was going to end it one way or another when another guy ran up and stopped me. That guy then stuck his finger in the Pit's butt and that Pit looked totally surprised as it let go of the Golden.
Just sayin!
P.S. The Golden survived with minor injuries once it's airway was restored (the Pit was suffocating it with it's neck bite, and the Golden's eyes had just rolled back when I pulled the knife).
Summary: Use the above at your own risk LOL!
Holden Afart
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Get the shot, Drew... for gawd sake, man... get the shot!
Got violently knocked off a bike (cycle variety) one night.
Skid... blackout... red... blue... general delirium...
SMACK!
...when was your last tetanus shot?
WHAT!?!
SMACK!!!
Eight years ago???
Loaded syringe... permission to give???
HELL YEAH!
Mouths (teeth)/asphalt/broken skin --> blood...
Don't find out.
Skid... blackout... red... blue... general delirium...
SMACK!
...when was your last tetanus shot?
WHAT!?!
SMACK!!!
Eight years ago???
Loaded syringe... permission to give???
HELL YEAH!
Mouths (teeth)/asphalt/broken skin --> blood...
Don't find out.
dronerstone
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Yup, even a "medium" size GSD could probably kill you if you have bad luck.
Their bite force is immense and often underrated - the same goes for many other breeds, and especially with mutts, you never know what's in them.
@DrewJD82 heal up quickly! Sending good vibes
I've been in similar situations a few times, and have learned it's best to make a bold move and step between fighting dogs if possible, but never use your hands to break up a fight - this could end your guitar playing forever.
Btw, RC collars, what are they for - electric shock collars? They're illegal (animal abuse) over here, and should be worn by the asshole owner instead, imho.
HotRats
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Jeez.
I had my St Bernard killed with a rifle shot when I was a kid, because our dog (that slipped out of our property) attacked another dog (a great dane, iirc) and the other dog owner didn't know about the butt trick
and killed ours.The other dog survived but had to be sewed up in several places.
@DrewJD82 sorry about your experience. I hope will have no consequences on your faith in dogs.
When I was a teenager I've been attacked by a German Shepard. The dog misunderstood a gesture I made and jumped at my neck. He fortunately missed the target an bit my shoulder leaving a nice hole on it. The owner, a person I knew, immediately took the dog by the collar so he couldn't attack again.
Since then I keep a fair distance between me and any big dog I don't know.
I'm honestly scared and don't trust dogs anymore.
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Like any area of life, there's people who have their heart and mind in the right place and can navigate a dog that's got issues for whatever reasons......and then there's the fucking morons who have their heart pointed in the right place but their head is firmly wedged up their ass and they have zero business taking care of a normal dog, never mind one that's been abused or rescued from a dog fighting situation.
There's a dude and his girlfriend that show up every couple weeks, they get there before everyone else and bring their dog to the pool area, which is fenced in. Then when everyone shows up, they hang for about 20-30 minutes before doing an Irish goodbye quietly when no other dogs notice. They do this because the pit they're bringing was rescued from dog fighting and they're SLOWLY reintroducing her to being around other dogs. It'll probably be 6 more months before that dog even makes physical contact with another dog in the park.
The dog park has been a whole source of mind blowing experiences and very few of them have been good ones.
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Our Ryota was attacked and bitten in the back of the neck by a young dog at a nearby park 6 months after we rescued her.Like any area of life, there's people who have their heart and mind in the right place and can navigate a dog that's got issues for whatever reasons......and then there's the fucking morons who have their heart pointed in the right place but their head is firmly wedged up their ass and they have zero business taking care of a normal dog, never mind one that's been abused or rescued from a dog fighting situation.
There's a dude and his girlfriend that show up every couple weeks, they get there before everyone else and bring their dog to the pool area, which is fenced in. Then when everyone shows up, they hang for about 20-30 minutes before doing an Irish goodbye quietly when no other dogs notice. They do this because the pit they're bringing was rescued from dog fighting and they're SLOWLY reintroducing her to being around other dogs. It'll probably be 6 more months before that dog even makes physical contact with another dog in the park.
The dog park has been a whole source of mind blowing experiences and very few of them have been good ones.
Luckily, GSD's have lots of fur/skin/wrinkles around their neck, which probably minimized the harm. It was merely a slight scratch, and we headed straight to the vet for disinfection.
Anyhow, dog parks/zones aren't an option for her ever since. She steers clear and makes sure to communicate it (stubbornly!) whenever we're close to one.
We don't know much about her past, but noticed she doesn't defend herself like I'd expect from a healthy/agile GSD mix. She doesn't even playfully fight/wrestle other dogs.
Her way of playing is happily running around in huge circles, apart from that she's mostly choosing not to care much about other dogs after a swift ass-to-mouth greeting.
Social walks with her doggo friends are good though, she enjoys that a lot. Fortunately there's vast amounts of green hills and woods 10 minutes away.
