I had a mate sneak up behind me and zap me with one of those hand held tasers he brought back from the continent (illegal in UK). Although it is allegedly at the more powerful end of the spectrum, I spun round and smacked him in the chops as an instinctive reaction, putting him on the floor with his legs gone. As unpleasant as it was, it was not particularly debilitating, and really just wound me up. Since then I’ve been pretty skeptical about the stopping force of that stuff. I am usually a little bitch with electricity as well. I have an irrational phobia of electric fences, probably from putting my tongue on one as a child.
I have been attacked by a dog before as well, and stepping in with a firm kick with steel toecap boots took all the fight out of it. It was one of the smaller breeds of fighting dog, some sort of staffie cross or something. So it was at a nice height for a straight kick to the nose and jaw. Also snarling at it after seemed to keep it honest. I then also had to deal with its piece of shit owner threatening all sorts of reprisals, none of which materialised.
[quote]on edge wrote:
From my experience, you are most at risk of being attacked if you are carrying a child. Every single time a dog has gotten aggressive with me I was carrying a child. I think dogs are freaked out by it, they see you as some kind of two headed monster or something. Probably a reason to use a stroller but I never bothered when my kids were babies. I always just picked them up and went for a walk.[/quote]
Depends on the dog. Some see a squirming, squeaky, crying little thing as any other prey animal. Some might be trying to protect the child. [/quote]
No it’s not either of those. I think it’s more along the lines of the dog seeing a single creature that just doesn’t look human.
[quote]on edge wrote:
From my experience, you are most at risk of being attacked if you are carrying a child. Every single time a dog has gotten aggressive with me I was carrying a child. I think dogs are freaked out by it, they see you as some kind of two headed monster or something. Probably a reason to use a stroller but I never bothered when my kids were babies. I always just picked them up and went for a walk.[/quote]
Depends on the dog. Some see a squirming, squeaky, crying little thing as any other prey animal. Some might be trying to protect the child. [/quote]
No it’s not either of those. I think it’s more along the lines of the dog seeing a single creature that just doesn’t look human.
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Dogs can smell that it’s two people. [/quote]
Dogs have evolved with humans. The idea that a dog would be so dumb that he would think that a person holding a baby is some bizarre alien life form is silly.
So I’ve grew up my whole life around medium and larger breed dogs. Most used for working. Now I’ve never had to deal with trained attack dogs. But I’ve noticed most aggressive dogs tend to back off if you stay still and don’t give ground to them. I’ve only ever been bit twice, and both times that was when walking away from a dog. Though I’ve never had a dog hang around after I’ve kicked it in the head.
I think if you got a dog in a position where it just wanted to kill with no plan of not getting injured you’re gunna get hurt. I’d be confident taking most dogs on 1v1. Though I think deep bites and a potential loss of fingers is highly probable. Ive avoided some aggressive dogs by making distance between myself and whereever they are occupying. If you can carry a knife legally in your area, I think even a 3 inch blade would give you a lot more safety.
Not had to deal with an aggressive dog for a while, but if a dog runs up to me and I’m unsure of its intention, I always cover my most prized of possessions with one hand. And put my other hand out towards the dog. I reckon if you could let a dog bite a limb, and it hung on, I’d stab it in the eyes with my keys,would do the trick.
[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
I had a mate sneak up behind me and zap me with one of those hand held tasers he brought back from the continent (illegal in UK). Although it is allegedly at the more powerful end of the spectrum, I spun round and smacked him in the chops as an instinctive reaction, putting him on the floor with his legs gone. As unpleasant as it was, it was not particularly debilitating, and really just wound me up. Since then I’ve been pretty skeptical about the stopping force of that stuff. I am usually a little bitch with electricity as well. I have an irrational phobia of electric fences, probably from putting my tongue on one as a child.
I have been attacked by a dog before as well, and stepping in with a firm kick with steel toecap boots took all the fight out of it. It was one of the smaller breeds of fighting dog, some sort of staffie cross or something. So it was at a nice height for a straight kick to the nose and jaw. Also snarling at it after seemed to keep it honest. I then also had to deal with its piece of shit owner threatening all sorts of reprisals, none of which materialised. [/quote]
Dealing with the enraged piece of shit owner is unfortunately part of the equation.
[quote]DeadKong wrote:
Chocolate is poisonous to a dog’s heart and nervous system. How long would shoving a piece of it in a dog’s mouth take to be effective?[/quote]
It wouldn’t. Your hand might not like it though.