Can you realistically fight off a 100+lb dog or are you going to lose?

[abbrown]

We had a LGD kept with our chickens and small animals. Really was to keep neighbors aggressive dog out of our yard. Two Christmases ago we left and went out of town and someone must have been watching but didn't realize the dog stays. He jumped our fence and tried to break into my shop.... before she hit him. My camera had already went off before she got.to him and was on the phone with the cops already. By the time they got there 7 minutes later she had broke his arm and had to have over 100 stitches. Cops couldn't get in to the yard until they called me and put me on speaker phone and I told her to kennel and she went in it. Ended up in a lawsuit with the guy and had to put the dog down.... i wish she would have killed the bastard

That’s some BS

 

[Presswood_936]

I had to fight a 120lb Pyrenees a couple years back . That thing had me by the thigh before I knew it , I did come out on top though .

 

[WCB]

I've see a few grown men fight a cob web....my faith is fairly shaken in most adult men in any sort of physical altercation with anything these days.

 

[CMP70306]

Threads like this just remind me why I’m glad I own a golden retriever, unless my arm suddenly turns to cheese I think I’m pretty safe.

 

[UpNorth89]

Threads like this just remind me why I’m glad I own a golden retriever, unless my arm suddenly turns to cheese I think I’m pretty safe.

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Same here.

 

[Neckbone]

Only time I ever had to draw my carry pistol I was mountain biking and heard running footsteps in the leaf behind me. See a mean looking dog hauling ass straight towards me. I ditch the bike and draw and probably half a second before unloading the clip I hear the owner call the dog. Damn thing did a 180 in a split second. Had the pistol holstered and hidden before the owner was in sight of me. Got the ole "awe he ain't gonna hurt ya". Well I damn sure was about to hurt him. Dog didn't look like the lick you to death type.

That experience made me a lot more diligent about carrying... especially on the evening walks in the (relatively) safe neighborhood with the family. It's not only humans you are protecting yourself from.

That being said, no one is walking away from a 100lb dog attack without going straight to the hospital after. Possibly be heading to the morgue..

 

[Zdub02]

For more educational information look up some of Mike Ritland's stories from training bite dogs. Sounds pretty ferocious from the stories he's told.

I have a coworker who is not a gun guy but is pro gun from a time he was attacked by a dog while running and a bystander had to shoot the dog off of him. He said if the guy wouldn't have had a gun there's no way he would have gotten away from the dog.

 

[KurtR]

Threads like this just remind me why I’m glad I own a golden retriever, unless my arm suddenly turns to cheese I think I’m pretty safe.


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Talking to guys who train for a living and goldens are the dogs out of all the retrievers that are the first to bite when they dont like something. Makes force fetch fun some times

 

[Zdub02]

My wife got bit by a golden once. I still make fun of her about it. Maybe I should stop after reading @KurtR post

 

[11boo]

Pretty sure I can take this one. The little one.

 

[CMP70306]

Talking to guys who train for a living and goldens are the dogs out of all the retrievers that are the first to bite when they dont like something. Makes force fetch fun some times

Mine makes a nasty face and then licks me, she’ll get mouthy some times when she is stuck in the house for several days but I’ve never had her actually apply any pressure to it even when I’ve been manhandling her to bath or brush her. Most of the time she just smacks the side of her mouth against my hand while making a nasty face.

I’ve done some hold conditioning with her and the worst she does is drop the stick instead of holding it. She’s never gotten mouthy with me while doing hold conditioning.

 

[repins05]

The speed and reaction time of domestic dogs amazes me. Big or small.

Also the pure strength of some breeds. Especially jaw strength.

 

[sbaker0029]

No personal experience with a trained dog straight out to kill me.

I definitely would not want to find out. I'd like to think I would stand a chance but probably not much if I didn't have a weapon or if the dog didn't have a collar or something for me to gain an advantage.

Had an 80lb malamute/chow/lab mix turn on me. She was very dog aggressive but a big baby with most people.
The time she turned on me, she was about to get after another dog and thankfully she was wearing her harness at the time but had just taken her off leash.
She was in attack mode, growling with teeth shown and neck hair stood up, about to go after this poor terrier mix.
The second I touched the back of her neck to grab the harness she turned on me.
It happened so damn quick I couldn't give exact details because I went into fight or flight myself. She nipped my arm and I grabbed the harness handle picked her up and body slammed her on her side. Before I knew I was on top of her, knee in her ribs and holding her head down in the dirt. Took a few head slams to the ground for her to snap out of it completely and submit.
Thankfully no stitches for me.
Had she actually gotten ahold of my forearm and if I didn't get her to submit I don't know how ugly it would have gotten.