Hello Dear Readers,
It's an unfortunate thing, but at times, dogs may get into fights. In the past couple of years, I've seen two dog fights, and if I never see that again, I will be real happy. The first time, it was in my own home. A friend brought over his female bitch in heat, and my two male, neutered dogs got into a fight over her.
I saw the bigger, aggressor, Charlie, go after my little Leroy Brown, and reacted like a mother trying to protect her child. I put my arms around Charlie's neck, to pull him off. Unfortunately, at that moment, Leroy sat up, and went for Charlie's neck, and I, unwittingly, put my hand right in his mouth.
Yep, that's right, I got bit by my own, Non-aggressive, Pit Bull, whom I love so dearly.
This was the fourth, and last time Charlie attacked Leroy Brown. The other three times were over food, as Charlie who was rescued off the streets, had "food aggression." Other than that, he was a wonderful dog, so I worked with him on that, and in the year and a half that I had him, saw some progress.
However, the female bitch totally caught me off guard.
The dog fight I saw just recently involved two females, one of which was not spayed. The "un-spayed" dog got out of her yard, and came to the other dog's yard, apparently to"pick a fight." Fortunately the other, spayed dog was small enough that the owner could pick her up and carry her away, before either was seriously hurt.
Since my incident of being bit, I learned of all different ways to break up a fight, such as taking a towel and wrap it around one dog, throwing water on the dogs, and other ways. However, when one having an adrenalin rush, none of these ways are practical.
As difficult as it may be, the best thing one can do to help break up a dog fight, is remain as calm as possible. Let me tell you, that is easier said than done. At any rate, the one thing NOT to do, is put your hand between the dogs! Ouch!
It's an unfortunate thing, but at times, dogs may get into fights. In the past couple of years, I've seen two dog fights, and if I never see that again, I will be real happy. The first time, it was in my own home. A friend brought over his female bitch in heat, and my two male, neutered dogs got into a fight over her.
I saw the bigger, aggressor, Charlie, go after my little Leroy Brown, and reacted like a mother trying to protect her child. I put my arms around Charlie's neck, to pull him off. Unfortunately, at that moment, Leroy sat up, and went for Charlie's neck, and I, unwittingly, put my hand right in his mouth.
Yep, that's right, I got bit by my own, Non-aggressive, Pit Bull, whom I love so dearly.
This was the fourth, and last time Charlie attacked Leroy Brown. The other three times were over food, as Charlie who was rescued off the streets, had "food aggression." Other than that, he was a wonderful dog, so I worked with him on that, and in the year and a half that I had him, saw some progress.
However, the female bitch totally caught me off guard.
The dog fight I saw just recently involved two females, one of which was not spayed. The "un-spayed" dog got out of her yard, and came to the other dog's yard, apparently to"pick a fight." Fortunately the other, spayed dog was small enough that the owner could pick her up and carry her away, before either was seriously hurt.
Since my incident of being bit, I learned of all different ways to break up a fight, such as taking a towel and wrap it around one dog, throwing water on the dogs, and other ways. However, when one having an adrenalin rush, none of these ways are practical.
As difficult as it may be, the best thing one can do to help break up a dog fight, is remain as calm as possible. Let me tell you, that is easier said than done. At any rate, the one thing NOT to do, is put your hand between the dogs! Ouch!
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