nfb: stupid is.......what goofy does......

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

I still can't believe this.........

...and he takes a 30 min to 2 hr break for every 20 min.'s he works........

he's a govt. contractor thats laid off right now....home everyday... .....

The union guys at work also take 15 minutes getting ready for break and 15 minutes coming back from break, and 1/2 hour getting ready to go home at the end of the day.

Anyway, thanks for the funny story As a kid, I always had to deal with dogs biting me and aggressive dogs. My way of dealing with a really aggressive dog that is acting like Omen ll is to run straight at him like a football player, yelling & take the offensive - they usually run away. You have a split second to make that decision before you show fear. Once when I got attacked and was getting bit, I stuck my hand down his throat as far as I could and it just choked the heck out of the dog - wouldn't try that with a rott/bull mix, but I might grab him by the nuts or bend his leg back though (while he's crushing the bones in whatever limb he's got in his mouth). They also get scared real bad when you pick them up off the ground. That seems to take the fight out of them. You have to decide if there's no chance to get away, then it's best to be real aggressive, instead. They have their vulnerable areas just like anybody else, and they only have one weapon. I'd be much more afraid of an equal sized cat, than a dog. The only time you got real trouble with a dog is when there's more than one.

[ONLNTM5]

is to run straight at him like a football player, yelling & take the offensive - they usually run away. You have a split second to make that decision before you show fear.

That’s exactly right. When I was about 14 years old, we had this huge red dog in our neighborhood that always was biting right at my heels whenever I would ride by on my motorcycle. I finally had enough, and this one day, I stopped my bike in front of the house where the dog lived, got off and as he was running out to “greet” me, I just ran at him and yelled, waving my arms and acting crazy. All of a sudden, he stopped his barking, and stopped dead in his tracks and spun around and ran back to his house, yelping all of the way. After that, he never bothered me again.

Another similar experience, at about the same age, was when these people moved in across the street that had a huge “Cujo” looking dog. After they moved in, this dog would lay in the driveway, and whenever I would just walk out of my house, here he came, barking and moving towards me at a fast pace. I decided this one needed his own lesson, so I got my pellet gun, and pumped it up 20 times, and inserted a pellet. I walked out around the side of the house where he could see me. He lifted up his head and looked at me like “no you didn’t”. I let him get to within about 20 feet from me, and as humanely as I could, I let him have it by shooting him in the center of his chest. Well, he did a back flip, and took off back to his house, yelping all of the way. After that, I would walk out of my house, and he would react and lift that head up real quick and then quickly put it back down again. He never bothered me again.

My Pitt Bull experience happened about 5 years ago. I went by the office one Sunday afternoon to pick up something, and as I walked back out of the front door of the office, I heard all of this loud ferocious barking coming from around the corner of the office. I turned and saw two Pitt Bulls running towards me up the sidewalk, apparently intent on attacking me. I quickly opened the office door and jumped back into the office. As I stood there looking back out of the glass door, these two dogs, a male and a female, were right at the door trying to get at me. I kept a pellet gun, a 38 caliber Police Special, and a 32 Rugar at work, so I had plenty of firepower to handle these two. I went for the pellet gun, because I didn’t see any sense in killing these dogs since they had not actually attacked me. I pumped the pellet gun up 10 times, and went back to the door and saw that the dogs had moved out to the middle of the yard in front of the office. I stuck the gun out of the front door, and I shot the female on her rump. She took off yelping and running down the road. I did the same for the male and he just kept barking and carrying on. I shot him in the same spot again, and that was when he decided that he had enough, and took off down the road with the female

[ONLNTM5]

BTW Kevin, that is good advice on the sticking your hand down their throat and/or picking them up off of the ground. I have heard of the hand down the throat thing, but not the picking the dog up trick. I bet that would freak them out, because that is the last thing that they would expect. I have heard that singing freaks animals out too. I could just imagine that singing Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and doing a moon walk, would probably do the trick, or just showing the dog a picture of Michael Jackson would be enough to send them running I agree that a cat would be much more dangerous, but fortunately most cats will run away unless they have rabies or they are very hungry and a bit mentally ill-

[97LT1Z28]

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[wolfdogs]

you will cut your hand...but not bad.... but the other thing you can do in to grab the lower jaw...... a canis bites using the upper force of the bottom jaw..not the top..if you stabilze it....hold it..he cant bite you...then with both hands...a rapid twist to one side if you can get your legs wrapped around his torso and "snap"......his neck.......

[Need4Speed]

Wow... quite the story!

Amazing how "new" some people are. I guess just some people arent born with any common sense.

That'd be one hell of a day though going toe to toe with a rot/pit mix. I'm a pretty big guy and I'd like to believe that one kick to the facial region would take it out... hence the "I'd like to believe". But in that situation its either you or the dog, so i'd be pullin' are sorts ninja flips and judo chops to ensure my safety... although I cant damn near jump 3' inches off the ground!

[Dave Vince]

Martial Arts Nut

On a similar note, dog fights, I spent alot of time the Martial Arts. This one guy I knew was a little loose in the attic, but a good Martial Aritist. One time he encountered someone with a mean Dog. A big German Shepard. This guy was bragging on his dog saying nobody touches this dog. The Guy said, Oh yeah, let him go. So the other nut lets him go. Well you would think the guy would get all chewed up, but it was the other way around, he beat the hell out of the dog. I guess the nut couldn't say nobody touches this dog anymore. I also had one Martial Arts instructor who included instruction on fighting a dog, and he said basically what you said. When the dog attacks, put your forearms in front of your neck. When the dog leaps at you, side step grab the dog aroung the neck, in whats called a rear naked choke on a human, and squeeze hard. The dog will pass out in about 20 seconds or die if you hold for about a minute. I don't know if this works for I never had to try it, and I don't want to. The other solution is to keep a Tiger on a leash with you. It will eat any dog in about 15 seconds. However it might eat you if you don't feed it enough.

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

...The other solution is to keep a Tiger on a leash with you. It will eat any dog in about 15 seconds. However it might eat you if you don't feed it enough.

That guy from Sigfried & Roy who had the Vegas tiger act and got dragged away by this head by one of the cats still isn't right yet. And that tiger wasn't even out to hurt him

[Dave Vince]

Tiger

I was only kidding. I think I would rather face a Mack truck than a Tiger. I saw a video of a Siberian Tiger chasing a full grown horse, and that horse was running for its life. Another video of a Tiger on the back of a large Croc, (at least 25'). The Tiger was riding that Croc like a bucking bronco, and chewing on its neck at the same time. The commentary said that Tigers will kill and eat Crocidilles. Another commentary said that they kill and eat Brown Bears. I would think they would go after easier prey. Hope its not one of us.