Moments later, people can be seen rushing over to help, with one man pulling the canine away by its collar.
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I’ve read that the proper technique is to pull the dog away by the hind legs.
I saw a video where a couple in their 60’s helped save a man being attacked by a pit bull. The rescuing man picked up the hind legs of the dog and it let go of the man it was mauling. The entire time its hind legs were held high (not a full hand stand for the dog but at least 45 degrees, the dog never attempted to attack) The “victim” got to his feet and backed away. When he saw that he was free and the retiree was kind of stuck there because if he let go the dog might attack him, the “victim” laughed and left the older couple to deal with it. Eventually the retiree let go of the dog and it turned and began mauling him - his wife then lifted the dog by the hind legs. That’s where the video ended.
Like a hog.
A rescue operation at a PetSmart allowed a pit to attack one of my Cavalier spaniels as we walked to the back of the store to pick up a pre-ordered matt.
The Pit’s mouth enveloped my Cav’s head and started to rotate and jerk him around. The handler stupidly tried to unlock it’s jaws, which the vet later told me is a good way to lose one’s fingers. I jumped in, grabbed the Pit by the face and gouged my thumbs into its eyeballs.
It let got immediately and rolled back. If the handler hadn’t been there to restrain it at that point it may have tried to attack again, but it was not happy about my thumbs, so perhaps that was enough. There’s no way I could have grabbed it’s legs and pulled it away, so I’m glad I didn’t try. Perhaps after injuring it that might have worked, but thankfully I don’t know.
Later at the vet, I realized that my Cav’s head was all wet. My wife told me that the rescue people responded to the attack by spraying it with water bottles. Like that would have saved my dog’s life.
The Pit was put down. Yep. But it was dumbass of the group to have tried to “rescue it” in the first place. This particular group will NOT attempt to “rescue” a Pit again.