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.
Oh great...attempts by sociopaths to breed larger and larger killing machines has paid off...meet the 174 pound pit bull.
IIRC, you’re supposed to pull and toss the dog. It’ll be in such shock it’ll take off. It makes sense because they never have to deal with such a thing in the wild.
I don’t want to test it out, though.