Well, since I always have twenty rounds of .45 ACP hollow points on me, the answer to the title question is kinda obvious.
prisoner6
I once had a pitbull charge me. He quickly lost interest in continuing his charge once he realized I might fight back.
Chet?
Dogbites.com is getting boring....maybe a switch to Burmese python menace is south Florida?
btw....Esquire is published, edited and written by leftist queers..
you can do better...
Pit Bull saves 2 women from deadly cobra,
dies wagging his tail
http://dogsinthenews.com/stories/070301a.php
Actually, professionally speaking, protection dog trainers use the “gag” technique to break a bite if something “goes wrong”.
When the dog charges you, mouth open to bite, you simply stand still, brace yourself and then ram your fist DOWN the dog’s throat as hard and far as you can.
[since most bites occur at an upward 45 degree angle, it’s simple to just meet the open mouth halfway with a downstroke punch]
Trainers do it with precision and control, not wanting to actually harm the dog they’re trying to train.
For an attack, you’d want to punch as hard as possible.
It will shock and surprise the dog *at least*, since it is not expecting its victim to actually “help” get an arm in its mouth and potentially break the dog’s windpipe, *at worst*.
You will also be cutting off ALL of its air supply, in the process.
It’s also psychologically effective since the dog instinctively expects to bite an “unwilling, weaker, passive body part”, *not* have said body part actively rammed down his own unwilling throat.
99% of the time, the dog will try to get away from the offending obstruction rather than attempt to close on a bite.
The people who fight dogs use the so-called “bite stick” to break the dog’s hold *not* by prying its jaws apart.
They are carefully shoving the stick down its throat [much like a fist] and pressing on the back of the dog’s tongue, in a “gentler” version of the above method.
Yes, it’s hard to imagine actually doing that but 35 years of working with rescue Dobermans with unknown issues tends to give you nerves of steel.
Whoever said to offer it your “non-dominant arm to chew on” is an idiot.
You are armed aren't you?
“What is the best thing to do if a pit bull — or several pit bulls — comes charging at you?”
Shoot the owner.
I’m surprised no one here has mentioned pepper spray.
My neighbor has pit bulls. I never go out without carrying a can of pepper spray.
Once one of the dogs got loose and came after me in the back yard. I let him have a squirt, right in the face, nose and eyes. He turned instantly and ran home.
If the dog is running straight at you get down on one knee arm cocked back and punch the dog square in the nose as hard as you can. If you made contact you will either kill the dog or knock it silly. If you miss or it gets your hand hopefully you have a gun.
Dogs have thick skulls and head shots are not guaranteed. Been on several calls where my partner had to shoot a dog, and every time the dog ran off and expired but never dropped dead. We use 230gr JHP’s as well.
If the unavoidable happens and they latch onto your non-shoooting arm, try to get a contact shot underneath the throat so the round(s) penetrate the brain cavity from underneath.
Additional tactic if not armed is to gouge eyes or use a technique hippies used on police dogs during the Vietnam years. Most dogs have a surplus of skin around the throat and neck. Grab that with both hands and start spinning around to get the dog dizzy. Then let go.
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Throw kittens at it until it’s full.