I have two greyhounds. I always carry a blade when I walk them, as there have been pit-bull attacks in my part of town.
A few years back in two pits killed a greyhound named Henry. One of my greyhounds is also named Henry.
When the story hit the local paper, everyone who knows us thought it was my Henry. I got tons of calls and sympathy.
I am fully prepared to cut the jugular of any dog that latches on to one of mine.
Hamstring a pitbull instead. Their jaws lock hard when they bite down, and cutting their throat will still cause you to have to pry apart their jaws. But if you cut his hamstring, he will release what he has a hold of and try to snap at your hand.
Even tugging the hamstring of any canine will cause it to lose it’s grip and turn it’s head back to the “attack”. By instinct, canines go for the hamstring of their prey and reflexively will defend their own hamstrings over even their throats.
Again, I thnk you for saving those wonderful dogs.
As a sight hound owner myself, I know very well how delicate their skin is and how utterly non-combatant they are.
It takes a *lot* to make a sight hound “fight back”.
As pack hounds, it’s just not their nature.
I feel awful for the Grey owner in this story.
Even a “minor” attack by a much less powerful breed can do great damage to their thin, fragile skin.