That was instantaneous thinking on my part. I saw in my mind, my running and getting knocked down and killed. I knew I couldn't outrun that dog. My only hope was standing still so I wouldn't continue to be a target for the dog once she clamped down and I knew the owner was running toward the dog.
I do very well in an emergency - I don't freak out - I think instead how to fix it. Maybe that's why I am a prepper and why I got an EMT license - so I can “fix stuff”.
I wish everyone was like you...:)
For those who aren’t into such things, standing stock still defuses a dog’s “prey drive”.
Though you may still be bitten, by not reacting you are vastly minimizing the damage.
In fact, done properly, you can convey ‘alpha body language’ by not only standing still, but by turning to the side and not meeting the dog’s gaze, almost as if you are pointedly “snubbing” said dog.
Doing that really confuses a dog because the person is not displaying anticipated ‘prey behavior’ which causes the dog to reconsider that his target may in fact be a superior predator, instead.
The absolute worst things to do are running, screaming, flailing about, etc.
That excites an already agitated dog to the point of potentially serious damage.
A case in point, a rabbit happily inhabits my backyard, despite it being ‘infested’ with some really serious rabbit hounds.
She has learned that if she simply hunkers down and ~doesn’t move~, they will literally sniff her, poke her, then get bored and go away, after which she makes a dignified exit through the fence, unharmed.
She’s been doing this successfully for *years*.
[Chipmunks haven’ been quite so bright...I have to run interference for them]
At any rate, you are an excellent example to others.
:)