“The brutal assault took place after Yasmin attempted to break up a play fight between Sir Hinkles and her two other dogs. “
I’m thinking it wasn’t really a play fight but even so, you don’t try to break up dogs. That’s just stupid and in this case, stupid DID hurt.
The dog mauled her arm off. It is a problem.
Yep.
Breaking up a dogfight is something I wouldn’t wish upon anyone, particularly if you’re on your own.
My first time, I tried to use the collars, bad idea, and I got my hand bit,
the dogs just can’t distinguish between you and the other dog when you stick your hand in such close proximity to their mouths.
Did some reading and the best technique, which worked when I tried it is,
if there is a doorway available, while remaining calm, grab one of them in the hind area
and move it backwards to get it on one side of the doorway with the other dog on the other side
and start closing the door a bit at a time so there is as little contact between them as possible,
with patience, they’ll eventually let go of each other and you’ll be able to close the door, separating them.
The only other time I was bit was when my dog was attacked a bear.
It all happened so quickly that while my dog had started to defend himself on the left side of the bears head,
I had jumped on its back with a knife in my right hand and started attacking the bear in the same area in which my dog was defending himself
and the predictable occurred, my right thumb got bit pretty good by my dog.
I yelled at him to go back and amazingly in the heat of battle he listened to me and disappeared.
When the bear was dispatched I looked around and there he was about 8 feet away holding his position. Good Boy!
I really wish education about dogs was begun as early as possible in schools.
They have time to teach the kids that Heather has two mommies,
but fail to teach them the basics of how to and not to, interact with dogs,
the knowledge of which could prevent needless attacks and tragedies.