A good hard kick in the @$$ works wonders in breaking up a dog fight. A swift kick in the belly if it's a dangerous dog. They forget all about biting when you knock the wind out of them.
Unfortunately that would not have worked here. The smaller of the two had a locked down grip right by the other dog’s eye, and had the larger dog totally immobilized. The only way she was going to let go was when I pried her mouth open. Once she felt me by her teeth she let go. That is when the other dog jumped in and bit me accidentally.
Ironic. The pit with the grip was probably a former fighting dog. She would not bite a person, and was actually dog friendly. The other dog was 15 pounds heavier and was the aggressor. The little pit was fighting for her life. Both were rescues.
If I had had a breaking stick I would not have been bitten.
http://www.amazon.com/The-K-9-Center-Break-Stick/dp/B004RU81VY