june 1 2022
All Gaul is divided in three parts it's so in France and it's also true in a dogfight
****part the first.. with two stud dogs intent on killing each other once they have made connection with their eyes only physical effort we'll keep them apart... there is no way you can stand there and say please don't do this and have it have any effect ----forget it. however there is one split second where you might notice the other dog before your dog does in which case you must exert all efforts to distract him.. if you don't you're in trouble. it is really only one split second... and most of the time most people miss it.
****So the second part-- Is the initial connection where there is an awful lot of noise activity snapping biting chewing during which you certainly don't want to get involved.. and only a very brief four letter expletive should be uttered.. because any screaming or loud noises will only add to the excitement on which the dogs fight started in the first place. Usually one or both dogs whill lock jaws and just hang on to some part of the other dog usually it's the skin of the neck which is kind of been designed by nature to take all kinds of dog fighting. at this time when both dogs have a hold of each other, if you have a great deal of dog experience... you might consider approaching the problem very carefully because it can turn into snapping again very quickly.. it is at this time maybe a bucket of water if you have one might work.. but usually you do with what you got.. if you can get the two dogs unlatched, You might get into...
****Part 3 which is get them out of sight of each other so they don't start all over again.
and unless blood is spurting somewhere, all dog fights I have seen have managed to heal very nicely with basically only Normal wound care... of clipping away the hair so you can keep a wound clean and not get full of all oozie goo... if the dog can lick his wounds that's even better at the moment.. Although you do have to watch it doesn't become some oozy mess needing antibiotics or whatever-----well it can be watched and healed very nicely. I had a case of a German shepherd tearing a rectangle about four inches square off the side of one of my first stud dogs diegel--- and he sat there and ate it. While I dragged diegel into safety.. diegel healed.. with just basic care and interestingly the spots reappeared on the area, the German shepherd had eaten.-
in my experience. with some 500 dogs. that's a pretty normal sequence of a dog fight between two males. with two females I find that dog a will see. dog B and say very pleasantly. “ hi Susie did you have a nice weekend? how's the family?” while thinking “wait till she's not looking and I can nail her quickly”. This is why female dogs are called bltches.
I have to tell you the most effective way I have ever seen a dog fight be broken up, occurred in our own yard between Bentley and an unexpected visiting stud dog. the two dogs had gotten into part 2 of being latched onto each other when another trainer and I came on the scene. I ran to the front end of Bentley and grabbed all available handles which probably were neck skin ears. and I usually grab the upper jaw to have some control over the sharp end of these dogs. she went to the rear of the second dog and had the choice of hind legs tail or masculine appendages..
she got hold of the appendages and Hung on lifting his rear off the ground a couple inches.. I got Bentley stashed in the kennel... and turn to watch her twisting in circles ----she never let go but the front end of her dog was trying to bite her arm. a photo of that episode would be far more appropriate, amusing and interesting to put on the Internet. unfortunately I am not quick with a camera and we were not on explore camera.. so I can only tell you it was pretty funny.... also looking at it from the top down it was very effective.. and since I have told this story several times lately. I have had a few other people who have found the same success at breaking up a dog fight between 2 males.
does that make their appendages the Achilles tendon. of dogdom.?
45 years ago i had unneutered male huskies. All neutered since then. Grabbed appendages and got 3 chomps as head swung toward my grabbing arm. Nick of a tooth bite with a canine at the knee but definite top and bottom holes on the arm, one deep, one not so much. Definitely worth it to stop the fight. I think had my young husband grabbed his dog's nuts as hard as i did mine, it wouldn't have happened because i was bitten while my dog's front leg was still being chomped on.
