I was attacked by dog and shot

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There is a simple way to decide what a dogs intentions are if you have a pistol.
Squat down and extend the pistol out as far as you can reach. The dog will try to bite the nearest thing to him. If he bites the pistol,pull the trigger and you don't have to worry about missing or where the bullet went.
If the dog stops before that, No Harm Done.
 
Dogs chase things, people overreact - this is a great example of when someone used unnecessary force simply because they panicked.

People who carry guns should not panic............
 
Oh yeah... totally overreacted :rolleyes:

Why dont you google image search dog attack victims and tell me he wasnt justified...
 
There is a simple way to decide what a dogs intentions are if you have a pistol.
Squat down and extend the pistol out as far as you can reach. The dog will try to bite the nearest thing to him. If he bites the pistol,pull the trigger and you don't have to worry about missing or where the bullet went.
If the dog stops before that, No Harm Done.

That has to be some of the poorest advice I have ever heard.:eek:
You have never been attacked Right?? I have, so I would tell folks to never follow that advice.:mad:



If the dog was a pit, a rottweiler, or other large dog it could have you by the throat before you could react at an arms length. It could even kill you after you fired and hit it assuming you were fast enough. By Squatting down you are making you face, neck, and head more vulnerable, you are also encouraging a dog to attack by placing your face at eye level. A dog will perceive this as a direct challenge to fight.

If a dog is running at you you hold your ground stand up tall to make yourself appear larger, yell and stamp you feet, this will make many dogs stop and bark rather than attack. Most dogs aren't attack dogs and are just posturing. But if you think the dog is actually going to attack, and it keeps coming, you should probably trust your instincts. Its better that they grab a leg than your face and throat. You then have a chance to shoot if the dog doesn't break off the attack.

Jacob the fact that you trusted your instincts is probably what saved you from a mauling. When a dog is warning they will bark, the fact that the dog was charging you from behind and not barking means it was going to bite you. In my state the fact that the dog was at large at night/ or attacking off of a 6 foot lead, and the fact that you were not a criminal on the owner's property engaged in illegal activity, would have made it a good shoot. I suspect the law is the same in your state.
 
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has to be some of the poorest advice I have ever heard.

Lighten up, MB. Get a sense of humor. I think that post was meant tongue-in-cheek. Face it, it's a funny picture - a dog with the muzzle of a Glock in his mouth (which is the best place for a Glock, BTW, getting chewed up). :D:D:D

So you've been attacked. Do you now live in fear of (and shoot) every dog you see running towards you?

We weren't there, but by the description of the incident, the dog showed NO aggressive behavior. "..running directly toward me." Is NOT aggressive. He might have simply been going home. I'm glad "jacob" isn't a better shot. Sorry, "jacob", bad shoot, IMO.
 
There is a simple way to decide what a dogs intentions are if you have a pistol.
Squat down and extend the pistol out as far as you can reach. The dog will try to bite the nearest thing to him. If he bites the pistol,pull the trigger and you don't have to worry about missing or where the bullet went.
If the dog stops before that, No Harm Done.
I agree with Master Blaster
Sounds good....
Except if the dog leaps for your throat... Game over. You lose. :(
The reason dogs go for a trainers arm is because the man is standing, leaning over and extending his arm in such a way that the forearm is all that is available for the dog to bite.
I really don't believe that the dog will always go for what is nearest.
Sometimes dogs bite your leg, sometimes they leap up on you.

As an aside, my personal rule for dogs in my yard... Don't ask don't tell. People really love their dogs and will never speak to you again if you kill their dog. Mind you, I would only shoot an aggressive dog. I always try to make friends first. I have had a calf and one of the kids pet rabbits killed by neighbors dogs at different times. I finally decided enough is enough. Fortunately no agressive dogs have been in the yard since I made that decision But, if the neighbors would call and ask "Have you seen my dog?" and I was responsible for his demise,I would simply reply "Nope. haven't seen him"
I hope I don't burn for a lie like that. ;)
 
When I was about 10 years old I was attacked from behind by a large Collie.
There was no sound or warning from him - he just ran up behind me and bit me in the back. I was on a public alleyway...
 
NO dog is naturally mean or prone to attack. The ones who do that are trained to or allowed to. It doesn't have to be a large dog to "mess you up quick". I've seen terrible injuries from something as small as a wiener dog.

Untrue. And, since you cant verbally "quiz" a rapidly approaching dog as to it's intentions, the benefit of the doubt does not apply to certain dogs.

Much as I love dogs, that simply isn't true.

Proven to be fact that some breeds are especially "less inhibited": http://www.dogbitelaw.com/Dog Attacks 1982 to 2006 Clifton.pdf


(An excerpt from the referenced study):
Pit bulls seem to differ behaviorally from other dogs in having far less inhibition about attacking people who are larger than they are. They are also notorious for attacking seemingly without warning, a tendency exacerbated by the custom of docking pit bulls' tails so that warning signals are not easily recognized. Thus the adult victim of a pit bull attack may have had little or no opportunity to read the warning signals that would avert an attack from any other dog.
 
In my experience once dog breed becomes a topic for discussion in a thread like this it takes very little time for it to degenerate to a close.

So... It's over.
 
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