dog biting, what do you do?

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If you were in a room with a dog and it bit you, drawing blood, what would you do?

would you try and restrain it? if so, how??

There is reason to this, but would like to see your opinions first
 
Slightly ambiguous:confused:

Hubby got bitten by our injured whippet -when correcting a dislocated wrist , so giving it a good clout then would be pointless.

If a dog snapped at me whilst I was clipping nails, grooming it etc it would get a bloody good clout.

If a dog deliberately attacked me for no apparant reason, i don't know - depends on the size of the dog, but i imagine i instinctively would react aggressively back - have a feeling thats perhaps not the correct answer!:eek:
 
That depends entirely on the situation i.e

*Was it a puppy mouthing
*A puppy taking the mouthing too far
*A dog that was fearful and pushed too far/space inavded
*A truely aggressive dog
*A dog biting/snapping over a toy/chew

There is ons alot more scenarios than that, so the scenario would effect the way I react, and if it was me who the dog bit or someone else and did I see it?

And im off to work now:p so will have to look in later:rolleyes:
 
I agree, there are many variables to a biting dog.

But my first instinct would be to cut off the bugger's air supply for a few seconds until it calmed down.

(PS - do not try this at home unless you know what you are doing!!)

**expects flaming**

What's the story?
 
i had 2 dogs that had a fight, i was in the middle of them and got bitten on the leg, as i was actually holding the other dog i couldnt do much but scream at it to get off me, as she held on and tried to shake my leg, luckily i had a friend that dragged her off and locked her in the kitchen, i think i was too in shock to react to the dog. but she kept her distance from me when i got her taken out of the house.

i think any situation (unless the dog is being abused) if another dog bit me it would get told off.
 
that last sentance looks wrong, i dont abuse dogs!!

what i meant was i wouldnt blame a dog if it was getting abused if it bit that person.
 
Never tried that, but have heard of it.
I think Scratchline also advocated a wodge of wood between the jaws.
Cold water has worked and I have popped jaws before but that can be very brave and/or very stupid.

The worst thing is hitting or kicking, it can heighten the drive of an attacking dog - FI our trainers crack a whip or thump the hide or swing a leg at a dog on the sleeve (never connecting of course, but it determines a cowardly dog - which will let go - or a driven dog - will hold on firmer and harder in the face of distraction or threat - the vast, vast majority hang on tighter.)

This of course is for a locked on dog. I would say it is worse for one that has snapped, you are just reinforcing that it was right to snap in the first place.
 
story is (and truth as far as I know)

Dog bit owner and was 'kicking off' (I don't know the ins and outs in detail) so owner held it down and put their hand over (or round) it;s muzzle in an attempt to calm it.

Owner was reported to the RSPCA after admitting (in all innocence) that they'd restrained it in this way.

Dog uninjured, RSPCA are prosecuting for 'animal cruelty'. No word of a lie...!!

It's just shocked me. It's the kind of thing I'd do to stop mine nipping... and I'd do more if it was actually biting me!!
 
Sounds a bit extreme......but still, know one really knows what happened....they could be the worlds biggest knobbers and deserved a bite:rolleyes:
I will admit im not in a good mood tonight:rolleyes:
 
If one of my dogs bites me, even snapping through excitement, I do exactly what is done here, until the dog calms.

But that's just a perfect example of the RSPCA for you.
 
Really? That could be a precedence-setting case, do you know the area/region as I would be very keen to find it on a court list and the local media should be notified.

I'd rather the RSPCA recommended him a good trainer to stop his dog biting him.

I place a hand over a muzzle but to me it is to prevent a dog jumping up on me or nipping in a playful way as you say. Obviously only works well on bigger dogs as it is hard to reach down to a smaller dog.
 
It only happened recently, the RSPCA told them they are looking to prosecute so don't think it'd be on a court list yet?

Cayla: I do know of the person involved and they're not irrisponsible, a bit naieve i think, but I think the dog concerned is quite snappy by nature. I know it's been known to bite before, and the owner takes it to the same classes as me.

If mine nips and a sharp 'no' doesnt calm her, I admit I have in the past held her muzzle at the same time as repeating the 'no' but by the RSPCA's standards that would be cruel. So now quite confused as to what someone's meant to do to prevent a dog biting them.
 
I mean for when it is put on a list.

Even if they don't proceed, the threat of prosecution is a shock in itself and should be reported. It would be interesting to hear how the charity thinks people should discipline their dogs.

What has their trainer recommended to stop this sort of behaviour, if you attend the same class?
 
Must say I never grab the muzzle, I give a cesar style jab and a "how dare you" in my mad as hell voice, if the dog was truely taking liberties, if im grooming or trying to do something with a dog and it attempts to snack it gets a good check via a lead.
Which I suppose I would be arrested for according to the story of the person in question:rolleyes:, I think there is more than meets the eye, if this is supposidly true.

If I have a bad tempered spolit brat dog then I will restrain until it has no more energy to attack me. (I have a vice like grip):rolleyes::D so they rarely can get near enough to bite.
I think she should have been to a behaviourist if the dog was a cerial snacker/biter, as she was clearly getting no where with it on her own merits.
 
itsme123 said:
I honestly don't know anymore than that the dog bit, drew blood and was trying to bite again.
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As the others, I can't really say, everything depends on the circumstances and there is to many unknown factors. Is it my dog, are my dogs in the room, did it bite out of aggression or out of fear, did I do something stupid (I'm not perfect) and if I'm not involved myself, it also depends on who it was that was involved etc.


E.g. as soon as my sisters children began walking around, I told them that if they run around in the room and happens to fall down on top of one of my bitches, while she is asleep in one of their dog beds and if she, when she wakes up, then bites them in panic because she is trapped and possibly in pain, I will not blame her. When they got older I added a question "When you go to sleep tonight, would you want me to come in and land on top of you in the middle of the night?" All three of them got my point at a young age.


Basically I believe both in punishment and no punishment, not giving up until the dog kills me and if possible and I'm close to a door, simply getting out of there as fast as possible. All depending on the circumstances.


Also as I mentioned in the beginning it depends on who was involved, take drawing blood for instance, more than once when I've accidentally cut myself on a paper, I have been bleeding like a pig from the tiny little thin cut on my finger. And my now dead grandmother firmly believed that if you met a dog that scared you, you must stare it straight into its eyes all the time, so that you could see when it decided itself for attacking you
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, I talked myself blue trying to change her mind about that but it was like talking to a brick wall and I'm sure, that for her to believe that a dog was trying to bite again, it would only need to stay in the room after the first bite...

:confused:
 
And that is what happens when you do other things in the evening, while writing a few lines in your reply now and then during the evening, without updating the thread...


I believe that you either haven't heard the full story or the people in charge of the case at RSPCA, is fluffy bunny huggers that believes you can talk sense into all dogs... Admittedly, sometimes I wonder if there isn't people somewhere, that is simply out to ban dog owning completely. In the future I would not be surprised if we always have to keep our dogs on the lead because we're punished for what some irresponsible dog owners do but if we always do keep them on the lead, animal rights activists will sue us for cruelty to animals...

:confused:
 
I'm not IN the same class, we attend the same club, so it's not like I know them on a 'I see you weekly and say hello to you' basis.

I'd say there's a whole lot of difference between catching a dog doing something 'naughty' (In which we give a sharp "AHK!!!!" followed by a long low "noooooo") and a dog actually biting you. Each handler handles their dog differently, dependant on the dog. Some react well to a check on the lead, some to a voice command.. some not at all lol. I think the dog in question is a bit of a handful as the trainer wasn't suprised it bit someone. I don't know if it's rescue or not.

I don't doubt the story for one moment as it came via our trainer, obviously a very worrying time for the owner as they could get anything from a warning to - I don't know? could they remove his dog ???

I suppose the behaviourist thing might be right, but there and then, at that moment I expect the owner did what they felt was best. I *think* the reporting came after the event when the owner sought help with behaiour (I don't know who) , admitted how they'd stopped the dog biting them, and THEN been reported. As I say, I don't know the ins and outs, but I can't imagine anyone who goes to the bother of attending training classes with their dog, seeks help on it behaviour and perseveres with the behaviour is THAT much of a numpty, nor do they deserve prosecution for doing what they felt was appropriate at that moment in time.
 
I doubt they will remove the dog.....they are then stuck with a potentially aggressive dog (they have enough without that!)
Why doesn't she jsut say "should I have used a captive bolt gun instead" that might shut them up:rolleyes:

I think it's just info been passed on to the extreme, at the end of the day the society in question strangle dogs on the end of dog catchers when they pose any threat and need to restrain them, they are hardly gonna get a prosecution from someone holding the dogs gob shut:D
 
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