Dog attack and CHL

[Henry Dearborn]

I have also seen the carnage firsthand that a large dog can wreak.

I know a guy who lost the use of his right arm due to having a tendon severed in a dog attack...the guy was a concrete finisher. He lost his job his home and ultimately his wife and family because of the injuries he sustained and medical bills that resulted....that dog attack RUINED HIS LIFE!

I will KILL in the most efficient manner possible any large dog that threatens me or my family. Period. If people love "Fido" so much....keep him on your property and we won't have any issues. People get stupid when you talk about dogs...I have heard people say things like- "If somebody shoots my dog I'd shoot them".

If it were instead of a dog a 1,500 lb Black Angus Bull that some idiot let roam the neighborhood terrorizing people would anyone in their right mind argue about putting a bullet in it's head? Bulls kill very few people and I would guess that 99% of those they kill are either bull riders or farmers/ranchers- people who are directly involved with them out of personal choices. It's not like they are running around in suburban neighborhoods in large numbers at will. But somehow since it's a dog it's ok and we should use restraint and use less effective means to end a potentially threatening attack....No thanks, Fido gets a 230 grain lead sedative.

[LedJedi]

Edit: I decided I wanted to stress this again. Turn your hand sideways before you attempt to do this. Failing to do this will put the dogs teeth right on the veins and tendons on the bottom of your arm/wrist, and that WILL be a bad thing.

I believe you should make every attempt to shoot the dog at least 10 feet away from you. Failing to do this may get you bit.

~sorry, couldn't resist.

a moose once bit my sister.

[mr.72]

We had a neighbor at our old house with a dangerous pit bull in their back yard that could easily get over the 6ft cedar privacy fence. This is a planned community type neighborhood with many small children running around. We called the police regularly about the dog but somehow the kids who were bitten invariably by this dog did not report the incidents to the police because of the owner (lady) crying and going on and on about how much they love the dog and it would ruin their lives to lose it blah blah. Well one day (this was long before I had any guns) the dog was doing its best to come over the fence into our yard while the kids were on the trampoline out back, so I brought the kids in and went out and stood guard with a shovel that pinged off the dog's forehead any time I saw the head come over the top of the fence, until the police arrived.

Listen: as everyone here has noted, any dog bigger than a dachshund is potentially a very dangerous animal. I don't think people fully realize just how dangerous the animals we keep as pets can be. If you've ever gotten into it with even a full-grown tom cat that was actually on the offensive and not just trying to escape you were probably be shocked at just how strong and ferocious even a little cat can be. Humans are tame, weak animals. We are easily overpowered by animals that are much smaller than we are. I agree with the idea that any dog that takes an offensive behavior towards me or anyone I am charged to care for in my presence is going to get a hollowpoint cocktail. I'll worry about whether it was legal to shoot it or not after the dog is tango uniform.

[agbullet2k1]

Edit: I decided I wanted to stress this again. Turn your hand sideways before you attempt to do this. Failing to do this will put the dogs teeth right on the veins and tendons on the bottom of your arm/wrist, and that WILL be a bad thing.

I believe you should make every attempt to shoot the dog at least 10 feet away from you. Failing to do this may get you bit.

~sorry, couldn't resist.

a moose once bit my sister.

Moose bites can be nasty. What was she doing at the time? I hear Norway has a bad reputation for dangerous mooses...meese....large antlered critters.

[Kythas]

a moose once bit my sister.

I don't know why, but I couldn't stop laughing at this. Hope she wasn't hurt, but the thought of a moose biting someone just tickles my funny bone.

[LedJedi]

Edit: I decided I wanted to stress this again. Turn your hand sideways before you attempt to do this. Failing to do this will put the dogs teeth right on the veins and tendons on the bottom of your arm/wrist, and that WILL be a bad thing.

I believe you should make every attempt to shoot the dog at least 10 feet away from you. Failing to do this may get you bit.

~sorry, couldn't resist.

a moose once bit my sister.

Moose bites can be nasty. What was she doing at the time? I hear Norway has a bad reputation for dangerous mooses...meese....large antlered critters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_9kDO3 ... re=related

ok, apparently I rode the short bus to school cause i do this stuff for a living and i can't figure out how to embed a youtube video. The link above is relevant though, i promise.

[agbullet2k1]

Ok that just made my day. I could see it coming a mile away, but still the anticipation was awesome.

[KC5AV]

Edit: I decided I wanted to stress this again. Turn your hand sideways before you attempt to do this. Failing to do this will put the dogs teeth right on the veins and tendons on the bottom of your arm/wrist, and that WILL be a bad thing.

I believe you should make every attempt to shoot the dog at least 10 feet away from you. Failing to do this may get you bit.

~sorry, couldn't resist.

a moose once bit my sister.

best.movie.ever.

[LedJedi]

of course, you could use the holy handgrenade of Antioch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9l ... re=related

ok, i'll behave now.

[Target1911]

ONE more thing to think about.......

How many dogs kill critters that get in their yard. possums, coons, rabbits, rats.......the list goes on and on. Any one of those critters could have RABIES. The rabies shots for a human are very painful. Many ppl dont give their dogs shots. Need I say more?????

If a dog is aggressive TO ME or MINE I WILL SHOOT IT.

[KD5NRH]

- Using your weak hand, make a fist AND TURN YOUR HAND SIDEWAYS so that your thumb is on top of your hand, then jam it down its mouth. It is going to hurt like the dickens when it starts crunching down, but at least it is not grabbing onto something that is vital to your survival, and you are able to control it this way.

- From here, you can either draw and fire if the dog is mostly stationary. If it is going too wild to where it is not sitting still long enough to be able to make a clean shot:

Problem: in this case, my weak hand is down its throat; right in line with the best target area. I'm not sure a close-range gunshot wound is better than continuing to wrestle with the dog after gaining partial control of its teeth.

Depending on the breed, you might be able to break its neck or skull at this point, or start bashing the lower jaw in hopes of breaking that, (pistol whipping being infinitely better than bare-hand attacks for this) but I'd have to say that, unless you can get the gun out in time to let it bite that instead, you're not going to have a good opportunity to shoot it until you can throw or kick it clear of you.

[KD5NRH]

If you've ever gotten into it with even a full-grown tom cat that was actually on the offensive and not just trying to escape you were probably be shocked at just how strong and ferocious even a little cat can be.

I've seen an insane cat run up one leg of a guy's shorts and down the other, shredding all the way. He handled it well, and launched the furball before it touched the ground, but he was still a bloody mess. I doubt I could draw from a gunslinger rig in the time it took for the damage to be done.

[KD5NRH]

a moose once bit my sister.

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