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I can't tell if this is a serious comment or not, but if you're being serious this is horrible advice. Some dogs bites are strong enough to crush bones, and th

I can't tell if this is a serious comment or not, but if you're being serious this is horrible advice. Some dogs bites are strong enough to crush bones, and they aren't even 100 pounds. You want to willingly give them a limb so they can actually snap it in half? Sure, if you're fighting a 50 pound Australian Shepherd, have at it. If you're fighting a 150 pound German Shepherd, you're going to die.

leetcrew 5y ago
yeah I've seen a chessie crush a deer's skull in his mouth, seemed pretty casual for him too. I'm certainly not gonna try this with any guard breeds.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
  A Neapolitan mastiff I lived with was swimming next to me, he wasn’t super comfortable in water and as we were swimming he bit into my forearm and hit bone. He didn’t mean it at all. I don’t even think he knew it happened. He was pretty dumb, but that is beside the point. OP’s advice isn’t actually awful. If I actually had to fight Ben Dog, I would have no option but to go into the mouth. Same for grizzlies. But.... I would not want to do this and am certain I would take a lot of damage. This would be a case where the only way to win would be to avoid.
objectivetruth 5y ago
I think it's good advice -- it's what I was taught growing up, but admittedly and thankfully I've never had to use it. Sacrifice your non-dominant forearm to the dog bite, and when it locks on, use your other hand to kill it. (At this point,the advice I always heard was to bring it into your body and break its neck or at least choke it to death, which seems easier for a panicked, injured human than gouging out the eyes.) I have used a similar but less intense strategy when dealing with poorly-trained (smaller) dogs that try to bite me, though again, these aren't killer breeds -- just jam your hand as far back into the dog's mouth as fast as you can, and it won't be able to bite down. As you noted, I wouldn't try that with an unfriendly 100 pound GS because I would try really hard not to let it get within biting range of me in the first place :-)

leetcrew 5y ago

yeah I've seen a chessie crush a deer's skull in his mouth, seemed pretty casual for him too. I'm certainly not gonna try this with any guard breeds.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
A Neapolitan mastiff I lived with was swimming next to me, he wasn’t super comfortable in water and as we were swimming he bit into my forearm and hit bone. He didn’t mean it at all. I don’t even think he knew it happened. He was pretty dumb, but that is beside the point. OP’s advice isn’t actually awful. If I actually had to fight Ben Dog, I would have no option but to go into the mouth. Same for grizzlies. But.... I would not want to do this and am certain I would take a lot of damage. This would be a case where the only way to win would be to avoid.

objectivetruth 5y ago

I think it's good advice -- it's what I was taught growing up, but admittedly and thankfully I've never had to use it. Sacrifice your non-dominant forearm to the dog bite, and when it locks on, use your other hand to kill it. (At this point,the advice I always heard was to bring it into your body and break its neck or at least choke it to death, which seems easier for a panicked, injured human than gouging out the eyes.) I have used a similar but less intense strategy when dealing with poorly-trained (smaller) dogs that try to bite me, though again, these aren't killer breeds -- just jam your hand as far back into the dog's mouth as fast as you can, and it won't be able to bite down. As you noted, I wouldn't try that with an unfriendly 100 pound GS because I would try really hard not to let it get within biting range of me in the first place :-)