Wow, that's really sad. Unfortunately as humans we don't react well to being attacked by animals. Assuming you can't use your head to avoid being attacked, yo

Wow, that's really sad. Unfortunately as humans we don't react well to being attacked by animals. Assuming you can't use your head to avoid being attacked, you need to remember to be merciless and beast-like in your counter attack. Otherwise, if you handicap your reaction you could end up severely injured or dead. It's not that hard to kill a swan or to blind a larger animal. The problem is realizing you need to. My Experience: My dog was violently attacked by another dog when she was a pup. I stupidly jumped on the other dog and immediately went to work on prying the dog's mouth open. That didn't do much, it was a 50lb pit bull. Had I gouged its eyes out I would have gotten my pup loose a lot sooner (the attacking dog had to be put down anyway). I learned my lesson after that. A few years later my dog was attached by a shepard mix (we're just lucky I guess). That time I reacted without mercy and kicked the other dog in the ribs as hard as I could which made it let go instantly. Then it lunged at me and I punched it in the face, again, as hard as I could. It hobbled away stunned. It sounds terrible, I know, but compared to the first attack where my dog had several puncture wounds and my hands got pretty cut up, I didn't have a scratch on me and my dog was in pretty good shape too. Obviously, never do these terrible things to another animal unless you're defending yourself.