dannyboy
From the promised LAND
but im not going to try to kill it
Ive come to a point in my life where life is precious, death is cheap.
That goes for all things, not just humans.
Ive spent money I did not have, and time I needed to spend elsewhere nursing a fish back to health. Sometimes whole tankfuls. Even the vets in the area refer people with fish here for care, because they either cant or wont.
Life is precious.
I would not begin the defense with the goal of killing the dog, but protecting myself. At all costs. After my initial response, if the dog backed off, all would be fine. If not, then so be it, his decision.
In my 33 years, been bit more than a dozen times. Never by a dog I saw or knew was there. I always was able to dominate the meetings by being or having an edge.
While I have had to beat dogs, I never killed one in defending myself.
Now hitting them while they were in the street, I pretty much lost count past 30. I figure it to be 100+. Hit 3 at the same time. Center of the road in a blind corner is the wrong place to hump. And to have a consensus on which way to run helps as well. (male trying to run one way, female the other for those who dont understand) It used to be bad the spring after every kid got a puppy for christmas.
As for the force to knock the eye out of the head of a dog, it does not take much. just a sharp tap can do it in some breeds. If you hit them just right in the back of the skull, the eyes will pop right out. And unless you can get to them to put it back in, they will scratch it up to bad to save.
In our center, one driver lost three finger tips, another a broken arm to dogs in one year. So it is a real problem, especially with the larger breeds.
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