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Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985  As horrible as this might sound, I bet I'd do the same thing. I'd grab Kaji with one arm, hold him over my head and scream my head off for help. If no help came and I was being overwhelmed by two dogs, I too would kick them away. It's not something that I would want to do, but in the moment I'm sure I'd react before thinking. I know Kaji thinks he's a German Shepherd, but the reality is he isn't and a big dog could rip him apart if they wanted to. We have yet to run into a mean big dog, and I allow for him to socialize with big dogs. He loves it. I think it's pretty easy to tell when a dog is being friendly, whether big or small, or when a dog is aggressive. I had to hold Kaji up over my head once and the "attackers" were two medium/small dogs. (my guess is they were no bigger than 30 lbs) The whole time the owner watch and passively told them to stop. I just kept walking with Kaji over my head until I got out of the little dog area of that doggy park. |
Agree!
I would do the same thing, and Jackson's the same as Kaji. He's very comfortable with big dogs and he doesn't bark at them or anything so we've been very fortunate never to have an accident like this occur. But I would have done the same thing -- picked Jackson up, first and foremost (sometimes that makes the situation worse, but it's for the safety of our dogs...) and probably starting kicking out of instinct. But usually walking away from the dog makes it worse, it's sometimes better to stand your ground and go towards the dog to shoo him away. I guess it all depends on the situation and the dog.