A friend I used to work with, had chows. I do not automatically avoid a dog because of its breed, just an awareness there is some reason people that specialize in this information, know more about it than I do....and my guard went up.
My son was out back with the woman, lifting boards to carry to a pile she had started. Of course, she assured me her dogs dont bite as long as she is out there with us......and those chows were QUIETLY, innocently walking back and forth with them as the friend and my son worked. I was guarded, watching closely.....and then it happened. Totally unprovoked, so calmly, so quietly, so SNEAKY, that chow that had been at my sons side for over an hour, easily walking around him in the back yard, no indication at all of anything sinister going on in that dog's head, that dog just quietly and calmly,ever so gently, reached up as if to "kiss" (lick) my son's hand, and suddenly, totally without warning, that dam dog went CRAZY, totally unprovoked, he grabbed my sons hand in his mouth and began to attack him....that dog looked like a crazy maniac savaging a piece of raw meat, jerking side to side in an effort to tear Jimmy's hand from his arm....Jimmy reacted so fabulously, so calmly, so precise....I have NO idea what came over him that he took IMMEDIATE control of that situation....he reached around with his left hand, clenched his fist, with his large senior ring on his finger, he hit that dog squarely on the end of his nose....not a crazy, fighting for my arm kind of panicky swing and hit, not even a really hard "knock the krappe out of the dog along with all his teeth" kind of hit.....just square on the nose....that dog IMMEDIATELY released his bloodied hand, and ran like his life depended on it, hollering and yelping, to the opposite side of the yard!
People can remember this and hopefully, no one will ever need to use it, but if you do, it works great!!! |