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California woman suffers more than 150 injuries after being attacked by wild dogs on walking trail
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 02 May 2026
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let the dog bit you on the forearm. put your other arm behind its neck. lift with your bit arm and press down with your other arm on the back of their neck.
The dog will stop biting you momentarily.
if you have a bag or purse you can let them bit it and do the same.
Try doing that while a dog is actively biting you and tearing your arm in random directions.
A lot of people here have zero experience or idea of how a dog attack actually works, or how there are long lasting consequences from said attack. In my relatively "lucky" case, I almost lost two fingers, lost wrist movement for approx 1 yr, and to this day 10+ years later, I still have scars on my face/wrist + strange nerve tingles on my fingers.
One dog, good. Two dogs, eh... Three dogs? Less than 20 kilos? Maaaaybe.
7+ with german shepherds? Good luck with that.
I do not have 7-9 arms
Well you need two arms to pull off that little maneuver on one dog so you really need 14-18 arms.
Sounds like a you problem. Get with it jeez /s
Does that work when there are 7-10 dogs like TFA says?
It works about as good as the governments advise about saving money. Just stop eating one meal a day and eat less at the other two.
It kills the dog. Assuming the jaw doesnt lock you then use that dogs corpse to beat the other dogs to death.
In all seriousness. Killing one dog at a time is your best bet until you escape or they run off.
is it a perfect solution? Nope and you will get bit. But its like getting into a knife fight... you will get stabbed no matter what. Accept it and use it to your advantage.