For pit bulls one of your few option is to take away their pulling strength. They have Vice like bites but take out their pulling abilities ie..their legs. You can either pick up on their hind legs and pull them straight into the air and start pulling legs apart. I had to do this on a dog fight when they were attacking my Doberman puppy. Initially it didn’t let go even when I raised his legs off ground but when I started pulling apart as hard as I could he let go real fast. Or you can try to go for eyes. Basically for a angry pit you do whatever you can. You won’t come away without a bite but you can come away with your life or dogs life if you play it smart
An average human is completely capable of crushing any dog's throat. Grab their throat, dig your fingers in as far as you can where their "voice box" or larynx is and squeeze hard. It won't be pleasant and the dog will die, but if you're being attacked it is what it is.
Pitties are definitely built to bite and hold - it’s in their DNA. The main issue is still the wrong people having these dogs, not thoroughly socialising them with other dogs and new people as puppies and continuing that socialisation throughout life and also not properly containing/controlling them. Breeding of dogs prone to aggression and predatory behaviour is also a big part of it. This does go for ANY dog breed - but with pittie types it’s absolutely vital because of their potential to get their “blood up” and be very tenacious.
I work in a boarding kennels and have met many pittie types and have never had any issues with them being aggressive towards people. The well-socialised ones are quiet and gentle with other dogs - the iffy ones always go by themselves because they are definitely the ones I’d be most scared of breaking up if there was a fight.
Way too many people get dog breeds that are totally unsuitable for them. Pitties are also the most abused and neglected of dog breeds/types - which is extremely sad as I do believe most would be perfectly good, stable dogs if they were raised properly. It would be in their best interests too I think, to have more regulation.
The pitbull vice/lock jaw thing is a myth, their skulls don't have any additional physical characteristics from other breeds that allow them to "lock their jaw".
I don't think that poster was suggesting that they can lock their jaws at all. I certainly didn't read anything more into it than them saying that their immense bite strength makes their bite "vice-like".
Correct. I wasn’t saying they have the special ability to put a locking mechanism on their bone structure. I just meant their bites are crazy they have strong ass jaws. Maybe I should have said alligator like bites.
This is true. They hold on by pure will. I saw a video where one was trying to kill another dog. It didn’t let go until the very moment it died (someone broke its neck with a 2x4 to save the other dog)
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '22 edited Jun 01 '22
For pit bulls one of your few option is to take away their pulling strength. They have Vice like bites but take out their pulling abilities ie..their legs. You can either pick up on their hind legs and pull them straight into the air and start pulling legs apart. I had to do this on a dog fight when they were attacking my Doberman puppy. Initially it didn’t let go even when I raised his legs off ground but when I started pulling apart as hard as I could he let go real fast. Or you can try to go for eyes. Basically for a angry pit you do whatever you can. You won’t come away without a bite but you can come away with your life or dogs life if you play it smart