Dogs form strong bonds with their human family. The reaction of a dog when the master is seen would not fail to give credence to the idea that dogs are man's best friends. The seemingly smiling eyes, the relaxed ears, the lolling tongue and the enthusiastically wagging tail are signs that the dog is happy and excited to see the master.
Human-dog association has developed ever since dogs were domesticated. Due to the close bond, dogs are believed to offer man not only affection and companionship but compassion as well. However, statistics tell us that almost five million dog attack incidents occur in US and most of the victims were attacked by their own dogs.
Putting an unmanageable dog to sleep would be the last option a pet parent would take as these animals are well loved and considered as a member of the family. A pet owner would take the option of eliminating the dog rather than putting the family at risk from the attacks of the aggressive pet. Although dogs were domesticated, these animals have kept the high prey drive and the ferocity exhibited by dogs in the wild. The latent aggressive nature of the dog will surface once triggered by a situation in the environment especially if the dog was trained by the owners to fight and to be aggressive. Even well mannered dogs can still attack, what will you do?
Keeping calm during an attack situation would be difficult but presence of mind can be the only way where you can get away unscathed from the dog. Dogs are pack animals and once given a chance, it would not hesitate to manifest aggression to attain the coveted position of being the leader of the pack. The dog may have gone berserk but a well trained pet would still hesitate to attack if the command of the master is heard. You are still the alpha male and a "sit" or "stay" command given in an authoritative voice would bide you sometime to get to safer ground.
You can never out run a dog and running will rouse the dog's prey drive. Act like a tree as dog generally lose interest when the "victim" is not responding but be sure not to stare at the dog as again, this will be interpreted by the animal as a fighting stance. Dog attacks are scary but showing fear will just make the dog more determined to sink its teeth on your body. If the attacking dog cannot be stopped curl into a ball to protect your face and your throat.
Human-dog association has developed ever since dogs were domesticated. Due to the close bond, dogs are believed to offer man not only affection and companionship but compassion as well. However, statistics tell us that almost five million dog attack incidents occur in US and most of the victims were attacked by their own dogs.
Putting an unmanageable dog to sleep would be the last option a pet parent would take as these animals are well loved and considered as a member of the family. A pet owner would take the option of eliminating the dog rather than putting the family at risk from the attacks of the aggressive pet. Although dogs were domesticated, these animals have kept the high prey drive and the ferocity exhibited by dogs in the wild. The latent aggressive nature of the dog will surface once triggered by a situation in the environment especially if the dog was trained by the owners to fight and to be aggressive. Even well mannered dogs can still attack, what will you do?
Keeping calm during an attack situation would be difficult but presence of mind can be the only way where you can get away unscathed from the dog. Dogs are pack animals and once given a chance, it would not hesitate to manifest aggression to attain the coveted position of being the leader of the pack. The dog may have gone berserk but a well trained pet would still hesitate to attack if the command of the master is heard. You are still the alpha male and a "sit" or "stay" command given in an authoritative voice would bide you sometime to get to safer ground.
You can never out run a dog and running will rouse the dog's prey drive. Act like a tree as dog generally lose interest when the "victim" is not responding but be sure not to stare at the dog as again, this will be interpreted by the animal as a fighting stance. Dog attacks are scary but showing fear will just make the dog more determined to sink its teeth on your body. If the attacking dog cannot be stopped curl into a ball to protect your face and your throat.
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