How to Break Up a Dogfight
Breaking up a dogfight can be dangerous. Depending on your size and abilities, choose from the following options.
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Brooms
- Dog Bones
- Dog Food
- Dog Leashes
- Dog Treats
- Garden Hoses
- Muzzles
- Dogs
- Air Horns
- Fire Extinguishers
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Avoid hitting the dogs or getting your hands anywhere near their mouths. Hitting could make the situation worse and could cause the attack to be redirected toward you.
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Enlist another person and separate the dogs by grabbing their hind legs and walking them backward (like wheelbarrows). Secure the dogs away from each other before releasing them.
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Spray the aggressor with a water hose or, if necessary, a fire extinguisher. If this doesn't make a difference, aim for the nostrils.
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Hold a broom between dogs to separate them.
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Use a noise-making device such as an air horn to drive them apart.
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Tips & Warnings
Some dogs behave differently than others when in a fight. Dogs that were bred for fighting, such as pit bulls or rottweilers, may not be easily distracted and require stronger intervention techniques. With male dogs, for example, you may need to grab the testicles to get their attention.
Be extremely cautious. Do not place yourself between the fighting dogs.
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Comments
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Dogfights are bad, but I doubt this article is meant for that type of situation. its more for people with 1+ pets. some end up fighting when they dont get along.
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I am referring to the inhumane people that tortue and kill and fight innocent dogs.
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take the inhumane jerks that caused it and throw them in a ring with the poor helpless dogs and let them get everything they deserve!
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shonaparelkar
May 16, 2010
Hi, My name is Shona and i am in a very desperate state of mind with my dogs. I have one female labrador (who is not the issue). the issue is the mongrel i have who is three yrs old and a neopolitan mastiff who is now one year old. heres the problem. i have just moved into a new house and i dont know if its the new space or the alpha male issue, but the males are ripping each other apart. between the two of them, the mongrel is agressive and violent as opposed to the mastif. The mastif on the other hand is very docile and gentle. however, the fights have reached a point where there is blood shed all the time and it is the mastif who takes a beating. his face is constantly mauled during each attack and it is impossible to seperate them. i dont know if it has everything to do with the new place and territories. infact even if the mastif walks past the mongrel goes crazy. on the... -
leashncollar
Feb 14, 2010
The reason that various methods discussed here worked is that each situtation is different. The intensity of the fight is the key. If you have two dogs that fight in your family the fault I'm sorry to say is the owners. The owner should be the pack leader at all times and own all the resources. It the owner owns everything,(Food, toys beds ect) Then the dog's will have nothing to fight over.
