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Subject: Re: Fighting against animals?
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Date: 27 Jan 93 22:58:55 GMT
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     As far as fighting against animals goes, you don't really have to
fight them. I used to work as a dog trainer and if you find the animals
weakness you can make it stop. Here I'd like to mention two things I've found

     If a dog tries to or does bite you, grab its the top half of
its mouth above the nose, so your fingers fit into its mouth between its
teeth. Squeeze, this cuts off its air supply from its nose, and then
twist. The dogs nose/upper mouth is very sensitive to attack.

     If a dog tries to jump at you, step to the side and pivot on your
back leg. Raise your forward knee and try to catch the dog coming down.
If that doesn't work, as the dog jumps sidestep and using both hands,
one above the head--the other over the body, push/slam the dog into
the ground.

     With either one of these methods, yell at the dog when you
do them. The yells usually help in keeping the dog from
continuing to attack.

     And for anybody who thinks these ideas are mean, I'm a dog
lover. However, I have known a few unfriendly dogs. These methods
won't permanenlty cause damage, but they will cause the dog to
rethink its ideas.

                                         Timothy McCollum
                                      [e-mail]