When and if a police dog comes after you- stay still. Stay perfectly still. If you are sittin or can be sitting even better. The dog will grab your forearm with its mouth. If you don’t try to pull away or struggle, it might hurt a tiny bit and you might end up with a minor bite- but it will just hold you there until the police remove it. If you run it will chase you and pull you to the ground, and at that point it is in “fight mode” and may not be as gentle. I’m not advocating hurting an animal, or crime- but the two best bets for fighting a dog are a swift downward grove to the base of the spine where it meets the hips (dogs tend to have weak backs) or... to make a fist and jam it down the animals throat, then grab and twist around. I only mention this because a trained POLICE DOG shouldn’t hurt you. A random dog might mail you if you just “sit and wait.” You still can’t put run it most likely, and running engages the “prey reflex,” so you either need to think fast to get to safety...
.... or fight back. Most breeds have strong necks and choking them before they can cause serious injury is unlikely. Unless you have a huge head start you won’t be able to cover much distance before they catch you. Either climb something VERY tall, get behind a barrier like inside a door (hopefully where there are no other ways in,) or be ready to try and protect yourself. Non trained dogs tend to go for the neck and face, and will drag you to the ground for better access. To recap-
Police dog: sit. Wait. Don’t resist or try to pull away.
Random dog: move to safety at a casual pace of possible, or if you have a high place or safety VERY near, move as quickly as needed. If that isn’t an option- eyes are weak but not always critical. Lower spine or reaching inside the dogs throat are risky but also effective if you don’t have a weapon. Choking and punching are not generally effective. Small caliber ammunition is not reliable against many large aggressive or working breeds.
@scatmandingo- technically the dog is a working officer, petting a police dog can actually get you in trouble- but beyond that it is usually a bad idea. Police dogs, due to training and experience, can be very unpredictable about being touched- especially by strangers, even more so by people they’ve marked as “bad guys” and even retired police dogs in a casual setting may snap of touched wrong or in the wrong place.
@kakaburra- it may be on the test, but let’s hope you never have to test it out.
@sunflowers- lol. Be careful. Any movement, especially towards the dogs face at that point- might be seen as aggressive behavior.
Police dog: sit. Wait. Don’t resist or try to pull away.
Random dog: move to safety at a casual pace of possible, or if you have a high place or safety VERY near, move as quickly as needed. If that isn’t an option- eyes are weak but not always critical. Lower spine or reaching inside the dogs throat are risky but also effective if you don’t have a weapon. Choking and punching are not generally effective. Small caliber ammunition is not reliable against many large aggressive or working breeds.
(Just a joke. Cool info)
@kakaburra- it may be on the test, but let’s hope you never have to test it out.
@sunflowers- lol. Be careful. Any movement, especially towards the dogs face at that point- might be seen as aggressive behavior.