Most Effective Way To Get Another Animal Off You?
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Most Effective Way To Get Another Animal Off You?
Say a dog, raccoon is biting you or your friend or your pet, what's the best way to get it off? Some people have told me to pour water on it. Is that effective? My carpenter friend said just grab it by the cha chas??? 
Reason I ask is because a raccoon recently attacked my dog and I was going frantic looking at things to throw at it...
Reason I ask is because a raccoon recently attacked my dog and I was going frantic looking at things to throw at it...
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hose or water works pretty good - not many animals enjoy that. Barring that, your best bet is to control your pets. Wild animals typically only go on the offensive when they feel threatened, unless they're sick. The raccoon could have had rabies, so I'd talk to a vet if you haven't yet.
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Originally Posted by no_really,Aug 30 2006, 10:47 AM
hose or water works pretty good - not many animals enjoy that. Barring that, your best bet is to control your pets. Wild animals typically only go on the offensive when they feel threatened, unless they're sick. The raccon could have had rabies, so I'd talk to a vet if you haven't yet.
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I saw a snake bite a classmate of mine in high school. It was a classroom pet of a science teacher. It was clamped down on his thumb.
The teacher calmly walked over, got a bucket, filled it with water and told the student to submerge his hand into it.
The snake let go immediately.
It was very cool to watch.
The teacher calmly walked over, got a bucket, filled it with water and told the student to submerge his hand into it.
The snake let go immediately.
It was very cool to watch.
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I doubt the water method would work well if an aligator had a hold of you. 
And some animals are bred and trained to not ever let go, so rendering it unconscious by whatever means is the only method.
And some animals are bred and trained to not ever let go, so rendering it unconscious by whatever means is the only method.
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American Pitbull Terriers can be difficult to distract. I once saw one shrugging off a shovel-to-the-head, swung vigorously, while latched onto someone. The owner eventually coaxed it off. If someone took the time to get a bucket of water I'm not sure the victim would still survive.
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i dont see how grabbing an animal by its cha-cha's will get it off you, if anything you'd prolly cause it to bite your hand instead of what other limb/part of your body that is already being attacked. i'd say hit the head clean with a rock or a big stick of some sort, if not just kick at the head, do something to its eyes, but water's your best bet unless its an alligator...