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It wasn't really the dogs fault. I supose it was all my fault. I brought my one of my dogs toys to the dog run. One of the dogs got it, and it was one of the dogs that is verry protective of his toys. My dog realized that someone else had his toy, and he went to take it back. The next thing I knew The bigger dog was on top of my dog and we both rushed over, (me and the owner of the other dog.) and my dog started squealing and I just couldn't stand there and wath as the other owner tried to pull his dog off so I reached to grab my dog and ended up getting bitten. (Not entirely on purpose the other dog was only interested in beating up my dog, he would never purposely hurt any human.) Anyway. I know that your not supose to do what I did but I don't regret it.
Everyone I meet always says don't ever try to break up a dog fight it;s dangerous, but I couldn't just stand there.
What are you supose to do?What would you do?

Personally, I think that it was a bad idea to bring toys to a dog park that a dog isn't always delighted to share. (For example, I would never bring a stuffed toy to a dog park, but when I went with my Shorthair I always brought her Frisbee because she didn't have any issues with other dogs borrowing it, nor did I have real issues about forgetting it.)

Aside from that, I would definitely break up any dog fight that I could. I still remember the time my Shorthair was approached by an off-leash dog, and got defensive, which ended up in a dogfight. Since my dog was on leash but the other dog wasn't, the best I could do was to yank my dog out of the fray and while her head was out of the way (and thus not likely to bite me) kick the other dog out of the way while yelling bloody murder, both at the other dog and at the owner for being such a stupid b*****d as to walk an untrained, adolescent dog off-leash in an unfenced area. (The place that this happened was on a popular path for dog-walking that followed a nearby creek quite closely and, at that particular are, was quite close to a fairly major highway.)

Even though my dog was the larger by perhaps ten pounds and certainly the more powerful (the attacker was a weedy, adolescent Laborador that couldn't have been over eighteen months old), I was still terrified for her.

I've heard that cold water works if you have it, but I've never been in a situation to test that. Have also heard of grabbing fighting dogs by the hind legs and dragging them apart that way, but I would not support that idea because I would worry about damaging the dogs' legs or even possibly dislocating a hip.

On the issue of whether seperating them was ill-considered: Certainly not! You acted to prevent injury to your dog and to someone else's. It is not your fault the fight happened, either, although it wasn't wise to bring a toy to the park that your dog would care about getting back. It was an unfortunate accident that you solved in the best way available.

Water works extremely well to break up fights. We used to keep hoses on-hand during playtimes at the kennel I worked at. If water isn't available, shouting and stomping will often break up minor fights, but the best way is to pull tails. A sharp yank gets the dog's attention, and they can't turn around and bite you very easily.

It was the first time I had to break up a fight of that like, two dogs that normally get along terring eachother's fur out over a toy, but it's not the first time my dogs been attacked. sweatdrop
My first dog, a cocker mix, was walking with my mom when a black lab mix jumped the fence where he lived and attacked my mom, my dog fought the dog trying to protect my mom but the other dog was at least four times his size. Then my mom remebered something she saw on t.v and shouted "NO" The other dog looked puzzled, but stoped, and left them alone. I found it odd that a dog who out of nowhere attacked my mom would give up so easily.

Ohhh poor puppies... You were very brave, that was good of you to try to save your dog.

I've been bit on many occasions. By my own dog. In the same situation each time (they all had the dreaded bath involved - he absolutely HATES them)
and all my fault (we now warn everyone not to say 'bath' to get the dog to go under the couch - cuz we do that all the time - then stick you hand under the couch). He's bit other people too when he was younger and extremely protective over his things (including me - one person merely went between me and my dog o.O)But he's a lot better now. Last time he bit (me) was four years ago I think (picked him up to give him a bath, he bit my arm).

He's been attacked/threatened on many occasions, and only once or twice do I recall him being the instigator (sp?) of the fight. The first time was a german shepard that had jumped its fence. It was old, confused, and was frightened away by my mom who was swearing up a storm.

Second time was a blue heeler mix who stood on top of him, pinned him to the ground, and ripped out a mouthful of hairs from his shoulder (because he's quite shaggy when not groomed). There was some bleeding too. The only thing we could do was kick the dog hard enough to let go of my dog. That dog immediately got a muzzle and they were kept away from each other for the rest of the weekend (we were at a friend's cabin, and they just adopted the dog)

After that, he did not trust larger dogs, and so the first few times he had contact with a larger dog, he'd n** them 'before they'd n** him'. Didn't help that one was a younger, but nearly full grown, Great Dane who kept putting his paw on my dog's head (in a playful manner). My dog flinches when you go to pat him on the head.

But last summer he met a Golden Retriever. He had met two before, and had been friends with them (until the blue heeler was added to the mix). They became immediate friends and my dog hasn't had problems with any dog since.

Except this one black and white Lhasa Apso (I think). He's never liked it. No dog does. My cat, who's afraid of her own shadow, has even tried to attack this dog. Twice.

My cat hasn't been to the vet in years.

We've thought about it several times.

But it always ends the same way:

We all admit it'd end up being my mom pinning her down - and my mom is allergic to cats.

So she hasn't been to the vet in 12 years. O.O

But, at the age of 14 (an age I never though she'd reach), she's amazingly healthy.

Oh, and my dog and cat hate each other... well, the cat hates the dog. My dog just plays games with her (mainly "KEEP AWAY FROM THE HUMANS *chases*") If she'd just swat him, just once, on the nose, with her claws - he'd smarten up.

Hopefully.

He's gotten his lip cut by a baby mouse (it bled) but he insisted on continuing to sniff at it. rolleyes

I've actually been bitten a few times. The first was by our family's Siberian Husky when I was three- I hugged her, and she bit through my nose. The second was by a Golden Retriever, who bit me on the arm when I tried to put him in his room after a walk (I worked at a kennel at that point). That was just a nasty bruise, I happened to be wearing a very baggy sweater at that point, and he got that more than me. Third was another Sibe- Bit me once in each arm and five times in my left hand for trying to clip her nails. I also had a fairly nasty bite on my foot from a Bichon Frise who went berserk when I entered his room- I had a hole in my shoe, and he managed to get his teeth through that.

I've also suffered minor bites (i.e. small bruises or scratches) from nearly every common breed- As a groomer, I encounter more than my fair share of disgruntled dogs, lol.

I agree that cat bites/scratches are nasty- They easily get infected. I actually had to go to the hospital about a week after taking in one of my cats... He was a teeny kitten, and tried to jump into my lap, but didn't make it and accidentally scratched me on my side. That got infected in about a week, and I didn't even notice until I bumped it and it hurt so badly, because it was in an area I couldn't really see.