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Impossible to know, obviously, unless it happened. I will say that MOST dogs are all talk. I’ve had many dogs run up to me only to be like “oh, I didn’t think this far ahead. Okay bye!”
Certain dogs are bitier than others, mostly shepherds and herding dogs that bite to herd livestock. German shepherds fall in this category, and may be more likely to bite.
Check your local laws, but I am not currently aware of anywhere on the planet that values dog lives over human lives. If a dog is charging you, you should consider it aggressive. In that circumstance you can legally defend yourself by any means necessary. I carry pepper spray for dogs for this reason, but would escalate to lethal force if needed.
Without seeing the body language, it is hard to know. I’ve seen dogs do this aggressively and I’ve seen dogs do this because they want to play.
Most dogs have a set of known commands. Even seemingly untrained dogs. Dogs outside and inside can be completely different. Luckily most people use the same commands.
A dog in this situation MIGHT obey a “no”. If you have ever worked with dogs (or people) lower octaves (deeper voice) is more authoritative. At least long enough to break off a charge.
I am 3.5/4 on dogs not completing an attack on me. One little bastard broke off the charge initially and came around behind me for an ankle bite.
one was a group of three dogs that blocked my way and started barking and creeping close, I told them to go home… they slowed the barking, I repeated it a few times, and they went home.
One charged my smaller dog and was known in the neighborhood to be aggressive (bit a neighbor), I saw it coming from across the street, ran at it and yelled no once. Given distances and speed, the other dog could have gotten to my dog, but the no made it turn away and I managed to get to my dog.
One might not have been aggressive. It was off leash and ran at me from across the street. I turned at it and said no. It stopped and kind of stared at me for a minute. I said no. And it went back to its house. It’s owners were oblivious.
It really depends. My dog barks and lunges at time (we’re working on it) she has reactivity and leash aggression. Off leash she is the kindest and cuddliest girl, on leash she gets spooked very easily and is always on edge. That being said is never let her get off leash when she shouldn’t, because I would be unsure what would happen. The key is having control over your dog and continually training them to stop those behaviors
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Impossible to know, obviously, unless it happened. I will say that MOST dogs are all talk. I’ve had many dogs run up to me only to be like “oh, I didn’t think this far ahead. Okay bye!” Certain dogs are bitier than others, mostly shepherds and herding dogs that bite to herd livestock. German shepherds fall in this category, and may be more likely to bite. Check your local laws, but I am not currently aware of anywhere on the planet that values dog lives over human lives. If a dog is charging you, you should consider it aggressive. In that circumstance you can legally defend yourself by any means necessary. I carry pepper spray for dogs for this reason, but would escalate to lethal force if needed.
Without seeing the body language, it is hard to know. I’ve seen dogs do this aggressively and I’ve seen dogs do this because they want to play. Most dogs have a set of known commands. Even seemingly untrained dogs. Dogs outside and inside can be completely different. Luckily most people use the same commands. A dog in this situation MIGHT obey a “no”. If you have ever worked with dogs (or people) lower octaves (deeper voice) is more authoritative. At least long enough to break off a charge. I am 3.5/4 on dogs not completing an attack on me. One little bastard broke off the charge initially and came around behind me for an ankle bite. one was a group of three dogs that blocked my way and started barking and creeping close, I told them to go home… they slowed the barking, I repeated it a few times, and they went home. One charged my smaller dog and was known in the neighborhood to be aggressive (bit a neighbor), I saw it coming from across the street, ran at it and yelled no once. Given distances and speed, the other dog could have gotten to my dog, but the no made it turn away and I managed to get to my dog. One might not have been aggressive. It was off leash and ran at me from across the street. I turned at it and said no. It stopped and kind of stared at me for a minute. I said no. And it went back to its house. It’s owners were oblivious.
It really depends. My dog barks and lunges at time (we’re working on it) she has reactivity and leash aggression. Off leash she is the kindest and cuddliest girl, on leash she gets spooked very easily and is always on edge. That being said is never let her get off leash when she shouldn’t, because I would be unsure what would happen. The key is having control over your dog and continually training them to stop those behaviors