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Re:Why cats won’t punish a stranger who harms you by Judgmentality on Saturday April 10, 2021 @12:19PM (#26762592)
I can't tell if this is a serious comment or not, but if you're being serious this is horrible advice. Some dogs bites are strong enough to crush bones, and they aren't even 100 pounds. You want to willingly give them a limb so they can actually snap it in half?

Sure, if you're fighting a 50 pound Australian Shepherd, have at it. If you're fighting a 150 pound German Shepherd, you're going to die.

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Re:Why cats won’t punish a stranger who harms you by leetcrew on Saturday April 10, 2021 @12:26PM (#26762645)
yeah I've seen a chessie crush a deer's skull in his mouth, seemed pretty casual for him too. I'm certainly not gonna try this with any guard breeds.
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Re:Why cats won’t punish a stranger who harms you by SV_BubbleTime on Saturday April 10, 2021 @12:36PM (#26762740)
A Neapolitan mastiff I lived with was swimming next to me, he wasn’t super comfortable in water and as we were swimming he bit into my forearm and hit bone.

He didn’t mean it at all. I don’t even think he knew it happened. He was pretty dumb, but that is beside the point.

OP’s advice isn’t actually awful. If I actually had to fight Ben Dog, I would have no option but to go into the mouth. Same for grizzlies. But.... I would not want to do this and am certain I would take a lot of damage.

This would be a case where the only way to win would be to avoid.

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