A very important rule to stop dog fighting is DO NOT jump into stopping them right away. Because the dog might accidentally bite you!
When your dog is fighting with another dog, he will lose his mind and he will not remember that you are his owner. There are many cases have been reported that the dog has bitten his owner during a dog fight and the owner has had serious injury.
So, it is a bad idea to jump in the middle of the dog fight.
- If you dog has done well in dog obedience training, shout the command that you train him to come to you. Examples of command are: "back off", "come", "cut it out" and etc.
- Some dogs are scared of water, so, pour cold water from any sources that you can find around you during the dog fight. It is even more effective is to stop dog fighting if you are blasting the water from hose.
- There are sprays available in the market that is designed to stop dog fighting. This sprays are not physically harmful for dogs, they have a strong odor that make the dogs could stand with the smell.
- You also make use a stick or cane that you find around you and hit the ground near the dog fight which could make a sound that scares the dogs away.
- If you happen to own fire crackers, lit them during the dog fight is also an effective way to scare the dogs away. The sound of the fire crackers resembles sound of gun shot that is big enough to scare the dogs.
As soon as the dogs are separated, make sure that they are away from each other to prevent the second dog fight.
Hopefully the above tips on How to Stop Dog Fighting, Attack or Aggression could help even just a little.
