How to interrupt a dog fight?
Britney Kozey
2025-05-19 12:11:36
Count answers: 5
Have a plan, think about how to break up a fight and what tools, methods and techniques you may use to do it - before it happens. If a fight happens you must stay calm. You have to stay as calm as you possibly can. If the dogs are not locked together you should take something from the environment like a couch cushion, bar stool, chair, trash can, etc. and use that to separate the dogs like a battering ram. Be fast and commited in your action once you engage to break up the fight. Once they are apart they may come back to fight so you may only have 2-3 seconds to get the dogs under physical control by throwing one behind a door or having someone else take one dog while you control one. If its a pack fight, I use my feet. If one of the dogs is “locked” on there is an appropriate way to apply a choke hold to that dog to get them to release. Sometimes dogs will release when their back legs are lifted and you can also use a leash. Don't hit, punch, or yell, it usually makes it worse.
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