How to avoid dog bites?

Dogs are pack animals by nature and opportunistic by instinct. They rely heavily on body language and instinctual psychological behaviors. They can and do sense fear. To avoid being bitten there are a few things you can do. Avoid touching or approaching dogs that you do not know unless the owner of the dog indicates it is safe to do so, ask before you touch or approach. Never look a dog in the eye, it is considered to be an aggressive alpha behavior. If that dog considers himself or herself the alpha, you are challenging the alpha for their position in the pack, they will meet this with alpha behaviors (biting, growling, baring of teeth, chest butting, fake charging and even outright attacking to defend their alpha position). They will continue until they are met with an omega or submissive response from the challenger or are defeated in the challenge. I do not suggest a person ever submit to an attacking dog or display omega behaviors (rolling over and baring the soft under belly of the body, looking away ducking the head below the other dog's head as a show of being below the alpha, ect). Once that dog attacks avoid confrontation and move away from the scene as quickly as you can. If you are bitten and the dog does not let go a sharp hit to the throat, tip of nose or pushing your arm into the throat of the dog will cause the dog to release you, get out of there and to safety once you are released. Another big no no is yanking on the flank or side of the face of an alpha dog (just below the ear at the jaw line) this is also considered an aggressive challenging behavior. The alpha uses these behaviors to keep other dogs in the pack under him or her in check and secures the alpha position for that dog in the pack. These methods, used by a trainer who is intimate with the knowledge of dog behaviors and training a dog, can train an aggressive alpha dog out of the alpha position when the alpha behaviors become undesirable or a nuisance or troublesome. I also do not recommend, without guidance, training an alpha dog out of alpha behaviors (essentially you are challenging and securing your position as alpha rather than the dog through behavior training), it's dangerous and requires someone with training to do so or to guide someone in training an alpha dog to behave appropriately. I have a hybrid wolf dog, I have a very strong understanding of pack behavior because of his wolf hybrid status and I believe in responsible pet ownership. 90% of dog bites are not the dog's fault, not the victim's fault but the owner's fault. The way we raise and treat our dogs and teach them has everything to do with how they behave and treat their environment around them. Those who do not understand how to care for a dog properly, including being knowledgeable about pack behavior and dog behaviors, should not be dog owners and should be made to never own a dog.

I'm also scared of stray dogs, whenever I see them in the streets, I'm either go to the others side of the street or I will wait for another person and walk closer to that person. I'm not sure how to avoid the dog bites, but what I normally do is try not to look at the dog eyes and calm myself down! In some cases dog are more dangerous when they just give birth.

Iam very scared of dogs, and if I encounter barking dogs in the road, I will move very slowly to avoid attention from the dog or best change paths, hehehehe, happy posting..

Hi anjielyn, Here where L live I don't have to worry about dogs as owner always have the lesh on when they are walkinin their dogs and we don't have stray dogs running around here, otherwise the RSPCA will take them of the road and find the owner of the as the dog is taged. Tamara

I usually fear to dog..... I will afraid to the dog, which is bigger in size and I will stand and look at the dog cruelly........ so that, it will run away.....

I seldom find them scary eventhough I walk pass them alomost everytime I leave. For one, never look into their eyes, it seems to irritate them and they would probably be more willing to attack you if you do. For two, don't run or make sudden movements eventhough it is rushing at you, if you stand your ground it might keep some distance but if you run, it'd probably chase and attack you. That's what I've been doing to keep myself safe, and I'm safe till now. ^^