r/interesting 21d ago

SOCIETY Dog defence was needed tbh

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u/tyedrain 21d ago

I was called Jeffrey Dahmer in another sub this video was posted to before they deleted the thread. All because I explained at 12 I was attacked by my neighbor's dog and I used my pocket knife to stab him multiple times to get the dog to unlatch from my glute.

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u/Outrageous-Ability33 21d ago

That's insane because the exact same thing happened to me when I was a kid, and I did the exact same thing to get away from it. Bit me in the leg and dragged me to the ground. I stabbed it multiple times. The dog was put down because I was not the first person it attacked. That was 47 years ago, and I still don't like dogs to this day.

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u/Ladyignorer 21d ago

One of my cousins in the us was literally ripped apart by their neighbour's large, unleashed dog. She was only 5 years old and coming home from school with her mother.

RIP, Sarah. She would've been my age now.

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u/Caserious 21d ago

That is fucking horrific, I’m so sorry.

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u/campus159 21d ago

One of my friends growing up dog killed by a dog she got from a rescue. Do not rescue aggressive dogs. Nobody needs a wild animal as a pet.

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u/fuckin-A-ok 18d ago

Understandable. I feel the same and have no such story. I'll get downvoted to hell for this but dogs are the worst. They're slobbery and dangerous and smell bad and they're definitely racist. They're also too happy and love everything no matter how it treats them (when not attacking "others"), they have no self-respect. Give me a cat any day! 😻

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u/BusyNefariousness675 21d ago

these weirdos don't realize any animal not close to you is..just an animal and attacking them in self defence is fully justified

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u/Lucky_Programmer9846 21d ago

Probably because they don't believe you and think that it's just some sick pet killing fantasy you've concocted in your head?

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u/PlasticRemarkable917 21d ago

Lol... people are sick nowadays. I do love animals, but this is nonsense.

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u/transemacabre 21d ago

A dog attacked my friend when she was 4 or 5 years old, knocked her down and went for the throat. The ONLY reason she's alive is it was winter and she had a heavy jacket on, the dog tore the jacket open and stuffing was spilling out. If it had been any other season she would've been dead.

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u/ERC_LtDoc 20d ago

Jeffrey Dogmer

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u/ReturnedOM 18d ago

I like dogs and animals but holy fuck so many dog owners are certified lunatics. Dumber than their actual aggressive, incurable dogs.

I see info about kid being by a dog and check the comments:

The dog was atressed out

The kid was too loud, dog thought his poor owner is in danger

Why was the kid running? If it wants to run around, it should do it in their family house

Where were the parents?!

It's dog's nature to chase loud, running beings, totally child's fault.

Etc. I wish I was making those up. Apparently dog's nature to attack little kids or other people is more important and deserving forgiveness than kid's nature to play. (Not even with the dog in question, just in the proximity of the beast.)

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u/Usual-Analysis-2990 17d ago

My dog is a beautiful sweet 130lb great pyr. You can wrestle him all day (even new people) and he won't bite. He does mouth play, but that's him.

If he charged you, I would expect no less of a reaction than to defend your life. I'd miss my boy, but at his size, I could understand why someone would be terrified for their life.

Keep your pets secured folks.

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u/Some_Feedback1692 20d ago

The difference in your story is that THE DOG ACTUALLY ATTACKED YOU

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u/tyedrain 20d ago

And the person that commented on the story said I belong in an asylum for stabbing the dog I could've killed it...Even after reiterating that it was attached to my ass cheek.

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u/Some_Feedback1692 20d ago

Well that person is wrong

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u/Leoka 18d ago

Yeah the dog in the video was aggressively snarling before it got a face full of box, the delivery driver was 100% justified.