Background:
Fluffy is a 5 month old miniature american eskimo puppy who is normally shy around people but not so much around dogs.
Fluffy never so far shows any aggression towards other dogs unless the other dogs initiated it.
Scenario:
#1 (This was located in San Mateo) I was at a park bbq with gf's family and I brought Fluffy so she can meet the rest of my gf's family and play in the park too but she was leashed the entire time(Easier to supervise). Another owner walking three dogs walks by and the pitbull notices Fluffy (I had a bad feeling so picked her up in my arms), about 10seconds after I picked her up somehow the pitbull escapes and runs toward me (I still had fluffy in my arms) snarling/teeth baring and tackles my leg. I almost lost balance because the dog tackled my left leg (which is my bad leg) but was able to recover and the owner quickly runs up grabs the pitbull by the collar and pins it down, apologizes then takes her away.
The entire family and I was shocked at what happened and if I hadn't picked her up, things would have been a lot worse.
#2 (This was in S.F) I was leash walking Fluffy one night and as I was passing this laundromat on the right, when a pitbull (what are the odds? and at least 60lbs/fairly big from what i can tell and not on a leash), dashes at Fluffy(she was on the left and about 2 feet ahead), snarling/teeth showing out the store towards Fluffy. This was during 8pm and no other dogs were around me. Fluffy notices and runs the opposite direction left, towards the street. I tighten the leash on my left hand so she can't get away and at the same time I use my right hand and like a claw machine I drove my hand into the dogs neck from the top and pinned it to the ground.
The owner came out quickly grabs the pitbull and apologizes while being very surprised.
This is the first time owning a dog and while these are the biggest incidents that has occurred so far, I wanted to be prepared later in the future.
I have brought her to off leashed parks but only to play with the smaller dogs there. She has had some interactions with much bigger dogs but all of them has been fairly good.
Was my actions justified?
Fluffy is a 5 month old miniature american eskimo puppy who is normally shy around people but not so much around dogs.
Fluffy never so far shows any aggression towards other dogs unless the other dogs initiated it.
Scenario:
#1 (This was located in San Mateo) I was at a park bbq with gf's family and I brought Fluffy so she can meet the rest of my gf's family and play in the park too but she was leashed the entire time(Easier to supervise). Another owner walking three dogs walks by and the pitbull notices Fluffy (I had a bad feeling so picked her up in my arms), about 10seconds after I picked her up somehow the pitbull escapes and runs toward me (I still had fluffy in my arms) snarling/teeth baring and tackles my leg. I almost lost balance because the dog tackled my left leg (which is my bad leg) but was able to recover and the owner quickly runs up grabs the pitbull by the collar and pins it down, apologizes then takes her away.
The entire family and I was shocked at what happened and if I hadn't picked her up, things would have been a lot worse.
#2 (This was in S.F) I was leash walking Fluffy one night and as I was passing this laundromat on the right, when a pitbull (what are the odds? and at least 60lbs/fairly big from what i can tell and not on a leash), dashes at Fluffy(she was on the left and about 2 feet ahead), snarling/teeth showing out the store towards Fluffy. This was during 8pm and no other dogs were around me. Fluffy notices and runs the opposite direction left, towards the street. I tighten the leash on my left hand so she can't get away and at the same time I use my right hand and like a claw machine I drove my hand into the dogs neck from the top and pinned it to the ground.
The owner came out quickly grabs the pitbull and apologizes while being very surprised.
This is the first time owning a dog and while these are the biggest incidents that has occurred so far, I wanted to be prepared later in the future.
I have brought her to off leashed parks but only to play with the smaller dogs there. She has had some interactions with much bigger dogs but all of them has been fairly good.
Was my actions justified?