This is What to Do If You're Attacked by a Dog - According to a navy seal

This is what to do if you're attacked by a dog - according to a Navy SEAL The last decade has seen an increase in the number of dog attacks by as much as 76 per cent. Of the number of fatalities, the majority were children. What lies at the root of this increase - as well as the reported rise in general canine aggression - is varied, and includes training issues, pet ownership legislation and amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act. Despite the surge in the number of dog attacks, they do remain the exception rather than the rule. A dog behaving aggressively is extremely daunting and frightening and should it ever escalate and you find yourself being PHYSICALLY attacked, heres what you should do. Author and former Navy SEAL Clint Emerson spoke to Business Insider with his potentially life-saving pointers. Take your shirt, jacket, whatever you have - even a bag or a purse - and give it to the dog to go after so its not after any other vital part of your body. Take your shirt off. And put it around your arm. You want to protect where the ulnar and radius (the bones in your forearm) flow because thats where your major arteries are. So if you are giving the dog your arm in defence, give them your forearm, not the inside, which is where the vital arteries are. Punch it in the nose and the muzzle. These are front and centre and make a large target. Also consider, when youre under stress, gross motor skills (movement and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts) are the only things which will work. So Clint advises big movements from you to large areas on the dog. The area behind their arms near the rib cage is a sensitive area for them, like it is for us. So try to aim here too to try and disarm them. And, above all, try to teach it that youre the alpha.