Trick to getting a dog to release?

[Hydro1]

Firstly, i would like to formally apologize for calling your advice Ridiculous mr.c.
It appears as though blowing in the ear may very well be a less aggressive approach to stopping a dog fight.
Looks like another new technique to try out.

[Bluetickhounddog]

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[Emily]

Bluetickhounddog, anyone who has ever been to the competitive hunts knows that while most hounds come with temperaments good with other dogs, a few aren't reliable, and most will fight back if sufficiently provoked.
I used to live in Brooklyn NY with 2 redbones that hunt, and regularly took them to such dog parks. They were both good with kids and other dogs and very popular in the neighborhood. Minor dog fights were pretty common in the dog parks. For the most part, the owners or dog walkers (some of which came with as many as 10 dogs) would separate them and it was no big deal. Occasionally, some real problems cropped up, usually the fault of the handlers, some of whom made things worse by shrieking and carrying on.
Sometimes two normally well socialized dogs just took a disliking to each other and fought, and my redbones did occasionally start trouble with particular dogs they didn't like. If I saw one of these coming, we left. Most of the dogs they didn't like were terriers of one sort or another.
One of the dog parks we used to frequent was quite large and was on a hill. There were spots in the park you couldn't see from other spots in it, leading to problems that could gain momentum before anyone was able to intervene. One day a guy came in with two weimariners--normally a breed I wouldn't worry about. He unleashed one at the top of the hill, which immediately ran downhill and tried to pin my bear dog. My 75 lb hound rolled the weim and pinned him, and my coon dog joined in to help. Neither hurt the weim--they were just defending themselves. They bayed it up like they would any game, no wooling involved. However, the weim's handler did not want to deal with the situation. I released his dog, but it just tried to fight again, so I let my hounds handle the situation waiting for the guy to handle his dog. Eventually, a couple of brave bystanders grabbed the aggressor and held it until I could get out of the park with my two hounds. On another occasion, an old English mastiff pinned a young ridgeback I had. He didn't have a death grip, but he slowly plucked the fur from my pup's neck. The mastiff probably weighed 175 lbs and I was reluctant to get physically involved. The mastiff's owner eventually pulled his own dog off.
The best way to separate fighting dogs is to have the cooperation of two handlers. Almost any distraction will serve to get a normal dog to release if someone else is restraining its sparring partner. Some of the pit breeds can be a lot harder to persuade to unlock their jaws, though. Luckily, hounds have enough extra skin so the damage is usually limited, but not always. And if the aggressor's handler is not willing to help, the stranger who intervenes is risking getting injured themself.
Sorry to rant and hijack hydro's post. We all do what we have to do to protect our hounds. We want our dogs to be tough enough not to get eaten by coyotes, etc., so the fight is in them somewhere. Its up to us as handlers to channel it appropriately.

[mr.c]

Hidro 1 I just seen your post you were not out of line who would do this .I had a old timer show me this or I would have been doubtful my self when I first seen it done. May all your hunts be happy ones Dennis Cochrane