Better, of course, that this information was never useful to you. But it is necessary to know it. Dogs bite. And in most cases children up to 13 years become their victims. How to behave and what to teach the child to.
There is a set of the reasons of attack of dogs. It and protection of cubs both territories, and pain, and fear, and rage. But at the time of attack to understand the reasons especially is once. Because it is necessary to work. And to work quickly.
- Not to run! The dog runs 5 times quicker than the person, and attack behind - prospect, very bad for you. An exception - you are sure that you will be able to appear for several seconds in the shelter - a vertical ladder, a tree, an entrance. Or to enter water on a belt. In water of a dog are defenseless. Before running, it is desirable to throw something into the opposite direction that though for a second to distract an animal.
- If you do not manage to hide, quickly you estimate a situation and you are going to be protected. Secure a back - lean against a fence, a wall, a tree. It will protect also from attack behind, and will help to resist if the dog on you rushes.
- Expose any subject forward - an umbrella, a bag, a parcel of clothes - the dog will instinctively seize this subject. At this time you have to strike it kick.
- Use everything that you see for protection. A stone, the clothes, a stick thrust into a mouth (even the hand wound by clothes), suddenly opened umbrella or a flame of the lighter.
- Create as much as possible noise, you shout, call to the aid, you knock on an iron fence, you whistle. In private with a dog not to last long.
- The most weak spots at a dog it is edges, a nose bridge and a tip of a nose, eye, joints of paws.
- If the dog brought down you from legs - to turn over on a stomach and to close a neck hands.
What to do if you were bitten by a dog:
- To wash a wound with hydrogen peroxide, as a last resort - a large amount of water
- To grease a wound circle with iodine and to apply a bandage.
- If there are owners - to learn whether vaccination is done to a dog against rage if a stray dog - to catch, bind or cage. It not only will secure all surrounding, but will help to find out whether it is necessary to do you a rage inoculation.
- It is urgent to go to the nearest emergency station for receiving the help and further instructions. Keep in mind that it is necessary to observe the bitten person many months. The incubation period of rage sometimes reaches years.