(((((Lynn))))))--You behaved exceptionally well given the threat.

I've written on here about the dog parks, and the Pit Bulls (they are legal here) in the dog parks that were continuously attacking my poor Crackers. She actually tried to fight back too!!! She's too old for that--they'd have ripped her to shreds.....

Last time, I went into panic mode on an attack, I beat the Pit with Crackers chain leash till it let go of her ear. She now has a hole in her ear.

As Rohag said, it is Primal Instinct that leads you to react...I used to beat them off
from their rear flanks--never go near a Pit's clenched jaw!!!

Now, when I see anyone with a Pit, I take her away and let the Pit take over the park. Unlike the Rotties I had in NY and the Dobermans, and the white shepherd, Pits are bred to kill their own kind. People make alot of money fighting them out here.
Rotties, and the like were bred as ancient war dogs---friends of home and hearth.

There's a weird streak in Pit Bulls--they can turn on a blink, and go for the jugular-
They are outlawed in 7 states.

I'm so sorry to hear of your attack, but so glad you avoided injury--hugs-theo