Attack dogs/gard dog opinion .

My dad trained and bred German Shepherd Dogs for a while when I was growing up. They did a sport called Shutzand (sp?) which is basically a series of tests the Germans developed to test their dogs. Bite work, tracking and obedience as well as confirmation tests in the show ring. Someone with zero experience with those dogs has zero chance when one wants you down. I can't imagine how I'd actually react when it came down to it. Offering the arm and striking with a knife in the off hand is obviously ideal but that dog is hitting you at like 30+ MPH. You're gonna end up on your back with a machine literally bred to kill you (if that's what's asked of it) on top of you. And it will die trying. I'd like to say I'm surviving that encounter but I'd feel a whole hell of a lot better with my Glock 23.