re: Man vs. German Shepherd - Fight to the death - Who wins?

The only chance I would have is to try to spread my arms out and look big while screaming at the top of my lungs. If that doesn't work, I will just lay down and give him my neck so as to make it quick.

German Shepherd not even a big fight..now a big pit..game on

My dogs about 80 pounds. Half doberman so a natural fighter like German Shepards. We play fight and wrestle all the time. Obviously he doesn't put pressure when he bites me in those situations, but he does use his full strength and speed. He's strong enough to knock a man the size of the OP down and even pull one down with his leash if you're not expecting it. He's slippery AF but I'm definitely strong enough to subdue and hold him down after a fight. I'm confident that I'd be strong enough to subdue and crush the life out of a dog only 10 pounds bigger than mine

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It's impressive to see the number of studs on here who flippantly think that they would be successful against an attacking German Shepherd. I get that any of us might ourselves become adrenaline filled if we realize that our lives are at stake. But, I see a dog that big biting so quickly that no one would have a viable chance to shove one's hand down the throat and/or lift the dog and hurl it to the ground. I think one would be in significant pain pretty quickly out of the block.

Now, I do think that I could defeat a toy poodle in a battle to the death. Even then, I suspect the little sucker would have bit me to pieces before I am finally able to take him out.

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Surely your husband would save you though

German shepherd would win most of the time. Man is no longer bred to fight a beast to a battle to the death.

I don't believe this for a second. Some of you are wildly underestimating the strength and speed of an attacking dog.

He clamps down on one artery and it's fricking over, no way you're choking out something that strong while you're bleeding out.

A ram can frick you up. A 200lb ram is like someone pummeling you with a post with a couple of hundred lbs behind it.

Better question two Shepherds v. man.

Answer- The two Shepherds

Also, a Shepherd will kick a Muslim's arse

I have a anatolian shepherd, which is the american version of a turkisk kangal. kangals are said to have the strongest bite of any dog... over 700 psi per square inch. my dog makes a german shepherd look tiny and the turkish kangals are a good bit bigger.



Ive seen videos of this breed fighting and it isnt pretty. Their long limbs are used as leverage and they throw whatever they are fighting around pretty easily.

I just dont think people engage in battle enough anymore to take on a wild beast in a battle to the death.

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I just dont think people engage in battle enough anymore to take on a wild beast in a battle to the death

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Okay but OP specifically stated a 90 pound dog. You're posting about two breeds that can grow to a healthy 150-180 pounds. That is a HUGE difference. Obviously an animal like that could kill an unarmed human

OP also specifically stated a 6'3" 230 pound man. 90 pounds is also on the larger end of the spectrum for a healthy grown male GS. An average grown male GS that isn't overweight is closer to 75 pounds.

A 230 pound man, especially one like Tebow who the OP posted as reference, is much stronger than any 75-90 pound dog. And that's before testosterone kicks in and you're fighting for your life.

Sticking strictly to the scenario laid out very specifically in the OP, the 6'3" 230 pound man should be able to kill the 90 pound dog. And not only kill the dog but do it without ever truly being in danger of losing his life, although there would be injury. Unless the man is some uncoordinated dunce.

Everybody keeps trying to wildly deviate from the laid out scenario to justify the dog winning, but we're talking about something very specific.
It's also easy to tell the people who aren't dog owners because some in here are trying to attribute almost superhero like abilities to dogs when it just isn't like that. Those people clearly have some type of dog fear they need to work out.


And think about this, when is the last time you heard of a LONE dog around the size of a GS killing a full grown and health man? You probably haven't. You see videos of dogs like that attacking people all the time and taking them down, and they're fully capable of that, but the person always is able to fight off the dog and get away.
Police use German Shepards to take people down, but you'd be surprised how many get killed in the line of duty by men with their bare hands when they decide to fight back because they don't want to go to jail. I know the family of a man in my town who got chased into the woods and killed two police dogs with his hands before he was taken down, albeit that guy was a roid head and he also sent a couple cops to the hospital.