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I am an animal foster, rescuer and rehabilitator.So I have seen most situations that are possible.Right now we currently have 8 large breed dogs and 5 cats.I know this is long review but I'm telling you that everybody needs to see it. Even people who are not pet owners. Some of us all might end up in a place where there's a dogfight or a dog that's latched onto one of your pets or even kid! I've seen these things happen even on the street. There was a toddler in my town that got killed by a dog who just escaped his backyard. A German Shepherd. She was just on a walk with her daddy. So this should be something that everybody should know about. And honestly I think it should be a great gift for baby showers. Carry these with you when you go for any kind of walks where a stray dog or an escapes dog can get out. Plenty of TikToks on YouTube videos on dogs attacking children. Only to be rescued by either another dog or even a cat.But I have a very unique situation that I think a lot of you will find interesting and might even learn something. I hope that my story helps others because that's why I'm telling it.So we live on a half acre lot in a far suburban neighborhood outside of Austin. 2400sf, 4 Bed, 2 bath house. Not a ton of property or a huge house, but enough that our many dogs can roam and run and enough (ish) space. Do I feel like we have outgrown our property and home? Absolutely! On a side note, our house is being put up for sale in June and we are moving on to 50 acres in upstate New York in the forest. We will be building a shelter and turning into a small dog rescue. We will also be building cabins to allow people to rent them and stay overnight with our foster pets of choosing. Whether it's just to have some pet therapy, love on some foster pets to do some good, maybe you're not allowed to have pets where you live but you want to hang out with some for a night or two... or if it's to see if you want to adopt this animal. Whichever! Can't wait, but until then...RESCUES & FOSTERS:So over the years, we have obtained certain rescues. How do we find them? It's not on purpose. I don't go looking for it. But if it presents itself in front of me, I feel it is my responsibility to make sure they are safe and do something with them. Such as, on a road trip back to Oregon for my sister's wedding, there was some stray cats outside of a hotel that really needed help. I kidnapped one of them and he's the best kitty ever and sleeps in my arms every night. Another time, we heard of a female German Shepherd who was shot in the head by police officers when they did a drug raid. Completely left her abandoned, didn't call animal control or even mentioned discharge of a firearm into a dog in the police report at all. Nobody did anything, so we drove many hours there and got her. It just grazed her skul. We did not foster her, she is permanent because she's elderly and actually dying of cancer within the next few months unfortunately. But we gave her five amazing years so far and she's living her best life until that day. Or we find out that there's been a cat at the shelter for a long time because it has a medical condition that nobody is willing to take on. (They tried to say it was a skin condition, but after we took her to the vet, she was just allergic to ear mites and had really bad ear mites lol. So she ended up being a normal cat.) Or on Facebook, we see a post locally about two German Shepherd brothers, where someone was posting how somebody abandon these two German Shepherds tied to a stop sign, with a bowl of water and a bag of food. Nobody did anything so we went and got them. Another time we were at Walmart for Valentine's Day in 2024. On our way out, the Staffy/Beagle mix just happily pranced into Walmart and all the staff tried to do was shoo him out. I said "absolutely not! That is a busy high speed road right outside, we are humans, let's do better than that, at least call animal control to keep him safe." She looked at me and pretty much said that if I wanted to that I could but she wasn't going to do it as it was not her job. I told her that it's not my job either but this is a heart thing. Anyway, so now we have him. We named him Mr Wallerton. Because we found him at Walmart. Clever I know. But he is why I bought this tool. And why I'm here with a review about how I've already used it twice this week! Sweetest boy in the world. Loved every single one of our dogs that we already have. And vice versa. Terrified of cats. But also loves them. When we brought him home he was only 4-5 months old and still a puppyish. Even though this thing is a tank of muscle, he's so buff and so strong. But again, I have never met a sweeter creature in this life!However, we learned that it was a pregnant 16-year-old girl who used an 18-year-old boy to obtain a puppy when she shouldn't have had one. Police did their thing because of abandonment of an animal. But then the city signed over his rights to me through animal control. She would beat him a lot since he didn't listen well and was stubborn, well yeah he's a staffy and a beagle. And one day he bit her because of it. And in case nobody knew, with animals, if you abuse them they will eventually attack back and it only makes their behavior worse. Especially a Staffordshire Bull Terrier or any Terrier really. That was bred to be a fighter. They won't start it but they will finish it. If you beat them, they will get vicious at you. That's not how you train them. It's just instinctually their capability. But they are not bad dogs. Actually they are way better dogs than anything I've ever had. But because of his past abuse, and lack of proper training during a very pivotal time (The first 4 months of their life) He now needs rehabilitated.As I said, the first year everybody was fine. I honestly didn't think any troubles would arise because we got him rather young and all the other males here are already solidified with the pack and the totem pole. Anytime you get 5 or more dogs, they do official pack behavior. And so it has additional challenges that people don't usually have with less dogs. Or other type of breed of dogs. But we have German Shepherds and Staffies. Both breeds with very aggressive tendencies and capabilities when not properly trained or treated. Because we did not get all of these dogs as puppies, It's just a different dynamic here. Do not worry, we are spending very good money on rehabilitation trainers to help us with him as well as just the dynamics of our pack. Especially as it changes often due to us taking in fosters or handling a strange dog here and there. We've already decided to keep all of these dogs because they would not be safe in another household. And at this point the attachment is too great that it wouldn't be good for them either. And I love them too. Lol. But now we had new issues that we never had before that were life-changing.PAST FIGHTSThe first fight we had, was between the two brothers. One was challenging the other for a more alpha spot and the other got put in their place. My hand got really messed up and so did my stomach. Because I tried to get between them. By the way, wrong move. But I had never been in one this intense before, every fight I've ever broken up was pretty easy. But this one was like they were trying to kill each other. It was only me and my daughter because our men were away at work out of state. And so everybody sustained injuries that had to be taken care of. Including finger meat coming out of my hand. My stomach was bit and punctured and so was my daughter was just a little scratched up. Had to take the dogs to the vet to get stitched up. It was all minor surface things. Everybody's good, just some scars. So after that we decided that we need to learn what to do and not to do if this happens again. And it never happened again by the way! This was like 3 years ago.The next fight, one of my males that like to push his limits with his place in the totem pole, he decided to try to challenge Wally. According to our trainer, because Wally is almost 2 years old, he's starting to get adult tendencies that within nature would normally be when they start testing all the males to find out where they are on the totem pole and who's alpha. And that works just fine with all five of our German Shepherds. We let them work it out because that was how they work. We always study the type of dog that we're going to be in taking because each breed has different needs and training. So when one of the older males tried to create a boundary and a warning, that made Wall-E turn it into a fight. This time he was gripped onto the side of his neck, but he has a lot of really thick hide and skin there that's kind of loose, so nothing ever happened injury-wise. At this time we've already had a ton of experience over the years of dealing with dogs that don't initially get along or that get into fights. And we've had a couple scrapes here and there, but nothing like what we experienced with Mr Wally. When he latches on, the PSI on that dog is so insanely high, that me and my husband and my daughter could not pry his mouth even 1/8 of an inch. I'll be ended up doing was getting ourselves hurt.After that we learned about the wheelbarrow trick. Where one person grabs the hind legs of one and the other grabs the hind legs of the other... Pull them up like a wheelbarrow and go backwards turning slightly. It throws them off balance to where they have to let go. And it works pretty well but the dogs then try to bite you. That's why you're supposed to turn slightly but it's hard to control a situation like that with a animal going a little wild. But that is a good tactic to be aware of just in case there's nothing around you to use.The third fight, and this was a rare one because typically males and females don't get into those kind of fights. Our smaller staffy female, attacked our eldest shepherd female, the one that got shot in the head and is dying of cancer... Over a toy that she wanted. This was very unusual behavior for the smaller staffy. And these two were really close. But the vet said that she might be sensing that she is getting weaker and might be an alpha status thing. The elder feels threatened and the young one sees opportunity. But when she did that, Wally thought the little staff he needed help and he came to defend her. But all he did was grab our elder Shepherd in the face right where her cancer is growing...So we panicked and we didn't know what to do. We couldn't get the wheelbarrow trick to work. This was three dogs with only two people to help. In the end, both my husband and I had injuries. Sending my husband to the hospital for his. I probably should have gone, but I'm too stubborn. However, he ended up with a shattered knucklehood and severed tendon. My husband attempted to inflict pain on Wally to see if that would make him let go but it did not. Instead it injured my husband's hand, which risked his career.Later, we learned from our trainer that if you inflict pain on dogs that are in a fight, they are so laser focused on the other dog that they don't even know you're there, and they're going to think that the other dog is inflicting that pain, which will just turn it into more aggression. So don't ever beat or hurt a dog that is in a fight. He said the best thing to do is to keep a collar on them, to where you can put your hand under the collar, twist it to make it tight, then pull upward which will cut off their air and blood circulation. Some breeds are more stubborn than others. As well as more sensitive to it. So if them trying to breathe doesn't make them let go, in a matter of 10 to 15 seconds they should at least lose consciousness from cutting off the blood supply to the head. As soon as they let go you have to stop choking them out, hopefully obviously. But it's perfectly safe to do until they let go. And then they will start breathing normal and regain consciousness within about 5 to 15 seconds. Again, stop cutting off air and blood circulation as soon as they let go or lose consciousness. Just to make sure that's clear. Because you know if you keep cutting it off it would eventually kill him... But if they don't have a collar on, he mentioned these breakaway sticks.So now here we are in the now.ABOUT THE PRODUCT:This broke up two fights this week easily and safely. And the quality is great. I don't have a single complaint. Except, these should come and pack of 4 and nothing less. I need mine more readily available and accessible in every room. And you'll see why when you read about the two fights we had with those available.So again, one of the adult German Shepherds gave Wally a minor correction and he took it as fighting actions and latched onto the Shepherd. It was just those two dogs together while the other ones were either outside or in bedrooms. I was cooking. No idea what started it. But because I was alone, I yelled "Help dog fight!" And then my daughter came running from her room with this tool, stuck it in and turned it, immediately he let go. And actually he was almost like in shock. Didn't even continue the aggression like he normally does.Nobody got hurt and it was over within seconds.The second fight this week, unfortunately I did get hurt. But that was because I was trying to stop it before they latched on. They were still kind of teeth fencing and I put my hand in the wrong spot... But as soon as I got hurt, I held on to one dog with his shoulders between my knees, and held his head straight. My husband did the same thing to the other dog, Wally. And then again our kids come out with the breakaway stick and it's over again.So this truly does work. I'm actually surprised at how quickly it works. There's plenty of videos on TikTok or YouTube or you can see the demonstration. This is a lifesaver and an injury preventer as well as vet bill avoider lolAnd for those of you wondering why we risk having him together with others when there have been past fights, our trainer said the last thing you want to do is separate them because they're going to get more territorial and togetherness is what will make them bond. He has us take them for a walk together right afterwards. And then they sleep in kennels next to each other. They eat in kennels next to each other. The only time they get love and treats is when they are next to each other. Most the time they are fine and they even cuddle. You can see some of the photos where he's cuddling with another German Shepherd and nearby another cat. And yes he's been in a fight with that dog. It's important for them to have positive interactions while in the presence of one another. Now that he had fights with two dogs he never fought with before, we never allow him around other males unless it is a supervised and planned out thing. These are training exercises. Where you have them lay on the floor by your feet while you watch TV. You let them both sleep in your bed when you go to sleep. You do training with them side by side. Take them both for walks together. Sleeping in kennels next to each other. You just have to avoid the times that make them fight which is unsupervised time with them roaming freely. If we are playing with a competitive toy like throwing a ball, they will fight over who wins it. But mostly, It doesn't help that I have a neighbor that breeds three pit bull females twice a year each. So every time they are in heat, my boys hate each other a little extra for about 3 weeks at a time. and we never know when it's going to happen because they don't tell us obviously, so we just have to wait for behavior to start to change. Again, another reason we are getting out of the suburbs and going out to the country.So just in case people were wondering what the heck we're doing over here because I'm sure some of this might sound obvious or stupid to others but you don't know until someone teaches you or you go through it yourself.And I will end it with a good thing to say that we've actually made a lot of progress with this dog since we've had him. If we got rid of him, he would just get abandoned or killed. So we're just going to keep him. That's why we have to have these tools around because with the exercises we have to do to get them to bond, there are risks.I am here to purchase another set because I recommend having one in every room. This is important especially if anyone or yourself are alone with the dogs. You need to be able to grab it close by before injury happens. I am also purchasing some air horns because that can help. And just continuing with our paid trainer and exercises.I encourage everybody to really study a breed before owning them. I'm surprised it's not a requirement. Even some fun videos of things that you should know before owning a such and such. You learn that some dogs thrive with certain training and some dogs don't. You get warnings that you didn't know before like if you don't have them trained by a certain time, you're going to end up with a dog that acts like blankety blankety blank. I hope my story helped others or will help others in the future. I wish nobody to be in the middle of a dogfight. It's scary and it's dangerous. Wish us luck and the best of luck to all of you too.

Would be effective, but very LARGE. Check dimensions. Not something you can easily carry in a pocket.

Protection for the rotties and from those same rotties. I own 7 rottweilers, 4 boys and 3 girls. Fights do happen and being a powerful stubborn breed, sometimes they don't want to let go. This is gonna save my hands from having to pry them apart if and when that time comes again

I bought these because our dogs started randomly fighting. It was almost impossible to separate them after they had their jaws locked on each other. They were injuring each other and a couple of times us as we tried to pry their jaws off each other. After reading various reviews, I decided to purchase these. It came as a 2 pack. They were well built and work as advertised. I have had to use them a couple of times already. I was amazed at how easy and fast they make the dogs release their grip. I highly recommend! It could definitely be a life saver!

Hopefully i will never have to use this break stick but if I do,this seems like it would be a great solution

I love the design and how lightweight the break stick is and will definitely be useful if I ever needed to use it. I hope I don’t have to use it but it is definitely something that makes me feel more secure when walking my dog knowing that I can prevent or reduce any issues with other dogs! Only reason why it’s 4 stars is because it’s a little awkward to carry around if you don’t have a backpack or something. It’s a bit on the larger side.

I got these bc there are several pitbulls who's owners allow them to roam the neighborhood of the place I rent. Since I moved in in May of this yr there have been 3 different dogs attack my dog on a walk. The fights wouldve been impossible to break up and one or both of the dogs would've been more severely injured or even died if not for these break sticks. I understand they're illegal because they're used in dog fighting but they're also the only thing that works outside of choke holds or someone shooting and killing a fighting pitbull. These have literally saved my dogs life. Plus they're great quality and super easy to use. 100% cautiously recommend!

Great and its better to have it and not need it than to not have it and need it