• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 21:08
CEST 03:08
KST 10:08
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver4[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Rough Waters10[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Siren's Call8[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Summer's End9Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2915
Community News
StarCraft open world shooter announced at BlizzCon97Weekly Cups (Aug 30-Sep 7): herO thrives amid growing schism10Official StarCraft website teases new content ahead of BlizzCon?175Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20)9Weekly Cups (August 24-30): Patches' balance mod takes over3
StarCraft 2
General
StarCraft open world shooter announced at BlizzCon How do you feel about the StarCraft shooter announcement at BlizzCon 2026? Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners
Tourneys
RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-22 SC2 AI Tournament 2026 Fall Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament KSL Week #92
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
Mutation # 543 Enhanced Defenses The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 542 The Ascended Mutation # 541 Binary Choice
Brood War
General
New 3v3 BGH Ladder (and more) on ShieldBattery! Official StarCraft website teases new content ahead of BlizzCon? [D] Brainstorming a balance patch for Brood war Making an Online Broodwar Manager Game [ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver
Tourneys
[ASL22] Ro16 Group C [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL22] Ro16 Group B [ASL22] Ro16 Group A
Strategy
Replay Review Process - What do you do? Simple Questions, Simple Answers Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Game Theory for Starcraft
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread EVE Corporation Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Diablo IV [Maplestory Hardcore] Let's Play~!!
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Artificial Intelligence Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
MarineLorD Fan Club The Creator Fan Club The ShoWTimE Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Diablo Animated Series on Netflix
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Northern Ireland Global Starcraft
Blogs
Virtual Romance, Real-Life C…
TrAiDoS
Regacy Esports:Our Goa…
regacyesports
Dreaming of BW patches (mod…
c3rberUs
LOCKPICKING NOOB
LUCKY_NOOB
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 5034 users

[Poll] Dog vs. Human - Page 52

Forum Index > General Forum
Post a Reply
Prev 1 50 51 52 53 54 65 Next
Thenerf
Profile Joined April 2011
United States258 Posts
July 22 2012 15:06 GMT
#1021
Humans win 99% of the time. Humans are very strong compared to dogs and it comes down to the fact that a human can find a vulnerable spot and strike for the killing blow. Dogs need to go for the neck to kill and people are tall, dogs are short.
Every atom in your body was forged in a star. Quit being a pussy.
cz
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3249 Posts
July 22 2012 15:16 GMT
#1022
On July 23 2012 00:06 gtrsrs wrote:
i've survived a dog attack too...
but surviving a dog attack is not what this poll is about
this poll explicitly mentions fighting to the death.
when my 6-lb toy poodle/cocker-spaniel mix bites me when i play too rough with her, it hurts like hell. she's 13 years old and her teeth still puncture my skin. when that happens, i, a normal, 6'1" 185-lb 24-yo male, will always on instinct withdraw my hand.
now scale my dog up to 10x her weight and size, and put her in the prime of her life at 3-5 years old. now if she bites me, the pain will literally be too much to bear. she's has like 24 three-inch knives in her mouth. any bite anywhere is going to cause massive damage and more importantly massive pain.
i've been assaulted by a single human before. he sucker-punched me and knocked me to the floor. the rest of the "fight" was him pummeling me while i was down while i unsuccessfully tried to protect myself and slowly lost consciousness. fights are 80%+ of the time going to be determined by the first hit (or in the dog's case, bite). pain has massive negative effects on humans, especially normal, modern-day humans.
so the question comes down to would you be able to kill a dog before it got its first bite on you. and if you honestly think that with no training, that you, a normal-sized human could dodge/deflect/absorb a bite/lunge from a creature that has 0% body fat and can run 5-6x faster than you and jump 3-4x it's own height, i strongly suggest you make friends with your local billionaire so he can start outfitting you with gear, because you my friend are a real-life batman


You won't feel or be incapacitated by the pain after the first 10 seconds. Human beings are animals that have well evolved internal mechanisms for dealing with a fight to the deal with a wild animal. Part of that is shutting down pain. Ever hear of soldiers who get an arm blown off and don't even realize it? That's what you'll experience. Your body has ways to turn off pain when it's smart to do so - a fight to the death with an animal will trigger that.
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
July 22 2012 15:21 GMT
#1023
yes, but that soldier can't really use that arm once it's blown off can he?
in the same way, once a dog takes a bite out of your arm and takes half of your muscle mass with it, you might not keel over from the pain immediately but that arm is done for.
you think you're going to have the same effect on a dog with it's thick fur and skin? i would put dollars to donuts that 99% of the people in this thread have never even seen a dog bleed lol
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
July 22 2012 15:36 GMT
#1024
On July 22 2012 04:57 Xiphos wrote:
NOBODY have EVER thought of biting the dog in the neck themselves? I think that would be a viable strategy for those whose hand strength aren't that developed yet.

a guy barehanded a starving determined and injured 200 lb black bear that way.
CubEdIn
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Romania5359 Posts
July 22 2012 15:36 GMT
#1025
On July 23 2012 00:21 gtrsrs wrote:
yes, but that soldier can't really use that arm once it's blown off can he?
in the same way, once a dog takes a bite out of your arm and takes half of your muscle mass with it, you might not keel over from the pain immediately but that arm is done for.
you think you're going to have the same effect on a dog with it's thick fur and skin? i would put dollars to donuts that 99% of the people in this thread have never even seen a dog bleed lol


First instinct is to put out your arm for the dog to grab, which it will do 90% of the time. If you know you are fighting to the death, first thing I would try to do is use my other army to gouge one of his eyes out, both if it works. I seriously doubt a blind dog can put up much of a fight. Even things like trying to shred their nose might work, you don't have to rip off their throat or anything like that. The only real advantage humans have is brains. So just try to incapacitate him.

Can't say that it's gonna work, but I've seen someone break a dog's (German Shepherd actually) jaw with their bare hands. German Shepherds have relatively small bite force (230ish pounds of force, much like a human bite on their molars).

I'm not saying human wins 100% of the time, I'm saying that if I were trapped in a room with a German Shepherd, I'd walk out of there alive. And if you guys don't believe that, think of it this way: would you bet your life that the dog wins? Because that's basically what you're saying when voting for the dog. And humans are pretty strong when facing death.
Im not a n00b, I just play like one.
Knee_of_Justice
Profile Joined October 2009
United States388 Posts
July 22 2012 16:22 GMT
#1026
On July 23 2012 00:06 gtrsrs wrote:
i've survived a dog attack too...
but surviving a dog attack is not what this poll is about
this poll explicitly mentions fighting to the death.
when my 6-lb toy poodle/cocker-spaniel mix bites me when i play too rough with her, it hurts like hell. she's 13 years old and her teeth still puncture my skin. when that happens, i, a normal, 6'1" 185-lb 24-yo male, will always on instinct withdraw my hand.
now scale my dog up to 10x her weight and size, and put her in the prime of her life at 3-5 years old. now if she bites me, the pain will literally be too much to bear. she's has like 24 three-inch knives in her mouth. any bite anywhere is going to cause massive damage and more importantly massive pain.
i've been assaulted by a single human before. he sucker-punched me and knocked me to the floor. the rest of the "fight" was him pummeling me while i was down while i unsuccessfully tried to protect myself and slowly lost consciousness. fights are 80%+ of the time going to be determined by the first hit (or in the dog's case, bite). pain has massive negative effects on humans, especially normal, modern-day humans.
so the question comes down to would you be able to kill a dog before it got its first bite on you. and if you honestly think that with no training, that you, a normal-sized human could dodge/deflect/absorb a bite/lunge from a creature that has 0% body fat and can run 5-6x faster than you and jump 3-4x it's own height, i strongly suggest you make friends with your local billionaire so he can start outfitting you with gear, because you my friend are a real-life batman


Even Batman (in the Dark Knight) gets hurt by an attack dog and he's wearing his suit, plus all of his weapons. Of course it's not anything like this scenario, but dogs are still extremely dangerous.

Combatants:

An average American male is about 5ft 10inches (177.8cm) according to wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

and if "healthy," according to BMI charts, should be between 130 and 170 pounds (59-77kg).

An average Male German Shepherd is, according to wikipedia, 24–26 in (60–65 cm)
and weighs, according to a cursory search on google ("german shepherd weight") 48.5–88.2 lbs (22–40 kg)

That's actually a significant amount of variance. a 90 pound dog is going to be a lot more difficult to hold off than a 60 pound dog. So let's assume a 70-80 pound dog, even if that is not technically "average"

Battleground:

"A regular sized room:" We should imagine a square room with nothing in it except two doors which will be immediately closed once the combatants enter the ring. We should assume that the human knows that it is a fight to the death and have been able to prepare himself mentally for the ordeal and is healthy in terms of food, hydration, etc.

For the dog, we should assume that they haven't been starved, but that maybe they haven't eaten for a day or two. This will raise their aggression without harming them in terms of their nutrition.

In such a small place, the dog will not be able to gain maximum speed and the human will be able to prop himself against a wall or in a corner, which might allow him to support himself, gain leverage, and use as a defensive position from which to cover his weak spots.

The presence of street clothes means that even without any tools, the human still has some tools to use to his advantage: clothes can be used to wrap around the arm for protection.

A human that stays in the corner and uses his superior weight, range and leverage against the smaller dog should be able to defend themself fairly well but will probably suffer some serious wounds in the process.

If the human can stay upright using the wall for support, or fend the dog off while dealing damage and tiring the dog out, he may be able to go on the offensive when the dog is weaker. More probably, the dog would manage to knock the human down, and from there, it's up to the human to get control of the dog's neck using his weight as an advantage.

Maybe a shirt can be used as a collar to choke/control the dog?

Love this thread. So ridiculous. Been thinking about it all day.
Protoss Tactical Guide: http://www.sc2armory.com/forums/topic/7903
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
July 22 2012 19:19 GMT
#1027
If it is something like a Great Dane *bigger than the average miniature horse* then the dog wins. GS loses.
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
~~Kyo~~
Profile Joined August 2004
United States97 Posts
July 22 2012 20:08 GMT
#1028
this thread reminds me...
can anyone try to find the thread where if one martial artist can take on 100 kids or one person with a bat vs a person with a gun with a bullet??
i tried to locate it and hav no luck..
あぁ~春よ早く来い、、トホホ
MMOwnageSports
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom300 Posts
July 22 2012 20:12 GMT
#1029
I'd probably lose

Most people have said depends on the guy.. but it also depends on the dog.. if it's a fighting dog or a police dog it'd rofl stomp most people and i know 2 people who have been taken down by police dogs and:
1) They weigh around the same size as you
2) On hine legs are the same size as most men
3) If they get your neck.. your FUCKED.
MMOwnage - http://www.youtube.com/mm0wange - HD Gaming Network
autoexec
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States530 Posts
July 22 2012 20:30 GMT
#1030
On July 23 2012 05:08 ~~Kyo~~ wrote:
this thread reminds me...
can anyone try to find the thread where if one martial artist can take on 100 kids or one person with a bat vs a person with a gun with a bullet??
i tried to locate it and hav no luck..


The martial artist one sounds like the "how many 5 year olds can you take" thread which I mentioned earlier. There was talk about how many a martial artist could take at the end. And the person with the fun should win cause they shoot them in the chest and let them bleed and run away. When they are exhausted from blood loss it's g.g.

On topic:
If it's AVERAGE house dog vs. AVERAGE human the human should win because we are much more intelligent and are less predictable. Also house dogs usually don't have "killer instincts" so that would make it even easier.
Infernal_dream
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2359 Posts
July 22 2012 20:34 GMT
#1031
On July 23 2012 05:30 autoexec wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2012 05:08 ~~Kyo~~ wrote:
this thread reminds me...
can anyone try to find the thread where if one martial artist can take on 100 kids or one person with a bat vs a person with a gun with a bullet??
i tried to locate it and hav no luck..


The martial artist one sounds like the "how many 5 year olds can you take" thread which I mentioned earlier. There was talk about how many a martial artist could take at the end. And the person with the fun should win cause they shoot them in the chest and let them bleed and run away. When they are exhausted from blood loss it's g.g.

On topic:
If it's AVERAGE house dog vs. AVERAGE human the human should win because we are much more intelligent and are less predictable. Also house dogs usually don't have "killer instincts" so that would make it even easier.


It's set out on killing you. House dog or not it's still a wild animal. No matter how much we domesticate something it's nature is still wild. It still has "killer instincts" they just don't display them. There's a reason pet owners still get killed or attacked by their pets. In the end, it's a wild animal.
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
July 22 2012 20:37 GMT
#1032
It depends on the size of the dog, my dog is half German Shepard, half Terrier of some breed, maybe Staff (he was abandoned when he was only a few weeks old so we can only guess his breed from his appearence), and he's pretty heavily built but he's only about the size of a border collie so I don't think he could kill the average human if he ever decided to have a complete personality change and stop being such a QT.

A full grown German Shephard is a different thing entirely though. They're big dogs, and they're more well built than most dogs their size so they're pretty heavy. I think if the dog ran at the average man it would knock them down and if you're on the floor with a full size GSD on top of you then you're fucked, because that dog is going straight for your neck.
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
July 22 2012 20:38 GMT
#1033
take his eyes out, problem solved
AngelOvUriel
Profile Joined April 2011
Cuba91 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-22 22:38:17
July 22 2012 22:35 GMT
#1034
If an average male would get hold of the dogs eyes/neck then its GG, but if the dog is extremely vicious (rabies/pitbull breed) then the dog would win.. close call though, it really depends on the person/scenerio

edit: I own a half wolf dog/german sherperd/doverman mix (fyi)
ReaL | MC | NonY | HerO | Jangbi | Stork | Bisu | EffOrt | FBH | Hiya
BerserKr
Profile Joined July 2010
Chile101 Posts
July 22 2012 22:43 GMT
#1035
I have actually been through this situation, I was about 15 playing tennis with my cousin and a medium sized dog just went at me with the purpose of probably hurt me badly, I grabed him by the throat and just crushed it, I think the tension and adrenalin played a huge rol because I was a normal kid, didnt do martial arts or anything, I'm strong but nothing out of the world to be perfectly honest. The whole thing was a bit shocking and out of pure nervousness and rage induced rampage I kept squeezing my hand when the dog was already gone.
It was a shitty situation and I love dogs, wouldnt intentionally harm any animal ever just for "fun" or whatever, but yeah a normal medium sized dog v/s a person I'd say the person would win, the dog is limited to his mouth, we have our mouth hands and feet.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
ProxyKnoxy
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2576 Posts
July 22 2012 22:48 GMT
#1036
On July 23 2012 07:43 BerserKr wrote:
I have actually been through this situation, I was about 15 playing tennis with my cousin and a medium sized dog just went at me with the purpose of probably hurt me badly, I grabed him by the throat and just crushed it, I think the tension and adrenalin played a huge rol because I was a normal kid, didnt do martial arts or anything, I'm strong but nothing out of the world to be perfectly honest. The whole thing was a bit shocking and out of pure nervousness and rage induced rampage I kept squeezing my hand when the dog was already gone.
It was a shitty situation and I love dogs, wouldnt intentionally harm any animal ever just for "fun" or whatever, but yeah a normal medium sized dog v/s a person I'd say the person would win, the dog is limited to his mouth, we have our mouth hands and feet.


Holy shit that's crazy. I agree that the human should win, but it completely depends. You can't just say 'an average human' or 'an average dog', that is way too vague.
"Zealot try give mariners high five. Mariners not like high five and try hide and shoot zealot"
zimz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States510 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-22 22:58:48
July 22 2012 22:49 GMT
#1037
i say a human who keeps doing appropriate kicks with good timing at the dog will win.

if the humans is wearing your average basketball shoes no contest. the sole of the basketball shoes would help you kick repeatedly without too much damage. Human will win with some injuries but will win.

timing and distance is important.
zimz
zimz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States510 Posts
July 22 2012 22:56 GMT
#1038
Now if your talking about a police trained dog that is a different story. it would need a very good shape human being.
zimz
scaban84
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1080 Posts
July 22 2012 23:14 GMT
#1039
On July 23 2012 07:56 zimz wrote:
Now if your talking about a police trained dog that is a different story. it would need a very good shape human being.

Police trained dogs are not trained to kill. They are trained to grab a hold of the arm holding the weapon, thats it.
"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design." — Friedrich von Hayek
Emnjay808
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States10666 Posts
July 22 2012 23:16 GMT
#1040
Whenever I visit my auntie's house they have a huge German Shepard, about 3 years old, and he always greets me by jumping on me.

I consider myself pretty big, about 5'8' 225lbs. That said, I think this dog would have a huge advantage over me still. If this dog were driven to be bloodthirsty, then I would be shitting bricks because he is BIG AND STRONG WITH A FUCKING HUGE MOUTH.

I have no doubt in my mind that if he got a good bite at my jugular or crotch area, Id be good as dead.

But this goes without saying, what if I were to be driven to be bloodthirsty as well? Has anyone stopped to consider the potential of how crazy humans get when theyre in a murderous state? They turn into monsters.

All in all, I think it would be a semi-close match. So many factors to consider, but if a human were to be pushed to the edge, then he definitely would do unimaginable things (UNIMAGINABLE THINGS). Dogs, I think we have seen the full potential of what they're capable of. Humans? Better think again.



Note: If I were to fight my German Shepard I would prolly lose rofl. Hes really fcking big, like seriously fcking big, haha. I would have to be in a seriously fcked up mental state if I were to take him on.
Skol
Prev 1 50 51 52 53 54 65 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 8h 52m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 6
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 2149
soO 19
Dota 2
monkeys_forever865
NeuroSwarm210
League of Legends
JimRising 614
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox634
Other Games
summit1g11605
PiGStarcraft257
ToD203
Day[9].tv153
Maynarde116
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick2405
[ Show 12 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 107
• davetesta15
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Other Games
• imaqtpie748
• Day9tv153
Upcoming Events
Afreeca Starleague
8h 52m
Snow vs Shinee
Shine vs EffOrt
GSL
9h 52m
PiGosaur Cup
22h 52m
The PondCast
1d 8h
Kung Fu Cup
1d 9h
Replay Cast
1d 22h
KCM Race Survival
2 days
IntoTheTV X SOOP
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
IntoTheTV X SOOP
3 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
GSL
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
GSL
5 days
Shopify Rebellion Sundays
5 days
Spirit vs Mixu
Replay Cast
5 days
WardiTV Weekly
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-09-14
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Big Dog Cup 2026 Div 1

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
K-JUNGMAN
ASL Season 22
Super Anchor Qualifying S3
CSL 2026 AUTUMN (S22)
Acropolis #5
Calamity Invitational
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026

Upcoming

Acropolis #5 - GSA
Acropolis #5 - GSB
Acropolis #5 - GSC
SC4ALL II: Brood War
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Copium Cup
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.