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As I said I have broken up really quite a few fights between dogs of other breeds as a result of my former job. I had to get stiches a few times. Every one of those fights was totally different and unpredictable. I got bitten breaking up a Ridgeback and a pair of Lhasas, and breaking up an Airdale and a lab. Those were just the times I needed stiches. The first time my last bully rescue dog got in a fight I pulled out my pbrc breakstick, followed all the advise on this website and my friend (who thankfully did exactly what I said even though she knew as well as I did that I had never had to use this theoretical info before) and I had them seperated in less than a minute. Granted, the other dog didn't want to keep fighting and i was super lucky I wasn't alone, but info gotten from posts like this is the reason this was one of the easier fights I've broken up, despite the fact that Vito wanted his aponent dead and that I would have never gotten his mouth open without that breakstick. A 14 year old, 19 pound dog survived with minimal treatable injuries and the person I was with actually came away from the incident less afraid of pit bulls than she was before because she saw me reach my hand safely in his mouth and only get snapped at by the dog I was trying to save. I got really lucky, but i never would have if people hadn't shared their own experiances with me first without even knowing I was out there reading. That's when I decided to join this forum instead of just reading it, and I've learned an invaluable amount since, and hope to keep learning all the time.