I have to say that I think I would stand a better then average chance. The wife was a K-9 cop and being a deputy myself, I was able to help at practices and training. I learned how to "catch" a dog as well as some breakaway manuvers. I am also armed 85% of the time should it come to that. Having patted myself on the back and expressed my overly large ego / conciete (? spelliing) I would not EVER want to be on the real world end of an aggressing dog. There is a reason the Police and Military use them. I feel bad for the everyone involved in the article. Feel bad for guy that got bit (for obvious reasons), feel bad for the owner knowing that her dog has a good chance of being destroyed and is probably facing some civil litigation. Feel bad for the dog cause it will probably be deemed a vicious dog and live in a crate and/or be chained and muzzled for the duration of its life. It is a bad deal all the way around.