Best thing to do IMO would be to close ranks and ignore them -- maybe even to the point of turning your backs to the dogs.
D'oh! I remember that now from my paperboy days. I learned back then that you were supposed to walk away from the dog while watching it with peripheral vision. Dogs take a direct stare to be a challenge. Given the screams of the student, I think that wouldn't have worked.
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