I don't know if it's in the same catagory or not, but back in my Deputy Sheriff days I had a rottweiler set on me by a guy I was trying to arrest for domestic abuse. Beat his wife to a bloody pulp.

The guy ran into a dark alley where his truck was parked. I heard his truck door open and then saw a dark shadow charging me. I could see this great snarling dog coming at me in what seemed to be slow motion. My handgun was holstered and all I had was a maglite in my hand. I struck the dog on top of the head just as it got to me. The blow crushed the dogs skull. The dead dog went down with his teeth in my shirt, but not my belly, dragging me to the ground.

At the Police academy 10 years earlier, we had been taught how to strike a charging dog. I had not thought of or practiced the technique since that training.

It seem to me to occur in slow motion, but it was over in seconds and my actions were all reactive. And the Jury wouldn't find the guy quilty of assault with a deadly weapon-dog.