Anna, I hope you are feeling better today. That was a very scary occurance and your leg certainly looks awful and I am sure feels extremely awful and unfortunately will for some time to come.
As Amy has said, my dogs will get into fights over food and the boys (Jack and Taggert) over rawhide. And I always gone in to part them and I have gotten bit a time or two. Not nearly as bad as Anna. The dog who has given me the most wounds was Oreo - the smallest dog we have had except Pippi. When she got into a fight, she would not let go of the other dog and if you came between her and the other dog, you would get bit not because she was upset with you for trying to stop the fight but because she was still trying to get the dog and your hand (or whatever) got in the way. It was not an attack it was like you hitting your thumb when you are hammering. You did not mean to hit your thumb but you came between the two objects. And of course it is worse when all 3 objects are moving. Oreo did not like to be made to do anything so if you tried to force her, she would bite you - a totally different thing than when she was in the middle of a dog fight. (Not that the pain is any different but the intent was different - in the dog fight she was trying to bite the other dog and I got my hand in the way and got the bite instead.)
We have been feeding the dogs in their kennels for awhile now because Snoopy is eating a different food from the rest. And they want his which is funny because he would rather have theirs. Four of the dog kennels are in the family room - Pippi's is in the dining room. Snoopy being the demanding dog he is now won't eat if I don't stay in the family room with him. So I have been bringing Pippi's bowl into the family room. I didn't lock kennels just put them in them. Dazzi nor Pippi had never acted food aggressive before. But Dazzi ate hers, came over to me on the couch where Pippi was laying on me rather than eating and sniffed at Pippi's food - and faster than I could wink they were all over each other. Dazzi can be very aggressive when she gets angry - she weighs about 40 lbs to Pippi's 18. The way they were going after each other I was sure there would be major damage. And Pippi is strong for a dog her size. I could not get them apart. I could have easily been bit by either one trying to pull them apart but Carl came out and helped pull them apart. The reason I am sharing this story is now I do lock the kennels most times. But since that time neither dog have reacted to the other coming near their food dish since then. We can't know why one time a dog will fight over something and the next time not. But for everyone's safety, it is much smarter to lock the kennels rather than "tempt" the dogs.
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Take care of yourself & hope you start to feel
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