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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I haven't watched the documentary but I did hear a stat quoted from it along the lines of 50% of all dog attacks causing hospitalization are by pit bull breeds; while the other 50% is spread amongst over 40 different breeds combined.
I don't want to bash a dog breed over the owners, but at what point do people actually start acknowledging the fact that they are far more prone to violent attacks?
Maybe the breed is an issue? The numbers seem to suggest so
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Are they more prone to attack though? I'm pretty sure cocker spaniels are one of the worst breeds for biting kids, they just don't do much damage. A lot of the smaller breeds are terrible with kids and/or strangers they just don't have the ability to tear your arm off.
That being said, I believe the first paragraph.
EDIT: looked up a few web sites.
Some stats from caninejournal.com
Approximately 4.5 million dog bites occur each year
Dogs that bite the most:
Chihuahua
Bulldog
Pit Bull
German Shepherd
Australian Shepherd
Lhasa Apso
Jack Russell Terrier
Cocker Spaniel
Bull Terrier
Pekingese
Papillion
In 2016, there were an estimated 78 million dogs in the U.S.
80% of dog bites cause no injury at all or only minor injuries that do not require medial attention
Dog bites sustained by children have been decreasing in the past decade
In 2016, there were 41 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities, which means 0.00000053% of dogs caused fatalities.
Pit bulls contributed to 22 of these deaths.
Labradors contributed to 3 deaths.
Rottweilers, American Bulldogs, Belgian Malinois, Doberman Pinschers, German Shepherds and mixed-breeds each contributed to 2 deaths.
Pit bulls and Rottweilers accounted for 76% of fatal attacks from 2005 to 2016