2023 dog attack statistics by breed

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve had two American Staffordshire Terriers (colloquially a pitbull, or pitbull-type like the chart says). One died of renal failure at 13 a few years ago and my other is 4 now. And while people may scoff at it, it is all in how you raise them. […]

It’s only ever pit bull owners who make this claim. As a pp said above, herders want to herd. Retrievers want to retrieve. Different breeds have different attributes based on what they were bred for; only pit bulls owners deny this reality.

Nobody is denying it. Of course it was what they were bred for, it’s right in their name. These attacks happen because their owners are irresponsible. Same with Rottweilers , they’re herders and attack. German Shepherds(one attacked my daughter as I posted up thread somewhere because of owner negligence) , they’re herders, they still attack. Huskies are supposed to be working sled dogs, they still attack.

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Anonymous wrote:While I am no where near a fan of pits/pit mixes/bullies, what everyone is not looking at is that children ages 5-9 are the biggest demographic of dog bites. I never leave my dogs unattended when there are small kids around - no one should, and this study supports that.

There is a video circulating on social media where a kid is "playing" with a dog (spaniel of some type) and the kid either doesn't know, or ignores the cues that the dog is giving that it is not comfortable with the kid pulling on its ears and hair. Eventually the dog snaps and bites the kid on the face. The sad thing is there are two adults in the video who should have known better and stopped the kid before it got to the point the dog felt it had to defend itself.

This, if a kid I don’t know or I have concern with partly for my dog’s safety I get down on the dogs level ready to intervene. Especially if they are doing something my dog hates.

Like riding a bike? Poor Justin Gilstrap was doing that, something that his neighbor’s three pit bulls evidently hated. Hated so much they ate his scalp, among other injuries, but the child was literally scalped and has been dealing with the follow up care and misery since.

Any dog can bite, pits are among the few that maul for the joy of it.

i do feel for this boy but, you shouldn't give human emotions to a dog.

This is being cute. "Joy" is maybe a human emotion, but "fulfillment" is a dog thing any responsible owner is aware of. If you dont fulfill your dog on a daily basis (Malinois not working,
Herders not herding, Retrievers not being given an opportunity for fetch) you create an unhappy dog. Fighting dogs? They like to fight! Why wouldn't they? We humans bred them for thus specific trait! They do kind if enjoy the fighting and violence aspect I'd taking down another animal or human. They were bred for that! The "it's all in how you raise them" crowd is so bizarre to me. We accept inherent traits in every single other dog breed but...pits are just total blank slates? Make it make sense...don't get me started on their stats.

The majority of pit bull mixes aren't bred for anything. They are accidently bred.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve had two American Staffordshire Terriers (colloquially a pitbull, or pitbull-type like the chart says). One died of renal failure at 13 a few years ago and my other is 4 now. And while people may scoff at it, it is all in how you raise them. […]

It’s only ever pit bull owners who make this claim. As a pp said above, herders want to herd. Retrievers want to retrieve. Different breeds have different attributes based on what they were bred for; only pit bulls owners deny this reality.

Nobody is denying it. Of course it was what they were bred for, it’s right in their name. These attacks happen because their owners are irresponsible. Same with Rottweilers , they’re herders and attack. German Shepherds(one attacked my daughter as I posted up thread somewhere because of owner negligence) , they’re herders, they still attack. Huskies are supposed to be working sled dogs, they still attack.

Re-read 10:59’s post. They deny it.

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Anonymous wrote:While I am no where near a fan of pits/pit mixes/bullies, what everyone is not looking at is that children ages 5-9 are the biggest demographic of dog bites. I never leave my dogs unattended when there are small kids around - no one should, and this study supports that.

There is a video circulating on social media where a kid is "playing" with a dog (spaniel of some type) and the kid either doesn't know, or ignores the cues that the dog is giving that it is not comfortable with the kid pulling on its ears and hair. Eventually the dog snaps and bites the kid on the face. The sad thing is there are two adults in the video who should have known better and stopped the kid before it got to the point the dog felt it had to defend itself.

This, if a kid I don’t know or I have concern with partly for my dog’s safety I get down on the dogs level ready to intervene. Especially if they are doing something my dog hates.

How confident are you that you can unclench a pit bull's jaws from the kid's throat?

If you’re referring to the myth surrounding pitbull breeds they have a locking jaw , it’s not true. If you have any type of dog you should purchase a break stick. I carry one with me when I take my dogs on trails because people are always letting their dogs run off leash that have no recall.

No one thinks pit bulls have locking jaws, but they do choose to lock on. That’s part of what they were bred for: tenacity to keep a victim in their mouth, to hang on. Why do you think they like to hang off ropes by their mouths?

Is this specific to all pit bulls?

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It's a terrier trait-biddability- to both grab and shake a victim to death without letting go. It's considered desirable by breeders so...yes?

Thanks for giving me something to Google

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had two American Staffordshire Terriers (colloquially a pitbull, or pitbull-type like the chart says). One died of renal failure at 13 a few years ago and my other is 4 now. And while people may scoff at it, it is all in how you raise them. […]

It’s only ever pit bull owners who make this claim. As a pp said above, herders want to herd. Retrievers want to retrieve. Different breeds have different attributes based on what they were bred for; only pit bulls owners deny this reality.

Nobody is denying it. Of course it was what they were bred for, it’s right in their name. These attacks happen because their owners are irresponsible. Same with Rottweilers , they’re herders and attack. German Shepherds(one attacked my daughter as I posted up thread somewhere because of owner negligence) , they’re herders, they still attack. Huskies are supposed to be working sled dogs, they still attack.

Re-read 10:59’s post. They deny it.

Both of these posts were mine, that’s why I responded.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I am no where near a fan of pits/pit mixes/bullies, what everyone is not looking at is that children ages 5-9 are the biggest demographic of dog bites. I never leave my dogs unattended when there are small kids around - no one should, and this study supports that.

There is a video circulating on social media where a kid is "playing" with a dog (spaniel of some type) and the kid either doesn't know, or ignores the cues that the dog is giving that it is not comfortable with the kid pulling on its ears and hair. Eventually the dog snaps and bites the kid on the face. The sad thing is there are two adults in the video who should have known better and stopped the kid before it got to the point the dog felt it had to defend itself.

This, if a kid I don’t know or I have concern with partly for my dog’s safety I get down on the dogs level ready to intervene. Especially if they are doing something my dog hates.

How confident are you that you can unclench a pit bull's jaws from the kid's throat?

If you’re referring to the myth surrounding pitbull breeds they have a locking jaw , it’s not true. If you have any type of dog you should purchase a break stick. I carry one with me when I take my dogs on trails because people are always letting their dogs run off leash that have no recall.

No one thinks pit bulls have locking jaws, but they do choose to lock on. That’s part of what they were bred for: tenacity to keep a victim in their mouth, to hang on. Why do you think they like to hang off ropes by their mouths?

You talk about "what they were bred for" but it appears you know nothing about their breeding history because what you said isn't what they were bred for.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve had two American Staffordshire Terriers (colloquially a pitbull, or pitbull-type like the chart says). One died of renal failure at 13 a few years ago and my other is 4 now. And while people may scoff at it, it is all in how you raise them. I have never heard of an attack ( at least the ones that make the news) of a well taken care of dog of any breed attacking a human. I don’t believe when people say their dog just randomly snapped unprovoked. These large breeds need socialization, mental stimulation, training and exercise. It is always the owner’s failure. These dogs love to please and have been the easiest dogs I’ve ever trained. They shouldn’t be unsupervised with children, they shouldn’t be unsupervised in your yard or tied to a tree all day, and they shouldn’t be stuffed in a crate all day. If people don’t want to walk their dogs for two hours a day , train them, or play fetch with them then they need to get a lap dog.

this is so true about mine as well

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I love how ignorant and fearful of pitties y'all are. Please think my dog will maul you and leave me the entire fsck alone! Y'all are mental.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting —- should be posted in every animal shelter as well.
I’d also like to see a breakdown of unprovoked attacks. Germans are exceedingly trrritorual and protective — if you have one that isn’t too smart or with an owner that fails to train them, they can be quite dangerous, but it’s most often to people that approach them or their owner or come onto their property.

Pitts are the only breed I’ve seen that will jump out of their own yard to chase a person or other dog just for the sport of it. I saw a video where a Pitt used lawn furniture to vault himself over a 6 foot concrete wall to attack a little girl and her little dog that were walking across the street from his house. The Pitt owner who seemed like a nice guy in the news interview was totally shell shocked that the dog could over the wall—he had adopted it from a rescue, of course, and had no previous problems with it.

This is a story about an untrained, unmonitored dog with a clueless owner. Don't blame the dog, blame the idiot who left it unattended, probably more than just this once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While I am no where near a fan of pits/pit mixes/bullies, what everyone is not looking at is that children ages 5-9 are the biggest demographic of dog bites. I never leave my dogs unattended when there are small kids around - no one should, and this study supports that.

There is a video circulating on social media where a kid is "playing" with a dog (spaniel of some type) and the kid either doesn't know, or ignores the cues that the dog is giving that it is not comfortable with the kid pulling on its ears and hair. Eventually the dog snaps and bites the kid on the face. The sad thing is there are two adults in the video who should have known better and stopped the kid before it got to the point the dog felt it had to defend itself.

Seriously. Leash your kids! Dogs are dogs, all of them, and none of them speak human. If you're not going to learn their language and respect what they are, you shouldn't be around dogs. And since your kids are, at best, as smart as their parents, they shouldn't be around dogs unsupervised either.

But no, let's blame dogs by breed and make that the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how ignorant and fearful of pitties y'all are. Please think my dog will maul you and leave me the entire fsck alone! Y'all are mental.

I'm not ignorant about dogs and very happily steer clear of your misbegotten breed. Now if only we could get them to die out and no longer have to read the tragic headlines they generate.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting —- should be posted in every animal shelter as well.
I’d also like to see a breakdown of unprovoked attacks. Germans are exceedingly trrritorual and protective — if you have one that isn’t too smart or with an owner that fails to train them, they can be quite dangerous, but it’s most often to people that approach them or their owner or come onto their property.

Pitts are the only breed I’ve seen that will jump out of their own yard to chase a person or other dog just for the sport of it. I saw a video where a Pitt used lawn furniture to vault himself over a 6 foot concrete wall to attack a little girl and her little dog that were walking across the street from his house. The Pitt owner who seemed like a nice guy in the news interview was totally shell shocked that the dog could over the wall—he had adopted it from a rescue, of course, and had no previous problems with it.

This is a story about an untrained, unmonitored dog with a clueless owner. Don't blame the dog, blame the idiot who left it unattended, probably more than just this once.

One T dude, Pit bull not pitt.

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Why do pitbull owners ignore the facts? Study after study has shown pitbull, are the most dangerous dogs to own. . But despite all the evidence, pitbull owners one say that pitbull are a misunderstood breed. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Pit owners ignore breed characteristics. I've seen multiple times where people try to educate them about dogs being bred for certain jobs like retrieving, herding, tracking, fighting, eyc and dogs excel at whatever they were bred for., and can be pretty bad at what they were not bred for. For example, poodles were initially hunting dogs. I can get my dog to play fetch and bring the ball back to me as well as find a hidden toy playing the find it game. However, my dog will never try to herd a child or an animal. I can take him to a herding school, but he still would not be good at doing that because that's not his breed characteristic. I have a friend with a border collie that loves to herd things. It was like the dog bred to do that it enjoys it so much. Pitbull were bred to be fighting dogs. That's the breed characteristic. That's where they find the most satisfaction.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do pitbull owners ignore the facts? Study after study has shown pitbull, are the most dangerous dogs to own. . But despite all the evidence, pitbull owners one say that pitbull are a misunderstood breed. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Pit owners ignore breed characteristics. I've seen multiple times where people try to educate them about dogs being bred for certain jobs like retrieving, herding, tracking, fighting, eyc and dogs excel at whatever they were bred for., and can be pretty bad at what they were not bred for. For example, poodles were initially hunting dogs. I can get my dog to play fetch and bring the ball back to me as well as find a hidden toy playing the find it game. However, my dog will never try to herd a child or an animal. I can take him to a herding school, but he still would not be good at doing that because that's not his breed characteristic. I have a friend with a border collie that loves to herd things. It was like the dog bred to do that it enjoys it so much. Pitbull were bred to be fighting dogs. That's the breed characteristic. That's where they find the most satisfaction.

Because those traits are still being breed into hunting, and herding dogs, because those are the desired traits of the breed. Most people with pit bulls are not buying trained fighting dogs, as those traits for the most part are not desired any longer. The AMstaff is basically an APBT breed for show. It is breed to fit certain show requirements, and one would guess they don't want the dog killing the other dogs in the show. Also at this point must pit bull type dogs that people have are watered down by other breeds as they are mixed dogs coming from a shelter. Obviously there are some pits still being bred to fight and others that still have those traits in them because they are mauling people and other dogs. But the majority of these dogs are not a ticking time bomb

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting —- should be posted in every animal shelter as well.
I’d also like to see a breakdown of unprovoked attacks. Germans are exceedingly trrritorual and protective — if you have one that isn’t too smart or with an owner that fails to train them, they can be quite dangerous, but it’s most often to people that approach them or their owner or come onto their property.

Pitts are the only breed I’ve seen that will jump out of their own yard to chase a person or other dog just for the sport of it. I saw a video where a Pitt used lawn furniture to vault himself over a 6 foot concrete wall to attack a little girl and her little dog that were walking across the street from his house. The Pitt owner who seemed like a nice guy in the news interview was totally shell shocked that the dog could over the wall—he had adopted it from a rescue, of course, and had no previous problems with it.

This is a story about an untrained, unmonitored dog with a clueless owner. Don't blame the dog, blame the idiot who left it unattended, probably more than just this once.

One T dude, Pit bull not pitt.

He's talking about the new breed of Brad Pitt bulls