(06-12-2018, 05:29 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(06-12-2018, 04:43 PM)Eric1 Wrote: YAY for half told stats.... They're meaningless in the big picture, like most stats, they're always spun. We've already been over this...

Big dogs do more damage when they bite, which is why their attacks are reported and why it's always big dog breeds label as the most aggressive (every dog on the list of your first link is a large breed of dog and hmm I wonder why)..... Because when they do attack, they typically require a hospital visit for stitches etc. Again, aka reported.

Small dogs bite people far more often, but do very little damage, which doesn't require hospital visits because all it does is break the skin. Aka not reported.

Things like this heavily skew your stats and puts a bad rep on big dog breeds.

I've come across at least 5x the amount of mean little aggressive, biting Chihuahuas in my life, than I have any kind of big dog breed. This includes countless Pits and Rotts.

This is all true, but death is death, and it's not the same as barking or even biting. Chihuahua attacks aren't a problem because they aren't a problem.

I get that pit owners love thier dogs, and it isnt fair that many dogs get a bad rep for the action of what is admittedly only a few hundred out of probably hundreds of thousands. But other dogs just can't do the same kind of damage as easily as a pitbull. Pitbulls owners need to be the most cautious and best trained owners but some people are just not. They want the dog for its image/looks (some are beautiful), but arent asking themselves if they can be the kind of owner a pitbulls needs.

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