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Originally Posted by Jane Austen
I don't know what the answer is, I don't like the thought of things being banned.
If cockers, chows and Shar Peis are the problem dogs, why don't we hear about them killing and maiming children?
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Because the headlines wouldn't be as sensational and I intend no sarcasm in that statement at all, just the way the press is. A Pomeranian mauled and killed a 6 week old infant in 2000. ("Baby Girl Killed by Family Dog," Los Angeles Times, Monday, October 9, 2000, Home Edition, Metro Section, Page B-5.) Bet you didn't hear about the Golden Retriever which killed an elementary age girl while they were playing in the back yard. Dog got a hold of her scarf (family played tug games with it) and strangled her. Since 1975 fatal attacks have been attributed to 30 breeds of dogs according to dogbitelaw.com.
Approximately 12 people die each year (US) from fatal dog bites and the number of vehicular fatalities?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in514774.shtml
More,
http://www.fataldogattacks.com/
Numbers increase a bit here and world wide 52 different breeds have caused fatalities.
http://dogs.about.com/cs/breedprofiles/a/mean_dogs.htm
In all my years in dogs and having taught uncountable handling classes with a wide range of breeds, I have only had two unprovoked bites or bite attempts. One was by a breeder friend's Maltese that came up and nipped me on the back of the leg. As I had on jeans, basically all I felt was bump against the back of my leg. The other was at a handling class and was a black & tan coonhound that went after my arm and thankfully I had on long sleeves. This was not during examination, but afterwards. In the context of learning more of his background, then I understood how a movement I made could have triggered the response. In handling class I went over everything from Irish Wolfhounds to Chihuahua's and almost everything in between, never a problem.
Debbie