Bob W wrote: >>> >>>>Child friendy dogs? How about a Golden Retriever. >>> >>> >>>The number 1 biter in North America? >> >>Same in the UK. (Or possibly the Lab) Followed by all the other >>"friendly" dogs. Rotties, Dobermans, Alsatians and Pit Bulls >>are not in >>the top 20. >> > > > Pit bulls are illegal in the UK, and have already killed at least 2 > children this year. 'Biting' can be pretty broadly defined from a > harmless little nip, to eating your face off, so pit bulls not being > in the top 20 says very little about their kindliness or otherwise. > > I was savaged by an alsatian when I was a child, and it was put down > as a result, so I have little faith in their kindliness either. > > Also, given that dogs like labradors are immensely popular there's > bound to be some statistical probability of more labrador bites than > pit bull bites. If there were as many pit bulls running around as > there are labradors I would expect the sales of tinned dog food to > plummet, and the streets, parks & playgrounds to be rapidly culled of > small children.
I'll rephrase it to "pit bull lookalikes". It's a combination of popularity, percieved placidity and parental control that produces the statistic. I haven't seen one for a while but I believe it was _all_ reported (presumably to the Police) dog attacks. In that circumstance, I suspect that the level of "family dog" incidents is underrepresented, as people are unlikely to report their own dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
