What is Prairie dog for $100?

So lets get this straight --
Over a whole decade the number of people in the US killed by dogs is just barely over 300. Yet dog bite is even an issue? WTF?

How many of these deaths were justified attacks by the dog? It doesn't say. So if some of these people were killed raiding someone else's home - it still goes on this report, pretty much as fault of the dog?

If you add up figures - 65% of fatal dog bites happened on their own property. So maybe we should ask what the people attacked were actually doing on someone else's property in the first place? I bet that would narrow down "fault of dog" bites by one huge percentage.

Also - in 70 of the deaths, it was not one dog, but more than one -- one death was even at the teeth of 14 dogs. This is a pack attack. What were the "victims" doing?

These studies just don't tell enough for me to draw any real concept from --- other than a 300 person total over 10 years, some which from other stats lead to the conclusion were probably very preventable - is that dog bite deaths are less of an issue than deaths from......oh lets say rattlesnakes or rhinos, or bears.

If you want an issue to really worry about - here's one. Anywhere from around 150,000 and a quarter million people are killed yearly by legally prescribed pharmaceutical Drugs. Now THAT'S an issue.

How many of these deaths were actually more than one dog?

Plus, but counting deaths, and not just bites, it's completely biased against big dogs.

How many pomeranians are going to maul someone to death? That butch looking chihuahua may think he's the shizz, is he a real threat? I've known some Jack Russel terriers, and those usually have the nastiest disposition, but really, while they might chew the hell outta some ankles, someone will punt them down the road before they gnaw all the way up to the jugular.

I do believe that pit bulls and rotties are more dangerous than most other dogs and require strong, loving owners along with a lot of positive socializing.


However, I do have a few problems with the chart. The number of dogs for a particular breed should be factored in and not only use number of bites. To be much more accurate, it should be a ratio, not a total.


There's no doubt in my mind that the Caucasian Mountain dog is the most vicious dog there is. However, there's probably just a handful of them in the US, so they don't have enough numbers to make a "most dangerous list" based only on total number of attacks. And I don't think the AKC recognizes them as a breed.


Another issue is, "pit bull" isn't a breed. In the US, pit bulls are a collection of 4 breeds, just as "hounds" and "huskies" aren't a specific breed. 3 of the pit bull breeds do have issues with aggression, due to a number of factors, including breeding in the US.


However, the English bull terrier is a breed considered to be a pit bull, and it has no aggression problems at all, as aggression has been bred out of them. Spudz McKenzie was an English bull terrier. Lumping English bull terriers in with the other 3 breeds considered to be "pit bulls" is a disservice to the breed. And the number of deaths should be specific to each of the three breeds. The list doesn't lump all huskies into the same stats, like it does with pit bulls.


As for the other 3 breeds of pit bull, the English bull terrier shows that aggression can be breed out of dogs pretty quickly.


BTW, I think both horses and deer are more "deadly" than dogs in the US. Deer cause a lot of deaths and injuries from auto collisions and horses from riders falling off.

WARNING: GRAPHIC photos of killer pit bulls.



Pitbulls And Kids Pictures And Video - American Bully And Bulldog Upliftment Blog

I know I could Google it, but I've some things to finish up. Anyway, I can't help but wonder how many
governments in the USA have banned Pit Bulls? In Colorado it's a significant number, thereby a contributing factor to the large number of Pits put down.

Never been bitten by a pitbull.
As a kid, I got bitten 7 times by chows.
In at least 5 of those instances, she was pregnant or nursing, and I was uninvited.

The first dog I had in years, right before my wife passed, was a pitbull/chow.
The biggest problem I had with him was getting him potty trained.
(Special thanks to HeySal for that one!)

The second dog I got is another rescued pitbull.
The biggest problem I ever had with her is keeping her out of the peanut butter.



screen shots

How An Abused Pit Bull Went On To Charm The Pants Off A Rock Star

Why you should have a viscous dog to protect your home from burglars.


Dog chases burglar - YouTube