Dak's Pitbull bit someone...

[Uncle Ruckus]

because just like any other dog, they can make great pets. i adopted one from a shelter and it's an amazing dog. great with adults, kids. it's just a dog and will bite like any other dog. the reason they get a bad rap is because when the do bite, it's bad.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

you're a dumbass

 

[thekimmer]

Don't dare let facts get in your way of badmouthing a good breed of dog.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5521144/

Table 1

Sample sizes and incident percentages for dog breeds reported for dog bites in order of frequency for medium and large breeds[SUP]a[/SUP]

Breed (Non-legislated)	Incidents	Breed (Legislated)	Incidents
n(%)	n(%)
Border Collie	26(18.5)	German Shepherd	28(20)
Labrador Retriever	14(10)	Rottweiler	6(4.2)
Cocker Spaniel	5(3.5)	American Staffordshire Terrier	3(2.1)
Shetland Sheepdog	5(3.5)	Akita	2(1.4)
Boxer	4(2.8)	Doberman Pinscher	1(0.7)
English Springer Spaniel	4(2.8)
Golden Retriever	4(2.8)
Irish Red Setter	4(2.8)
Poodle	4(2.8)
Rough Collie	3(2.1)
Scottish terrier	3(2.1)
Beagle	2(1.4)
Welsh Terrier	2(1.4)
Bearded Collie	1(0.7)
Black and Tan Hound	1(0.7)
Bulldog	1(0.7)
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	1(0.7)
Clumber Spaniel	1(0.7)
English Pointer	1(0.7)
Foxhound	1(0.7)
German Shorthaired Pointer	1(0.7)
Greyhound	1(0.7)
Irish Terrier	1(0.7)
Leonberger	1(0.7)
Old Danish Pointer	1(0.7)

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Agree with your stats but then lets look at some other stats. Basically it indicates that nearly 70% of fatal dog bites come from a breed that doesn't even account for 1% of all dog bites. So you aren't nearly as likely to be attacked by a pit as some other dog but if you do you are in some serious feces.

Dog bite fatalities 2005-2007

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

How many pitbulls are there in Ireland? Are they as common their as they are here? I imagine most of the border collie bites are from shepherds doing their job.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

DALE

 

[Go Budaw]

That about right? If so, the neighbor ought to pay a fine for being off-the-charts stupid, or someone should try to find out who may have opened the gate to let those dogs out.

Time to stage police lineup with Chuck Smooth, the Baja Men, and Kenzaki Jones.

 

[HotMop]

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[NWADawg]

Even good dogs are what they instinctually are. You can train good actions into dogs but you can't train instincts out of them. A labrador will retrieve without being taught to do so. A pointer will point at birds without being taught to do so. You can train these dogs to do other things but their instinct will always be what many generations of breeding has made them. The same is true for aggressive breeds like pit bulls, rottweilers, etc. They can be trained to be gentle loving dogs by the greatest owners ever. But, if there is a split second of confusion, or they get startled, or scared, they will turn to their instinct which is to attack. That is why you hear of so many times when the sweetest dogs that have never shown any aggression tear into someone for a second and then go back to being a sweet dog. They were well trained but something triggered that instinctual response.

 

[West Tn Dawg]

Even good dogs are what they instinctually are. You can train good actions into dogs but you can't train instincts out of them. A labrador will retrieve without being taught to do so. A pointer will point at birds without being taught to do so. You can train these dogs to do other things but their instinct will always be what many generations of breeding has made them. The same is true for aggressive breeds like pit bulls, rottweilers, etc. They can be trained to be gentle loving dogs by the greatest owners ever. But, if there is a split second of confusion, or they get startled, or scared, they will turn to their instinct which is to attack. That is why you hear of so many times when the sweetest dogs that have never shown any aggression tear into someone for a second and then go back to being a sweet dog. They were well trained but something triggered that instinctual response.

TRUE