Originally Posted by
jipped genes
We had a pit when our son was born. they were best friends but change the criteria just a little to SERIOUS bites and pits do top the list.
It is just due to several factors.
1. Stupid people get pits because they think they are cool and have no idea how to raise a dog. A neglected dog has a high propensity to be bad.
2. When a pit does bite it causes WAY more damage than a cocker spaniel
3 lack of socialization self explanatory
4 people get them and stick them in a back yard with no stimulation other than people walking by their territory. Makes them very territorial which leads to attacks
5 there are a lot of pits and pit mixes out there,you do not see many bites from chinese crested dogs because there are not many. more dogs more reported bites. wolf hybris might be at the top if we go by averages.
That said i love pits. But When I was in college I worked as a dog catcher and i did bite reports. The worst i saw were almost always from a pit. especially kids. (Chows and jack Russel terriers were also bad biters)
Summary: In the 13-year period of January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2017, canines killed at least 433 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% of these deaths. Rottweilers, the second leading canine killer, inflicted 10% of attacks that resulted in human death. Combined, two dog breeds accounted for 76% of the total recorded deaths. [Table 1]
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