Police investigating dog attack on child in Dorchester

mostly likely a poorly trained dog, in an uncontrolled situation, with bad owners.

every single type of domestic animal can have a bad day. it is incumbent on owners to put their pets in safe, secure setting, and to give it enough training so it knows how to respond to unfamiliar or scary situations.

The problem is the media only reports if it is a pitbull. One important statistic not reported is that only 11.2% of dogs that bite have ever been given any obedience training. In 53% of dog bite fatalities, there was some suggestion that the dog was provoked by being struck, poked in the eye, having things thrown at it etc. We have always pulled our dogs tails since they were puppies because a child might do this. We never did it to hurt the dog, but rather trained it to move away when it happens.

Insurance companies keep lists have various names depending on the company, such as "excluded dog breeds," "aggressive dog list," "insurance list of dangerous dogs," "prohibited dog breeds," and one simply labels it their "bad dog list" of dogs they will not insure:

• Pit Bull/Staffordshire Terriers
• Rottweiler
• Husky
• Malamute
• Akita
• German Shepherd
• Wolf Dogs
• Chow Chows
• Doberman Pinchers
• Great Danes
• Presa Canarios

When was the last time you heard the media label a husky as an "aggressive dog"?

How the dog is treated is also important. Dogs that are chained, or kept confined in a small yard, are approximately 3 times more likely to fatally bite people.

Which Dogs are most likely to bite? Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) is one of the few tracks dog bites by breed.

• LABRADOR RETRIEVER: 54 (10%)
• GERM SHEPHERD: 49 (9%)
• UNKNOWN DOG: 42 (8%)
• AMERICAN BULLDOG: 41 (7%)
• PIT BULL: 38 (7%)
• AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG: 27 (5%)
• SIBERIAN HUSKY: 23 (4%)
• CHIHUAHUA (SHORT HAIR): 18 (3%)
• BORDER COLLIE: 16 (3%)
• BOXER: 15 (2%)
• BULL TERRIER: 13 (2%)
• ROTTWEILER: 12 (2%)
• ENGLISH BULLDOG: 10 (1%)
• SHIH TZU: 10 (1%)
• WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER: 10 (1%)
• BEAGLE: 8 (1%)
• AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD: 6 (1%)
• MASTIFF: 6 (1%)
• MINIATURE POODLE: 6 (1%)
• CHIHUAHUA (LONG HAIR): 4 (0%)
• CHINESE SHAR PEI: 4 (0%)
• CHOW CHOW: 4 (0%)
• DACHSHUND: 4 (0%)
• DOBERMAN PINSCHER: 4 (0%)
• GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER: 4 (0%)

Of those these were the ones that caused serious injury
LEVEL 4

• LABRADOR RETRIEVER: 13
• AMERICAN BULLDOG: 10
• GERMAN SHEPHERD: 8
• PIT BULL: 5
• SIBERIAN HUSKY: 4
• AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG: 3
• BOXER: 3
• CHOW CHOW: 3
• BULL TERRIER: 2
• GOLDEN RETRIEVER: 2
• Others: 16

LEVEL 5

• PIT BULL: 4
• AMERICAN BULLDOG: 3
• AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG: 1
• DOGO ARGENTINO: 1
• LABRADOR RETRIEVER: 1
• OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG: 1

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