Which breed of dog would you classify as dangerous?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

No one breed is dangerous.

The physical capability for inflicting harm varies with the size of animal, though. Even if that's purely due to the size of the tail walloping against a little old lady's legs when she offers it a treat - a JRT's isn't going to sweep her off her feat like a Labrador Retriever's could.


If your project has been set in terms of what a dangerous breed is, then, for one, your teacher is demonstrating bias in the wording of the title - which she shouldn't do - and two, the ability to reason and consider that it isn't breeds, but handling by humans, who have sought to shape the animal's natural physical form, temperament and behaviour, that makes any animal more or less dangerous, should make your project stand out for not following the tabloid press need for simple categories of Devil Dog and Nice Person's Dog.

kiss_me_now9

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

If your project has been set in terms of what a dangerous breed is, then, for one, your teacher is demonstrating bias in the wording of the title - which she shouldn't do - and two, the ability to reason and consider that it isn't breeds, but handling by humans, who have sought to shape the animal's natural physical form, temperament and behaviour, that makes any animal more or less dangerous, should make your project stand out for not following the tabloid press need for simple categories of Devil Dog and Nice Person's Dog.

I believe, OP may correct me on this, but the extended project title is set by the author and not the teacher/school. Teacher should probably point it out though, but I'm not sure how the rules work on it, if it's meant to be entirely independent or if it can be reviewed.

DontDropTheQuaffle

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

No one breed is dangerous.

The physical capability for inflicting harm varies with the size of animal, though. Even if that's purely due to the size of the tail walloping against a little old lady's legs when she offers it a treat - a JRT's isn't going to sweep her off her feat like a Labrador Retriever's could.


If your project has been set in terms of what a dangerous breed is, then, for one, your teacher is demonstrating bias in the wording of the title - which she shouldn't do - and two, the ability to reason and consider that it isn't breeds, but handling by humans, who have sought to shape the animal's natural physical form, temperament and behaviour, that makes any animal more or less dangerous, should make your project stand out for not following the tabloid press need for simple categories of Devil Dog and Nice Person's Dog.

I've set my own project and the title is 'What makes a dangerous dog?'. I think that there is no such thing as a dangerous breed either but that the media and other sources are penalising breeds, such as staffies and rottweilers, so that the public thinks that there is and instilling fear of certain breeds.
I've made this thread to see if anybody does have these views or other views and just to find out what people think makes a dog dangerous - whether it's how hard they can bite or their appearance or whatever really.

anotherginger

Questions set by teachers aren't supposed to be easy. It's up to the pupil to put their side of the argument forward. Jeepers, kids will never think for themselves if they are set easy questions. So what if there is bias in the title? It's up to the pupil to get around that. The OP can quite easily answer 'none' if they have a good reason to back up their answer.

vax2002

a staffie is not a breed, its a term for a Mongrel based loosely in on the Staffordshire bull terrier, most would fail the breed standard.
It sounds better than blue nosed pitbul cross.

Fosterdog

vax2002 wrote: »

A lot of people on here own illegal Putbull and part breed pitbull terriers and they will try to convince you that they are no more dangerous than a Yorkshire terrier.

But basically and "bull" breed is to Dog Fighting what Spaniels are to chasing Pheasants, its in the blood.

On that first sentence, the reason we have so many problems with "pit bulls" in this country are because of the people that own them. They deliberately go out of their way to get an illegal and banned breed which already shows a great lack of respect of the countries laws. They then have a dog that can't be properly socialised because they have to be careful about taking it out in public in case it gets taken by the authorities. This lack of socialisation along with owner stupidity is what leads to the pit bull attacks we see so often.

On the second sentence, absolute rubbish. Dogs with "bull" in the name does not make them a fighting breed it just means the dogs were worked with bulls. Yes some were used for bull baiting originally but that doesn't automatically make them people or dog aggressive. It's the same as dogs with "sheep" or "shepherd" were originally used for herding or flock guarding.

As I said the only people who own pits in this country are law breakers (ok I know you can own a legit pit but they are few and far between). In america in the states that are allowed pits there are no more attacks by them than other breeds, at least on people, dog fighting is a different game altogether. Pits are regularly used in the US as search and rescue dogs, agility dogs, PAT dogs etc. there are more dogs of the breed that are good well adjusted dogs than there are dangerous ones but we only every hear the horror stories.

Misstress

!!!!!! wrote: »

Are there really?

Evidence?

I have been shocked lately at the amount of posts on selling pages on Facebook which openly say that the dogs are pitball crosses! Cannot believe they are so open about it as these dogs would be pts if they were reported.

Fosterdog

vax2002 wrote: »

a staffie is not a breed, its a term for a Mongrel based loosely in on the Staffordshire bull terrier

A staffie is a Staffordshire bull terrier, the same as a dobie is a doberman, rottie is a Rottweiler, sheltie is a shetland sheepdog, lab is a labrador. It's just a shortened form of the name

Caroline_a

Dogs are made dangerous for the most part by stupid or ill-informed owners. Some of the most dangerous dogs in the world are dogs trained to be guard dogs, however for the most part they are also the safest dogs as they are also trained to stop. Examples include police and army dogs, also Schutshund dogs. One of the nastiest dogs I ever met was a miniature Pinscher, but it was all down to the owner treating it like a spoilt baby and allowing it to have its own way.

Personally I'd rather face a pack of growling pit bulls than stand between a Shetland stallion and a mare on heat. we seem to go by the rule that if it looks cute it can't be dangerous...

Raksha

OP you might like to read a book by Ian Dunbar called (I think) Dogs bite (but Slippers and Balloons are more Dangerous)