Which breed of dog would you classify as dangerous?

Person_one

The vast majority of staffie owners I meet have rescued theirs.

dizziblonde

big5 wrote: »

Here's a news story about a dog attack that happened recently - Grandmother attacked by 5 dogs

Of course, the national media hasn't jumped all over it yet because it's not about staffies, or rotties, or whatever breed they want to demonise this week.

I once did a count of how many times the Daily Mail managed to use the same stock photo of a staffy snarling in one month - they were up to about 13 times... including one noteable article where they used the photo to cover a dog attack story - about a labrador!

ragecake

Late to the party, But I dont think any one breed is dangerous, more...how it's brought up, dogs are like humans, some of us are nice, some of us want to hurt others.

moleymoo

I'm late too but just to add my tuppence worth. Apparently I am now possibly classed as a chav with a status dog when I take my 5 year old Akita girly out for a walk. She's never allowed off the lead (apart from anything else I'd probably never see her again, she thinks the grass is greener anywhere than where she actually is!!! Lol) but she does get a good run out,, especially when I go out on the bike with her at weekends.

However, she's not great with other dogs and I am thinking about muzzling her now when we go out. This is really more because the area I live in isn't particularly nice and there are a lot of a certain type of dog owner about who have terrible recall on their badly behaved dogs who tend to be somewhat smaller than my girl is and so she could cause them some damage if they came tearing up to her and wanted to go for it.

She's also a noisy [EMAIL="b@gger"]b@gger[/EMAIL] who likes the sound of her own voice so when people come over I shut her away, prepare them for her and then let her out - that way she knows her place. Doesn't stop her harrassing for fussing though!!!! She's soft as (if, like I said, noisy) with people but in all honesty I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of an Akita if I was a burglar.....

Fire_Fox

It's all very well saying it's not the breed but the owner, but the majority of dog owners in the UK do not properly train and socialise their animals. The breed becomes relevant by default because certain dogs have been bred over many many generations for certain traits. I welcome the return of the dog license, every dog should have to be chipped and every owner should have to attend organised training classes.

demystified

Some breeds are inherently more aggressive and stronger than others. Anyone who doesn't see that is in denial. Combine that with bad ownership and you have a ticking bomb on your hands.

vax2002

A Dog has a natural instinct, if it decides to attack another dog, your "training" wont come in to it.
To be honest I am amazed how many "dog owners" dont recognise this.
There is a break point in all dogs, where they can turn and you are disregarded .
Know this, know your dog !

charlearose

all dogs have the ability to be dangerous just depends on how big /small the dog is and how big / small the victim is ( if we are talking about dogs attacking people ) obviously a small handbag type dogs is going to less damage to adult than say a bullmastiff or German shepard

i have 6 dogs 5 douge de bordeaux and 1 bullmastiff while they are fabulous dogs and very friendly to humans i respect the fact that they are essentially only 1 -2 step removed from wild animals that we humans have ( hopefully trained & socialised)

So while i would like to think that my dogs wouldn't hurt a fly and i do trust them as my pets but as a dog its that animal inside them that i don't trust fully the instinct bit of them that will override any socialisation and training that they have had


so i respect my dogs animal instinct and i don't let them off the lead , and i try to be a good dog owner

MilesToGoBeforeISleep

I wouldn't really say any breed was more dangerous than another, in terms of it's chance of biting. It more depends on the dog itself and other situational factors. Then again, although I wouldn't label a specific breed as 'dangerous', I would say that the bigger, stronger breeds are more 'dangerous' in terms of the damage they can do should they bite though I don't think there is a higher chance of them attacking than other, smaller breeds.

SmartPricePoster

No breed is inherently dangerous. A dog can be trained to be aggressive though, but it can also be re-trained. And most incidents are due to humans making the dogs feel threatened in some way. Humans need to learn more about warning signs, how to be around dogs and how to supervise children around dogs. No dog should be put down for being defensive and doing what naturally comes to it.