Once upon a time I’d have said it’s all the owners fault, deed not breed and all that and would have debated that point pretty ferociously.
But the fact remains that whenever there’s a death, not just an attack but an actual death, it’s always a bull breed or more rarely a GSD or a Mollosser type (Rotts, mastiffs etc)
Sorry but it is. Always.
It’s never a Labrador, a border collie, a spaniel, a poodle etc.
I don’t deny that so called ‘friendly’ breeds bite, they can and do, but you rarely, if ever, see them implicated in an actual death.
I think a lot more responsibility has to go on people rather than dogs eg irresponsible people buying adult XL bullies off gumtree when they have young children, why, just WHY?! People keeping dogs as caged guard dogs, people allowing children to harass them, rewarding aggressive behaviour because they want a protection dog etc but even taking that into account, it’s always the same breeds!
The comments about Chihuahuas, I have a chihuahua, while he probably could kill a (very) young child the ferocity involved would have to be pretty damn extreme.
Multiple, hard, tearing bites.
There’s just no comparison between your average attacking chihuahua and your average attacking huge muscular bully type dog.
The latter could kill in an adult easily let alone a child