I only wish dog attacks (and recently, disproportionately, attacks by bully breeds, especially XLs) were “rare”. They don’t all make the mainstream media (sadly the worst of them and certainly the fatalities do). I see and treat them with my own two eyes and hands - babies, children, grown men and women, the elderly, and other dogs (sorry, I don’t treat the dogs, that’s not in my scope of practice) - and it’s never a nip, it’s viscous, brutal and often life altering.
Sometimes it’s other large breeds: rotties, malinois, akitas, mastiffs, corsos, etc - they can also do a lot of damage - it never seems to reach the heights of what the bullies can manage though. I obviously also see the Jack Russell’s, the dashunds, and the chihuahuas, although unless they have had access to infants, you rarely come across any life altering injuries from them.
So no, dog attacks are far from rare, in fact they are increasing. Bold of you to make such a statement, and to also assume that I know nothing of dog breeds. So I stick by my original sentiment that I wouldn’t be living in a block of flats with an American Bully - XL or otherwise, and certainly not with a one yr old child with whom he’d need to share communal spaces.
And not one word of what I’ve said is scaremongering. It’s reality.