Dog-human aggression statistics Not sure if this has been posted.

[Naysa]

I'm fairly new to the dog board as I normlly frequent a specific animal forum with a dog section.

I've noticed on MN that larger dogs seem to have a reputation as "child eaters". I personally don't agree with this but can see where this would stem from and how if a larger dog bites it causes more damage than a smaller dog.

I also believe that the reason smaller breeds are seen as less aggressive is because when they attack it is does not generally require medical attention and simply does not get reported so smaller dog attack statistics are lower.

This is not supposed to start a debate or a bunfight but is just a study I found interesting and thought that dog lovers may find it as interesting as I did.

This link provides a list of the most aggressive dog breeds and also the least aggressive.
fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/the-most-aggressive-dog-breeds-dachshund-1

Posted too soon sorry.

Link
http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/the-most-aggressive-dog-breeds-dachshund-1

This is a telegraph link discussing the same thing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2254479/Sausage-dogs-are-the-most-aggressive-dogs.html

I hope you find it interesting

Oh deary me.
I'm on my tablet and apparently can't link.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2254479/Sausage-dogs-are-the-most-aggressive-dogs.html

http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/the-most-aggressive-dog-breeds-dachshund-1

Third time lucky?

fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/the-most-aggressive-dog-breeds-dachshund-1

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2254479/Sausage-dogs-are-the-most-aggressive-dogs.html

Seems your tablet was putting spaces where they didn't need to be

Greyhounds and whippets have the lowest scores for aggression, which is one of the reasons why I and others so frequently recommend them as pets. If the survey had measured fart toxicity the results might have been different [bwink]

These types of studies just make me feel very uneasy. Not sure they help dog welfare in anyway.

At the moment in our reactive dog class the most reactive dog is a greyhound and his bites have hospitalised his uneducated owner. Who was at fault the greyhound or the owner who did not have a clue to dog behaviour

I have to ask though is it really a fair survey since they seem to have tested/asked about different numbers of dogs each time? I thought that would of invalidated the results?

NHS

I was just bitten accidentally so was looking at this site. I thought it was interesting that so many children are estimated as being bitten yet fatalities were 2 in 2010. Doesn't this mean that dog bites are a similar rite of passage to taking all the skin of your knee/elbow on a bike or falling off something high. I hate the bad press dogs get constantly for being dangerous.

My dachshund looks just like the one in the picture except for bald ears and he's soft as anything.

OTOH DH had one as a child who would bite people - so we made sure we chose our dogs primarily by temperament. We seem to meet quite a lot of dachshunds and of course stop to talk to them ...no problems yet.

I note the study was in the US where there are an awful lot of mail order dogs, puppies bought from pet shops ... ... suspect there's even more idiotic buyers there who think small dogs are playthings.

OP, in the DogHouse you won't find any breed with a 'reputation' - we know that every dog is an individual.

I didn't want to come back because I'm so ashamed of my awful linking skills

I completely agree with them being unfair due to varying numbers but I thought it would be an interesting read.

You don't have a kindle fire do you?
I can't find a way of turning off spaces after punctuation drives me mad.

My first dog was a Dachshund born and bred in Germany and was a gorgeous puppy. But as she got older, she was very aggressive to other dogs, would have killed my cats that I had before her, if I'd let her get to them. They are bred to be tenacious , stubborn and fearless as excellent small wild life hunters and killers. They have a long and powerful jaw and big teeth.
She was full of character, but could not stand vehicles that made loud noises and was aggressive towards them too.
She was fine with people and children and loved her ball games. She laid on her back on sofa to enjoy her tummy strokes, But wouldn't say she was a lap dog.
Tenacious with the postman who was doing a can can kicking at her, and she was getting closer and more aggressive with him - fearless.
She got onto our bed once and gave my DH her killer look " do not dare to try to remove me as you will regret it" and he said " hmm, we'll leave her just for tonight". He realised she meant it.
The germans said that is how Dackels are.