I don’t know where I read it but I am sure I read that Labradors are most likely breed to bite, in my experience Yorkshire terriers and dachshunds are pretty high up on that list too.
All these breeds were of course not bred for companionship they had jobs to do.
We have interfered greatly in their lives really.
Yes - you make a good point above …
I have heard that too - but Labradors are the most popular breed so proportionally they probably don’t bite anymore than any other dog. Interestingly the lowest dog to bite is a staffie. The breed that a lot of people mistakenly call for a ban.
I’m always a bit wary of a JRT too - I absolutely love them, but been snapped at once or twice by a JRT.
Perhaps someone can clear this up for me… as I really don’t know… the American Staffordshire Terrier… aka Staffie or AmStaff… The Bull Terrier… WHAT is a PitBull? I know that the name Pit… comes from the fighting pit the dogs fight in… but what breed makes a pitbull? OR is Pitbull a breed in and of itself? I’m confused. The Staffies I have seen at the shelter sure look like the dogs known as pits…
Yes I agree about JRTs too, met one this morning was quite friendly looking with waggy tail but his teeth just missed me !
We don’t see many labs these days round here it is mostly staffies and husky types, neither IMO are really suitable for this environment and need more space.
Labs are the most popular breed in the States.
I think here the numbers are counted only of registered pups so unregistered litters are not counted which is why round here we see so many staffies and very few of the most popular breed the lab.
That’s kind of what I thought. So a Pitbull is a fighting dog of any of those breeds or any mix thereof. But to me… the AMStaff looks more of what I think of as a pitbull
Absolutely yes. There are laws preventing people from owning dangerous animals and I can’t fathom why certain breeds of dog are not included in those restrictions. I think enough death and injury have occurred regarding those dogs for the law to act before anyone else’s life is lost or irrepairably damaged.
The ‘law’ isn’t working as well as it should - so to me the obvious answer was to stop breeding them, that would be easier to enforce …
And nothing to stop the police or dog wardens from taking any breed of dog that shouldn’t be in residential areas. It is known that certain types of people keep these dogs as weapons so that they can intimidate others so the dogs should be removed from their ownership.
They should Kal - but, I see plenty of them on the streets with the usual ‘type’ of owner at the leash …:twisted:
I think I told you before about the two lads I see in town with a staffie type dog and, to me, they are typical of the type of owner that goes for that breed as a form of intimidation - they don’t even buy a proper lead, it’s on a piece of string! It growls and snarls at any dog that goes near it and the lads just laugh but won’t move away (as most dog owners do if their dog becomes snippy). If the police see that behaviour or enough people report it, the police should take the dog from them.
To an extent, I do agree with Mark: there are definitley more aggressive dogs around than there used to be with owners who seem to care very little.
Yes there are ‘definately’ more aggressive dogs.
A couple of months back a young girl was walking her ‘little’ Jack Russell, just around the corner to me. The usual type walking his pit bull type of dog - straining at the leash to get to the little one - which he did in no time at all and killed the poor mite …
Trouble is there are no laws about dog on dog aggression as I found out when my Mollie was attacked earlier this year.
There should be, dog to a child, comes to mind …
Oh no! That would have been horrific. We have an area close to where I live that is beautiful and I used to walk my dogs there twice a day and they’d also have a swim in the river. Then the aggressive dog brigade started to turn up and one woman told me that her little dog (no idea what is was but it was a tiny, spindly little thing) was attacked by a Rottie and the scalp of the little dogs head was literally ripped off and you could see the stitch marks. My own dogs came under attack and when I went to the police, I was advised not to walk my dogs there! So now my dogs miss out on their walk and swim whilst the anti-social brigade have the place most to themselves. Democracy in action eh …
I’ve always, to date, been able to prevent the attacks on my dogs from actually happening but any dog that did attack and injure my dogs, the owners would soon find themselves in court. There are laws in place that require owners to remain in control of their dogs at all times and if their dog is attacking, then it clearly isn’t under their control.
Why should ‘you and your dog’ be penalised in this way. I say it would be a step in the right direction to stop breeding these dogs.
Read of a woman coming out of the supermarket, a yob was standing outside with his monster, as the woman passed the dog went for her. Her injuries were very severe …
