Animals also do what they are bred to do, unless you break them down and take it from them. Bird dogs don't have to be told to be agressive with birds. They just are. Rotties need little help with herding. They just do it.
You can try this crap all day but dog breeds were made to produce results. And they do. Trying to say that a pit bull won't bite on his own is like trying to tell me that a chihuahua isn't small on his own. They were bred that way. A pitbulls bite characterisitics are just as breed engineered as a chihuahuas size.
And Golden Retrievers are suppose to be gentle family dogs but they are the number 3 biter in the country. All dogs bite. KIDS BITE, all because they wernt taught NOT to bite.
Well yes. There is an age old test you can apply about biting: Does it have teeth?
Pit Bulls are generally not man biters, by nature. They have to be taught that, generally. They also have to be taught not to bite and try to kill other animals. They do this instinctively. The most dangerous thing is the equipment the pity bull was equipped to bite you with. It makes him a little more dangerous than other breeds. He was intentionally given a large and powerful bite.
Boxers, OTOH, ARE man biters. They are great family dogs and will never bite your kids but the meter man? The neighbors kids? Oh yeah.....they will bit the hell out of a stranger with little warning.
My dad raised both of these breeds. I can tell you all about the mentality of a dog bite.
Stats on actual number of bites, by breed, are misleading. There are many more golden retrievers than say, mastiffs, as household pets. It's kind of like saying that more people choke on sterak every year than whale guts, therefore, steak is inherently more dangerous to eat than whale guts.