bf is a prime example of why large dog owners fear
'dangerous dog' lists
once you do away with pits and rotties...what breed is next?
No bones, it is ignorant people like you who refuse to understand the danger. What's wrong bones, don't you like the truth?
From 1982 to 2006
1110 Pit bull attacks
495 Pit bull attacks on children
397 Pit bull attacks on adults
104 Pit bull attacks that caused a human DEATH
608 Pit bull attacks that caused a human MAIMING
From 1982 to 2006
409 Rottweiler attacks
231 Rottweiler attacks on children
109 Rottweiler attacks on adults
58 Rottweiler attacks that caused a human DEATH
223 Rottweiler attacks that caused a human MAIMING
From 1982 to 2006
6 Golden retriever attacks
6 Golden retriever attacks on children
0 Golden retriever attacks on adults
1 Golden retriever attacks that caused a human DEATH
4 Golden retriever attacks that caused a human MAIMING
It is sheer foolishness to encourage people to regard pit bull terriers and Rottweilers as just dogs like any other, no matter how much they may behave like other dogs under ordinary circumstances.
Temperament is not the issue, nor is it even relevant. What is relevant is actuarial risk. If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed--and that has now created off-the-chart actuarial risk, for which the dogs as well as their victims are paying the price.
Pit bulls and Rottweilers are accordingly dogs who not only must be handled with special precautions, but also must be regulated with special requirements appropriate to the risk they may pose to the public and other animals, if they are to be kept at all.