As recently reported on Roadrunner.com, a study has been done to determine the top 20 most dangerous dogs of today's time.
After reading the sad stories associated with why these dogs are dangerous to humans, people should be aware of the dangers they are faced with when buying, adopting or accepting a dog into their families.
Roadrunner.com states “To rank the most dangerous breeds, we used a report compiled by Merritt Clifton,the editor of Animal People, which lists all of the press accounts of dog attacks organized by breed type. The study tallies the total attacks by dogs kept as pets from 1982 to 2009 in the U.S. and Canada.”
The following information is provided by Roadrunner.com :
1. Pit Bull
- Varieties included: Pit Bull, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier
- Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,683
- Child victims: 661
- Adult victims: 519
- Maimings: 819
- Deaths: 159
2. Chow Chow
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,592
· Child victims: 35
· Adult victims: 14
· Maimings: 34
· Deaths: 7
3. Rottweiler
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 14,709
· Child victims: 257
· Adult victims: 115
· Maimings: 244
· Deaths: 67
4. Akita
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,457
· Child victims: 34
· Adult victims: 14
· Maimings: 41
· Deaths: 1
5. Bull Mastiff
- Registered dogs (U.S.): 3,760
- Child victims: 17
- Adult victims: 20
- Maimings: 26
- Deaths: 8
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 136
· Child victims: 1
· Adult victims: 0
· Maimings: 1
· Deaths: 0
7. Briard
- Registered dogs (U.S.): 284
- Child victims: 0
- Adult victims: 1
- Maimings: 0
- Deaths: 1
8. Malamute
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,124
· Child victims: 7
· Adult victims: 2
· Maimings: 3
· Deaths: 4
9. Husky/Siberian Huskies
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 9,342
· Child victims: 32
· Adult victims: 4
· Maimings: 13
· Deaths: 17
10. Australian Cattle Dog
· Varieties included: Australian Cattle Dog, Blue Heeler, Queensland Heeler
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,499
· Child victims: 3
· Adult victims: 4
· Maimings: 5
· Deaths: 0
11. Dalmatian
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 820
· Child victims: 3
· Adult victims: 0
· Maimings: 3
· Deaths: 0
12. Mastiff
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 6,913
· Child victims: 13
· Adult victims: 4
· Maimings: 12
· Deaths: 4
13. Old English Sheep Dog
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,403
· Child victims: 1
· Adult victims: 1
· Maimings: 0
· Deaths: 2
14. Belgian Shepherd/Malinois
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,416
· Child victims: 3
· Adult victims: 3
· Maimings: 3
· Deaths: 0
15. Great Dane
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 9,438
· Child victims: 6
· Adult victims: 7
· Maimings: 11
· Deaths: 3
16. Border Collie
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,181
· Child victims: 1
· Adult victims: 1
· Maimings: 2
· Deaths: 1
17. Doberman
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 11,546
· Child victims: 8
· Adult victims: 6
· Maimings: 7
· Deaths: 6
18. German Shepherd
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 43,575
· Child victims: 52
· Adult victims: 20
· Maimings: 50
· Deaths: 9
19. Shar-Pei
· Registered dogs (U.S.): 3,261
· Child victims: 5
· Adult victims: 0
· Maimings: 5
· Deaths: 0
20. Great Pyrenees
Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,983
Child victims: 0
Adult victims: 2
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 1
This article was very interesting. However, I think it would have been more effective to put the dogs in order of their "danger level." For example, the Briard breed has one of the least amount of negatives but it is in the middle of the list with more "violent" dogs underneath it. Other than that I liked seeing the different breeds that are concidered dangerous. My sister had a pitt/lab mix and he was super cute, antagonistic with other dogs but very playful.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you put that you disagree with this. I definitely do too. I've had friends and family with many of these breeds: malamute, husky, dalmatian, even I used to have a doberman. It's sad that it's gotten to the point where even breeds of dogs are beginning to be stereotyped.
ReplyDeleteI agree that sometimes dogs can be dangerous, but I think a lot of that danger comes from the way their owners handle them. A dog who has been trained from an early age to be people friendly is far less likely to attack someone than a dog who is left to fend for itself or never taught to restrain its violent tendencies. Also, a lot of these bigger, more powerful breeds can be harder to handle, which makes them harder for people to train or understand. Owners buy these cute little puppies and expect them to just automatically know how to behave, and that’s not how it works. A dog of any size needs some form of training to know what we expect of it. Buying or saving a dog of a breed you know nothing about means you won’t know how to take care of that dog, and the dog won’t behave the way you want it to without help. It frustrates me to no end to see things like this because none of these dogs would be considered dangerous if people took care of them right from the start.
ReplyDelete~Diana, from JOU110
I think that dogs are really like people and it doesn't matter what race, religion, ethnicity, sex, or breed you are. It ends up being how your're raised that determines what kind of person or animal you are and how you act. I can see why you disagree but also realize that the original article was based on facts and statistics.
ReplyDeleteJames
Kat, I don't think that this study was very correct. I didn't agree with the way that they set up the results, but hey, I can't really do anything about it!
ReplyDeleteAww
ReplyDeleteI actually really enjoyed this article, largely because of the list and pictures...very different! Kudos :)
wonderfulllllll. some of my favorite breeds of dog will kill me.. love it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not dog expert, but I do like dogs. Some of the ratings were surprising. I think it would have been more accurate to base it on the level of aggression in unloved pets, if that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI guess if you treat the dog good and you respect its needs and space then no problem. Love includes respect, distinction that ia an animal and not a child and all these. If your present is a threat for an animal then ofcousre he will try to protect itself. I share (not have) my house with 2 cats and 1 dog. Never i had the sense of riskliving with them. Not me or my wife but even the kids and friends of them coming in our home and playing.
ReplyDeleteSo always it depends from our attitude.
thnx