Man 'strangles dog' after park attack

singist · 24 Oct 2009 at 21:30

Johnnytoxic said:
Azagoth needs a hug.

and a fish finger or two.

Azagoth · 24 Oct 2009 at 21:36

singist said:
and a fish finger or two.

YES. THIS.

big_white_dog84 · 24 Oct 2009 at 21:43

I read that the Dangerous Dogs Act didn'tt cover things like Rotweillers, pitbulls etc because the government of the day (Tory?) thought it would cost them too many votes among the bulldog tattooed Essex man.

KaHn · 24 Oct 2009 at 21:43

Angilion said:
I was being somewhat misleading, because most cocker spaniel bites are relatively minor. Just counting reported numbers of bites, let alone only those bites that people went to hospital to have treated, isn't really a good indication of risk. Hangbag dogs can often be nervous and snappy, but it's unlikely that a single snap from a Yorkie would be formally reported as a dog attack.

Does your cousin know why German Shepherds are the most expensive dog to insure with 3rd party injury cover? It doesn't necessarily reflect how common it is for dogs of that breed to bite people. It might be a matter of how much damage is done - would you rather be attacked once by a German Shepherd or twice by Yorkies?

I don't have a link, as I read it on paper a few years back. Looking online just gets USA figures, although I found one unsubstantiated statement that cocker spaniels and german shepherds were joint top biters in the UK.

Cocker spaniels came in 5th in the USA in a recent study on biting. Dachshunds were top.

There aren't any good stats, as far as I can tell. They don't even take into account how common the breed is, which is obviously a major factor in how many people are bitten by dogs of that breed.

The reason GSDs come top of most of these lists is the shear number of them in the UK, they are more common than any other type of dog.

KaHn

DavidMarq · 24 Oct 2009 at 21:58

KaHn said:
The reason GSDs come top of most of these lists is the shear number of them in the UK, they are more common than any other type of dog.

KaHn

Maybe it is because the police train them to be "Land Sharks" and have them deliberately bite scum-bag criminals. That would certainly skew the stats if included. :cool:

Energize · 24 Oct 2009 at 23:01

big_white_dog84 said:
I read that the Dangerous Dogs Act didn'tt cover things like Rotweillers, pitbulls etc because the government of the day (Tory?) thought it would cost them too many votes among the bulldog tattooed Essex man.

The dangerous dogs act is not based on any kind of reality anyway, it's just a random selection of dogs based on the flip of a coin and an article or two in the daily mail.