some dog bite statistics

[leftyladyfrommo]

Just to keep pitull mania in perspective.


4.5 million dog bites a year.

80.4% slight or no injury

19.4% minor medical treatment

.01serious

Fatalities - aboout 20

Most dog bites are not from household pets. Most are outside dogs that guard their territory.

The most aggressive breed - dachshunds

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Link?

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. national canine research council dog bite statistics

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Still, do you have a link?

[elias49]

4. Here.

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/dogbites/dog-bite-related-fatalities/#extremely rare

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Thanks.

[XemaSab]

14. That's a pitbull advocacy group

n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

15. Yeah. It didn't take long to figure that out.

[benz380]

8. Yes, a link sausage dog. nt

[Orrex]

5. How many of those fatalities are caused by dachshunds?

And how do you know that they're dachshunds, since the endlessly-repeated mantra here is that it's impossible to know a dog's breed unless you've either analyzed its DNA or you're declaring a pit bull to be a super-duper animal?

[Logical]

10. I bet zero! This sounds like a Pro Pit Bull post OP to me. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Another set of dog bite statistics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States#Fatalities_reported_in_2014

[Logical]

9. Better stats!! nt

[Orrex]

11. Those statistics are garbage because they suggest that pit bulls exist

Everyone knows that pit bulls are imaginary and can't be identified, unless you like them, in which case you can infallibly identify them by sight alone.

In any case, even if they existed, they'd be awesome and loving dogs that never hurt anyone unless driven to do so by evil humans. And have you heard about dachshunds? Well, they don't exist either, but if they did they'd be totally totally dangerous.

[pintobean]

12. What is absolutely amazing

is how much time is spent on DU talking about something that kills about 20 Americans per year.

[Arkansas Granny]

13. Aside from fatalaties, I think these statistics are worth talking about:

https://www.avma.org/Events/pethealth/Pages/Infographic-Dog-Bites-Numbers.aspx

According to this site, there are 4.5 million dog bite incidents annually with 20% of them requiring medical attention.

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. there are 83 million dogs in the us.

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Even if you use 30 dog bite fatalities the chances of dying by dog mauling is pretty low.

I'm not pro pitt. I work with dogs every day. Something like 86% of serios dog bits are pitts, rotts, boxers, presa canarios,, cane corsos. I wish people would not buy those dogs but they do. I worry more about how dog aggressive they are. Owners need to be extremely careful to keep their dogs under control at all times.

If you get into area where those breeds are banned you find most attacks are northern breeds - huskies and malamutes and wolf dogs.

All i'm trying to say is that your chances of dying from a dog mauling are pretty low. 30,000 die from gunshots and another 75,000 end up inthe ER.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. In that post, I was referring to the injuries sustained annually and the percentage that require

attention, not fatalities. I have known people who own some of the breeds you mention and the main draw seems to be that the dogs are aggressive and "tough". Most are not properly socialized and are poorly trained. I agree that owners need to keep their dogs under control, but the fact is, many of them do not.

There are certain traits that have been bred into dogs for centuries and you can't "train" that instinct out of them. Some dogs have been bred to herd animals, some have been bred to retrieve game and some have been bred to fight. Man has made them and now man has to deal with them.

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. I don't get why someone wants a tough dog.

Same reason guys dress up like bikers and ride bad ass Harleys I guess.

I wouldn't want the liability. One dog attack by your dog and your life wouldbe over. Not only the guilt. From having caused grevious injury but the law suits would leave you broke for the rest of your life. I think people are crazy for taking a risk like that.

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. I know.

Way more people get killed walking across the street.

[raptor_rider]

19. Giving what the dachshund was bred for

Hunting badgers, mine is pretty tame. I've had him over a year and he is almost 2 yrs old. Had only nipped 3 times!!! However, is destructive with stuffed animals and pillows!!! Will tear the stuffing right out of them!!!

Edit: spelling!!!

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. Doxies are really tough. n/t