Labrador. Fact.What breed of dog is responsible for the most reported cases of biting in the uk per annum?
There are no reliable dog bite stataistics based on breed. The reports all rely in witnesses to identify the breed and the general public just doesn't have the capability to properly identify a dogs breed most of the time. Most statistics also tend to lump ';pit bull type'; dogs togather. So you are lumping all the bully breeds, plus mixes, plus all the dogs misidentifed as pit bulls (you'd be suprised at the breeds misidentified as pits including JRT, Labs and Bernese Mountain dogs) So you are taking a group of say 10-12 or more different breeds and mixes then comparing them to individual breeds. So of course that group is going right to the top.
Bite statistics are notoriously unreliable for several reasons:
1. there is no way to reliably determine the actual population of a dog breed/mix in a given area making it impossible to determine relative percents of bites to dogs.
2. Most bites go unreported.
3. Bites from big dogs are reported more than bites from little dogs.
4. They rely on victims to id the dog, which is difficult for most people even in optimum conditions, let alone while being bitten/attacked.
5. They do not take into account the conditions under which the dog was raised. An abused/neglected dog is nearly always more likely to bite than a well cared for dog, regardless of breed.
6. They don't take into account multiple incidents from the same dog.
Most likely, it is a small breed. No one reports those bites though.
It's probably the most popular breed, whatever that is. If there are more dogs of a breed, it's more likely that a few will be biters.
If those dogs are popular, they are going to be over and badly bred, and they are going to be owned by some people who aren't the best with dogs. The chance is higher of having biters there, as well.
I read somewhere that rather than the expected Rottie or Dobie, Labs are far more often involved in reported cases (she stresses strongly 'reported'). However, given that Labs are probably more popular (numerous) than either Rotties or Doberman, I'm not sure whether that's significant. Personal experience - I've been bitten by two dogs in my life, the first a Corgi and the second a Bloodhound. Work that one out!!
I'm fairly sure the *actual* highest number of bites is a little Papillion, I have read it somewhere before but can't remember where. Believe it or not, it's not your big ';bad'; breeds like Pitties or Rotts.
I think pitties and rott etc bites are reported more beauce they usually cause more damge when they bite (obviously) but in the grand scheme of things, they don't actually bite that much when compared with the smaller breeds. It's certainly true in my experience (Small dogs always like to try and take a chunk out of me, the big ones, generally, are the softies)
There have been no official studies as to the number of dog bites. There can't be because most members of the public are notoriously bad at identifying dog breeds. Every large black %26amp; tan dog is a Rott a Dobe or a GSD, any smooth coated medium size dog is a SBT or (sigh ...) a Pit Bull and any small terrier type is a Jack Russell.
don't know, but when i worked in boarding kennels it was mainly very small breeds.
i remember several nasty toy poodles, they are soo scary when they decide to have you, lots of terrier types, yorkies and jack russle types (not actual jack russles, but crosses).
most memorable ones were a couple of liver spotted Dalmatians
a rhodesian ridgeback famously known for turning on people and always given her space (no1 went in the exercise area with her i tell you that!).
another rhodesian, huge male who could get funny.
several GSDs.
oh corgies'!
some golden retrievers
one cocker (not surprised as owner insited it ate raw bones) not a good idea in a kennels with lots of other dogs, think it had rage syndrome too.
a couple of springer spaniels.
a mastiff.
a rottweiler.
an english setter.
i cantrememberr the rest, but i have never met even a horrible lab, and i must have looked after 100s at least
Do you know? Are you wanting the answer, or wanting to know how many already know the answer. I'm in the US, so don't know about there. I think Pit Bulls and Rottweilers are the highest reported bites, but I would bet it's those small ankle biters that actually do the most biting.
Any statics they can come up with are always skewed because they don't take into account the population of the particular breeds when they come up with bite statistics.
For that reason alone, I wish people would concentrate on the deed rather than the breed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi鈥?/a>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2248248/鈥?/a>
scroll through this list and read the bits at bottom of photos.
I don't know the actual figures but this is interesting reading!!!
All I can say is I've been bitten by my relatives dachshund many many times and I've never been bitten by my dobe or staffy.
dont know because people only report big dogs and small dogs bite more often.
everyone will say pitbull but it is the smaller dogs that bite more.jack russels
Definatly a pit bull. Due to their agressive nature, they have been bred for violence and dog fights. They are also (well at least half) inbred, increasing the chance for metal and physical diseases and negative attributes.
A pit bull even though they are illegal in the uk
Pitt bull I think.
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