Dachshunds more vicious than pitbulls

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Dachshunds more vicious than pitbulls
July 10, 2008
Dachshunds more vicious than pitbulls | The Australian

SMALL dogs, especially dachshunds, are more likely to attack strangers and other dogs compared with pitbulls, rottweilers and other macho breeds, a study published today finds.

US researchers sent questionnaires to the owners of 30 breeds of dogs to assess how their pet responded to a variety of common stimuli and situations.

Dachshunds, Chihuahuas and Jack Russell terriers topped the list for aggressiveness, while Brittany spaniels, greyhounds and whippets were the most docile.

The study appears in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, a journal published by the Dutch group Elsevier.

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I have proof.

Dog chews off sleeping owner's toe
July 04, 2008
Dog chews off sleeping owner's toe | The Australian


AN American woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep.
Linda Floyd said her beloved Roscoe has since been put down because of safety concerns.

The 56-year-old says she has no feeling in her toes because of nerve damage from diabetes. She discovered the toe missing after waking from a nap.

A vet said that because the toe had been bandaged due to an ingrowing nail, it may have somehow attracted the dog.

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they may be more aggresive but this report shows how much more DANGEROUS other dogs are.

DOG BITE LAW - Statistics about dog bites in the USA and elsewhere

The deadliest dogs

Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People, has conducted an unusually detailed study of dog bites from 1982 to the present. (Clifton, Dog attack deaths and maiming, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to November 13, 2006; click here to read it.) The Clifton study show the number of serious canine-inflicted injuries by breed. The author's observations about the breeds and generally how to deal with the dangerous dog problem are enlightening.

According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. Clifton states:

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.

Clifton's opinions are as interesting as his statistics. For example, he says, "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."


The scene of the attack
Over 50 percent of the bites occur on the dog owner’s property. (See Insurance Information Institute, Dog Bite Liability, accessed 8/30/07.)

Dogs bite family and friends
The vast majority of biting dogs (77%) belong to the victim's family or a friend.