Re:People couldn’t believe two dogs killed their owner
by lucideer on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:29AM
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> ... does strongly correlate with size
> Owning large and powerful dogs of any breed is a risk.
Pitbulls aside, anecdotally, if we're talking breed size I've found Pomeranians and Jack Russells to pose more danger than, say, collies, labs, Great Danes, Newfies, etc. but I guess now I'm the one generalising.
I think training and care are really the main factors. There are certainly cultural tendencies to apply certain training approaches to certain breeds, but I really do think this is mostly correlatory.
Training goes a long way. Yet my experience with dogs is that there are individuals with a bad temperament. And breed does strongly correlate with size. So in situations where a bad mannered individual dog of a large breed does act out the potential for harm is higher than if it were a smaller breed.
Owning large and powerful dogs of any breed is a risk.