[Racehorse]

The dog was hung up in the fence and was in distress. Any animal in distress like that is capable of turning on anything that approaches it.

Yes.

A dog capable of attacking and killing a grown man was hung up in the fence and was in distress.

For any breed, distress is only one motivation for attack. Limping around at the ancient age of 17, my otherwise affectionately docile minature Dauschund would bite me whenever I made the mistake of getting between her and her food, to include trying to deny her a bone she carried into the house. I don't think I've ever heard of a fatal Dauschund attack. :-)

[Verloona Ti]

Well, this weiner dog put a human infant into critical condition. Sibling rivalry and jealousy of the new "puppy"? I don't know if the child's condition, already critical, became worse and led to death-but I do recall a Pomeranian who killed a baby. (I have a miniature weiner dog myself-and at one time I had three dachshunds. I'd love to get a dachshund puppy-a smooth miniature dapple or wheaten.)

[piasa]

Dauschund would bite me whenever I made the mistake of getting between her and her food, to include trying to deny her a bone she carried into the house.

A dog like that should be turned over to someone who knows what they're doing for proper socialization.

[solosmoke]

"I don't think I've ever heard of a fatal Dauschund attack. :-)"

There have been at least two. ANY dog, no matter how small, is capable of killing. Maybe not a grown man, but a life nonetheless. Westies, Pomeranians, Labs, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, all have claimed at least one life. It has nothing to do with the breed.

A dog that is hurt or scared may, and often does, attack the person trying to help it. With a dog this strong, and NO ADULTS AROUND, this was a totally preventable death, and says nothing about the aggressiveness of any breed.