I wish people would take seriously the damage that all dogs can do and particularly larger dogs. This required no searching by me, I was listening to the radio when the news of the attack broke...
Child attacked by Golden RetrieverTheStar.com - News - Child attacked by Golden Retriever
March 13, 2007
Tamara Cherry
Staff ReporterA 3-year-old Oshawa girl was taken to The Hospital for Sick Children this afternoon after being bitten in the face by a Golden Retriever.
Emergency crews were called to a home in the Thorton Rd. N. and Rossland Rd. W. area where the youngster was attacked while playing outside with the dog just after 12 p.m., Durham Region police spokesperson Dave Selby said.
"The little girl (was) at the neighbour's house being babysat and the dog (was) at the house being dog-sat," Selby said. "At some point she was bitten in the cheek."
The girl was taken to Oshawa General Hospital but has since been transferred to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children [by air ambulance], said Duty Inspector Scott Burns, adding he's never heard of a dog attack involving a Golden Retriever. While the child's injuries are considered non life-threatening, "it's a serious bite to the face," Selby said. No charges have been laid, but the dog has been seized by animal control, Selby said.
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Oops. Bad example for a pit defender.
Notice the key words here: "non-life threatening".
Even if a pit bull is no more likely to attack then another breed, the same analogy could be made using a rocket-launcher and a handgun. The rocket-launcher may be no more likely to be fired than the handgun ... but if fired, the damage is going to different.