“Moms” and “Dads” kill more kids every day of every year, than every other animal, combined.
Drunk/drugged/distracted drivers put dogs to shame.
I have never once left my house and worried that dogs would kill me.
Idiot drivers, all the time, every single time.
Cherry-picking sucks.
I think you and I are different, Salamander. We get out dog experience with Dobermans which, although also large and even more scary looking, are a very different breed. I think there is a weight threshold, below which, who cares. Like the freezer with the dachshund. When that dog is off his rocker, who cares. Ankle biter. I had an 80 lb Walker that snarled at me once. I picked him up by the chest skin and held him at eye level against the wall eye to eye for a while. The rest of his life he never snarled at me again.
My male Doberman is 110-120 lbs. I could no more pick him up like that than jump the moon. Good thing, he is the sweetest dog I have ever known. I have seen him bark at strangers and stop them (as in “You are under arrest!”) but he would not have bit them. Granted, they did not know that. Once I introduce him to someone they are OK, part of the pack.
There is no question, breeds have complex reflexes bred in. I was skeptical myself, once. Doberman HATE water, as you know. Labs love it. Go figure. Retrievers will fetch until the crack of doom. My Walker, if you threw something, he would just look at you like “Why did you do that?” I have no experience with Pit Bulls but am willing to concede, there is a weight/size threshold beyond which, a crazy dog becomes a problem. I think that is just undeniable. Add size, and crazy, to a breed with violent reflexes, it is just a volatile combination, perhaps.
All your rebuttals are lame. I don’t know where I would start untangling that mess and I don’t see why I should bother. Waste of my time to help you understand that comparing the societal value and contributions made by veterans and mothers to those of a specific type dog statistically prone to violence is ridiculously offensive.