Posted on 12/19/2013 11:57:47 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s
This is not junk research. This is the best researched dog bite study I have seen. It is interesting (but not really surprising) to look at the factors that occur around dog bite fatalities. And to note that one of those factors is NOT the breed of the dog.
FYI, to the rabid (pun intended) Pitty haters, don't bother flaming me for posting facts, I don't care.
I'm not advocating Pit Bulls...I'm advocating real science. Science is not 5 lines of drivel printed by semi literates at the AP, nor is it anecdotal incidents. Hold yourselves to the same scientific standards that you expect (but do not get) of the global warming EnviroTards.
If the only response some of you have to the post of this study is to make nasty, vulgar and personally insulting remarks about me, just go back the DU where that sort of "thinking" is institutionalized.
Preventable husbandry?? Pajama boy??
It’s been my experience that there are very few bad dogs.There are lots of really bad owners out there,however.
Thanks for posting that. I’ve tried to tell the Pit haters these very same things...to no avail. They will still leave their blinders on and make excuses, just wait and see.
Great one!
Pajama Boy will be the new media sob story of someone victimized by the evil right wing nuts.
Har Har Har
That is a somewhat confusing headline. I have never seen the verb “Co-occur”. Maybe they could have used the phrase “that often occur”, as in; Preventable Husbandry Factors that often occur in dog-bite related fatalities.
Good luck in your research. You obviously care a lot about this topic.
If I had a dollar for every a$$hat dog owner I wanted to punch out........
The fact that Pit Bull owners cannot afford to live in my neighborhood saves me the time of going some report’s arcane footnotes.
Yeah, I thought that also.
I think what they mean by co-occur is that more than one of the preventable factors occur in most cases. Several at least, I'm thinking.
What I care most about is genuine, quality research (very little of that out there) and accurate reporting (none of that out there). That applies to more than dog bites. Oh, and I'd like to see a few people that when presented with good research, could take the time to read and digest it (damn little of that).
going through
I do not know why anyone would own this breed unless they want to frighten or intimidate other people. And better check your homeowner's insurance.
State Farm doesn’t care what breed of dog I have. He scares no one and doesn’t understand the word intimidate.
Breed may not have been a factor because “The authors of the new JAVMA paper reported that the breed(s) of the dog or dogs could not be reliably identified in more than 80% of cases”.
But breed is a factor in DBRF. Big breeds have a greater ability to fatally wound a human than little toy breeds.
Trying to pretend that all breeds are equally dangerous is analogous to the TSA security theater that all passengers are potential terrorists.
And this is just one state. He may have the stats that the thread originator is seeking. These lawyers are in all states, and the insurance companies often refuse to cover bully breeds with huge jaw muscles--who have been bred to mindlessly attack in pits.
I won’t try to speak to ‘real science’, but I’d rather be bitten by a rampaging Chihuahua than a Rottweiler...
My State Farm agent has no problem with the breed of dog that I own. He knows my dog, who does not live in or ever been near a pit. Mindlessly licking and loving is his nature. I really can’t put it any simpler.
You never met my mother's Chihuahua. Damn vicious little beast.
I'd also rather get run over by a bicycle than a Hummer.
I don't see that as the point being made here. It's not saying that all breeds are equally dangerous. i.e. a bite from a large dog is the same as a bite from a small dog. It's not even suggesting that.
It is addressing the *likelihood* of attacks, etc based on consideration of multiple variables including breed.
Not the same things.
I base this belief on 20+ years of ER work having seen hundreds and hundreds of dog bite victims coming through our doors and not recalling having heard of a *single* one of them dying.
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