“Akita or pit”
I add to that list the Siberian Husky.
I’ve been attacked by everyone of them I’ve come across. Maybe it’s something about their eyes. I mean when you see one, you look it in the eye. Then it gets all defensive and I’ll make a sudden move that it doesn’t like and it’s off to the races.
I’ve been attacked by an australian shepard too. Those aren’t that bad of a dog either. I knew it since it was a pup. One weekend it’s owners went away, when they came back the dog was a merciless terror. They had to lock it up everytime someone came over. This dog used to LOVE me and when I showed up 6 months after the change, it got out and latched onto my arm. I railed it against the porch rail to get it off.
Dogs in general can flip. Hell, those little dogs do it all the time. I don’t think a dog is right for my family. I don’t think they are right for any family - but I’ll get a lot of pushback in that one.
I love dogs too. I used to raise Pugs (I had a mean pug that took me 2 years to make friendly. I rescued him from a basement).
Yes, people do affect the dog. Often times dogs just flip though. It happens more often than those who think they are perfect like to think.
The Turkish Kangol (The REAL ones in Turkey) aren’t available for legal export. They are farm implements that are bred to maul packs of wild animals ... and people who raid the farm. And they are enormous dogs. The US Anatolian Shepard is another nasty, nasty viscous dog but it’s no where near it’s Turkish domestic counterpart.
I’ve been bitten enough times to adjust my lifestyle: No dogs are allowed near my family, none are going to be in my house and when I service computers in a home, there can be no dogs. Not locked up or tied up.. simply a “no dog” policy.