CDC's 10 Most Dangerous Dogs List [you'll never guess which one is the most dangerous!]

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[ambrose]

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CDC's 10 Most Dangerous Dogs List

POSTED: 3:58 PM EST January 14, 2004

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tuesday's fatal dog attack in Harnett County is not as rare as you may think. Dogs kill 10 to 20 people in the United States every year.

Last year in Orange County, 300 dog bites were reported, and 350 were reported in Raleigh.

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While national statistics show at least 30 breeds have attacked humans, 10 dog breeds are on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's most dangerous list, meaning they tend to bite the most frequently. They are:

Pit bulls
Rottweilers
German Shepherds
Huskies
Alaskan Malamutes
Doberman Pinschers
Chow Chows
Great Danes
St. Bernards
Akitas

The breeds considered most likely to kill are pit bulls and rottweilers, and the CDC says that a chained dog is more likely to bite than an unchained dog.

The CDC also says the majority of dog attacks happen at home or in a familiar place, which is why choosing the right dog for your family is crucial.

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[Judith Anne]

I've heard that about the English mastiffs, they are known to be tolerant...

[LasVegasMac]

DD, thanks for the heads up. These posts always do generate many responses.

I'll stick with the dog I know and trust - the American Pit Bull Terrior.

Anybody that disagrees probably does not drive an SUV or a pick-up truck. If they can't drive the right vehicle, what does that say about their choice of man's best friend? :-)

Not to stir the pot or anything.

Pit's rock.

Everybody knows that stupid people drive cars - even SUV's!

Stupid people also have pets. Some even have pets that they should not have. That is most of the headlines you see.

LVM

Warning: I bite and don't let go.

[Let's Roll]

Don't know that much about Springers but BCs need an incredible amount of exercise.

[stuntbird]

I have a german shepard husky mix... He is a very affectionate loving 3 year old dog. I got him from the local pound although we did have some teeth baring when we put our foot down and he realized we were the alpha (as you need to with huskies) He does not do that anymore. this dog can pick up a bird or small kitten and carry it without hurting it. I am quite suprised to see his breeds on the list of dangerous dogs but I know that with love almost any dog can be well natured. He really does not like strangers which I guess is the shepard part since hubby is in Iraq that is good for me :)

[Publius6961]

Huh? Can anyone explain that to me?

I imagine that if you eliminate one of the options in "flight or fight..."??

[hershey]

My new miniature wirehaired dachshund puppy about four inches high thinks she's a pirhana.

[stuntbird]

this is my hard time with chained dogs... I used to have to. I know it sounds bad but think this side... It was for 8 hours a day the rest of the time they either ran the yard or were indoors. Only when I left the house were they chained and I did it for their protection since they would chew up our privacy fence get out and run amuck in the busy streets where we lived. So with much angst began chaining them 4 days a week while I was at work. True I don't think it smart to try to mess with a dog that is chained but there was also a 6 ft privacy fence that surrounded them... if anyone was in the yard where they would be able to bite them they probably deserved it. (of course barring repairmen in which they were not near the electric or phone box)

[hershey]

True, esp. if the dachshund hasn't been socialized. I have four longhaired minis, though, who will bark like mad, but are very mellow and loving and hide behind my huskie/shepherd and the pitbull/lab. The dachsies' litter mate is known far and wide as a stinker. His owner said she took him to obedience training, whatever...it didn't take. She works at a vet's, and none of the techs like the dog, who as you say, can act nasty. And for a longhaired dachsie, this is a little odd. The most recent addition, the wirehaired mini pup, already shows a terrier mentality/personality. Who knew I had no sales resistance!

[hershey]

Hmm, sounds like you're living in my house.

[kiki p]

My daughters Toy Poodle is a small terror, which I can uunderstand because he is an unneteured lttle guy in a big, bad world

Our toy poodle is a neutered little guy, and also a terror. He's going on four years old and still as crazy as a puppy. I can't tell you how many times a day we give thanks that at least he's small. We, and our house, would never survive if he wasn't :)

[hershey]

I agree with you wholeheartedly about mall petshops selling Rotties and pitbulls to allcomers. Recipe for disaster. I rescued a pitbull/lab mix who's a sweetie. Originally from the pound, he'd been tied up at his first home and drove the neighbors nuts, barking. So there's no way I can put him on a run. The only time he ever growled at a person was at Agway, when a woman came up and tried to make friends. He growled, I took him to the car, and the people in Agway told me the woman was from the pound...so he'd smelled that and it scared him. I have a gang of minidachshunds, and the pitbull thinks he's one, too. He rolls around on the floor and tries to look small. I'd never take him to the dog park, though. If anything happened, he'd be blamed just because he's obviously part pitbull. I wouldn't take my shepherd/huskie for the same reason. You don't know the other dogs, if they're trained, what they're like. A great many run loose. Some years ago, when I had greyhounds, I'd take them to a nearby dog park. Saw others there, running loose, but I never felt easy about doing the same.

[hershey]

I met a pair of Corgis a couple of years ago and fell madly in love. Great dogs.

[hershey]

My pit/lab mix, Rex, carries around a stuffed talking squirrel...he also has the chipmunk and raccoon versions. You get canned laughter, 'oh no, ' 'wow', and various other garbled nonsense. It's hilarious.

[Aeronaut]

130 pound German Shepherd Dog Bump.

Luke is extremely mellow out in public. He will scare the stuffing out of anyone coming to the front door of the house - until I say OK.

[hershey]

My dad and his brothers had three airdales, littermates. They were fine individually, great dogs, but when they ran around as a pack...this was Napoleon, Ohio, eons ago, they were bad to the bone. The wouldn't let one neighbor lady leave her house, and then, alas, there was the small matter of a few dead sheep. We'll never know if the airdales were guilty, but it was enough to break up the gang. Some years after that, Dad had a German shepherd trained to let anyone in the house, only you couldn't leave. (I presume my grandfather had a shotgun, as well.) My dad took my mom home to meet the folks and warned her about getting up in the middle of the night. She got up to go to the bathroom, came out, and found a cold nose nuzzling the palm of her hand as the dog guided her back to her bedroom.

[hershey]

Hmm, the alpha in our house is the shepherd/huskie female. One night some months back, a woman marched right into the house around one am.(The mother of one of my granddaughter's friends, looking for her daughter, who wasn't here.) I don't lock the front door because I don't know where the damn key is. So all of a sudden there's all out barking, I leap out of bed and rush to the front stairs and see this strange woman who wants to know where her daughter is. Meanwhile, the minidachshunds are gathered at my feet, barking. The pitbull/lab is by my side just watching, and the shepherd/huskie slips out the door and takes off for a few hours. The woman left, and I drove around looking for the shepherd, who, of course, was on the front doorstep waiting to be let in when I returned, furious. My granddaughter was driving...new driver...big mistake. She got out without putting the car in neutral or turning off the engine, and it almost ended up in the backyard. I never want to go through that again. Might even look for the key to the front door one of these days.

[hershey]

I put up a two foot high chickenwire fence last year in an attempt to show my minidachsies where their property ended and the wild woods began. Okay, it was rather casual, but hey, they were small dogs and I thought we had a deal. Well they treated it as a visual aid, dug under, or walked around, or climbed over it. I chased them around the woods all summer. The littlest at the time, a longhaired male, Noodles, would follow the others after giving me an apologetic glance over his shoulder. He loved me, but he had to go with the gang. He'd come back first. I notice this year that my new little wirehaired puppy acts exactly the same. She follows them...Noodles is now leashed...but returns when you call her. Some friends have suggested I invest in a better fence, but...logistically, it seems daunting. They even sneak out the cat door when I don't have that blocked off.

[hershey]

I know a couple who have two JRT's. Life must be hilarious in that house.

[hershey]

Oooh, what a cutie!!!

[MississippiMan]

Hmm, sounds like you're living in my house.

Hey, if you have as many animals as we do, the notion of a human getting lost in the shuffle is entirely possible!

MM