[Al Gator]

"Oh, and the Dobe obsession was primarily the '70s. The '80s a little, but the '80s is when the "pit" "rage" 1st caught on.

Time flys when you get old. I've rescuing and turning dobs around since then.

The true story though is that labs and retrievers do do a lot more damage than they get credit for. They do maul on larger scale than anyone knows. Folks have been killed by them.
Something called "retriever rage." I've seen it and its scary.

However, the Pitt does not hold the place of honor as the worlds most violent vicious dog.

That honor goes to Fila Brazilaro, outlawed in most countries and severely frowned on here.

I've been bitten scads of times by dobes, Fila scares me.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I'll say it again: % is more important than absolute #. The only reason Labs might be more scary than "pits" is the SHEER # of them walking around your 'hood.

However, the % of pits doing bites - much less MAULINGS - and I mean really incessantly, pitilessly continuing the fight - must be much greater than Labs.

Hence, when you meet that 1 pit in your 'hood - there's a high chance he's a bad seed. Compared to Labs. You'd probably have to meet 100 Labs to find 1 to bite you, much less really attack you and keep going for the throat.