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Top 10 Dog Breeds Most Likely to Bite You
Ever wondered which dog breed has caused the most harm to humans? Here’s the top 10 list!
Before you get a dog, you’d want to do some pretty extensive research, right? You want to know which dog breed is best for households with kids or lots of adults. You want to know which breeds would fare best in a big house or in a small city apartment. You want to know which of them would get along with other pets, and which would require the most exercise.
Most of all, you want to know which breed of dog is most likely to cause harm to humans.
To get that info, we’ve decided to simplify the information we got from Dogsbite.org wherein they outlined the dog breeds that are notorious biters. The study was conducted over the course of 32 years (1982 – 2014) in both Canada and USA.
So here are the top ten dog breeds that are have a history of biting.
10. Doberman
23 incidences of bodily harm, 8 deaths.
9. Chowchow
61 incidences of bodily harm, 8 deaths.
8. Akita
70 incidences of bodily harm, 8 deaths.
7. Pit bull-mix
206 incidences of bodily harm, 12 deaths.
6. German shepherd
113 incidences of bodily harm, 15 deaths.
5. Bullmastiff
111 incidences of bodily harm, 18 deaths.
4. Wolf hybrid
85 incidences of bodily harm, 19 deaths.
3. Husky
83 incidences of bodily harm, 26 deaths.
2. Rottweiler
535 incidences of bodily harm, 85 deaths.
1. Pit Bull
3397 incidences of bodily harm, 295 deaths.
While these stats may seem scary, consider that not all dogs are guaranteed to be dangerous just because they’re on the list. These statistics only aim to show the likelihood, and not the guarantee that a dog will harm you or your family.
If you take good care of your dog, bond with them, and train them well, you can definitely lessen the instances of them harming anyone.