This is a pretty interesting article about dog bites, in general. https://petkeen.com/dog-bite-statistics/

I have a dog with a bit of pittie in her. You can’t really tell, I thought she was all boxer until I had her dna tested. I know, it’s a weird thing to do but it was a gift so I did it. Anyway, I was surprised by the results. I trust her with my life. She has only ever licked me to near death. I would not want to be an intruder in my house, though. I didn’t know very much about pit bulls until I found out I had one, LOL. I’ve learned that they get blamed for a lot of bites and attacks based on appearances only in many cases. Do we really know if true pit bulls are responsible for “many” bites or if the many breeds and mixed breeds who look like them are to blame?

12 dogs breeds that look like pitbulls https://www.hepper.com/dog-breeds-that-look-like-pit-bulls/

Like the petkeen article says- until we do a census in every state every 10 years, we’re not going to have accurate stats on this. I don’t think it’s fair to blame this one breed who also has many very positive attributes on being the bad doggo out there.

My sister was bitten in the face when she was little by a Lab. It was a relative’s dog and had supposedly never bitten anyone but it was at a family bbq, chained up and the smell of meat probably triggered something when she tried to pet him. She was extremely lucky because she had puncture wounds inside her mouth and cheek and bruises for a long time on her face. We used to have a dog that was an English shepherd and he never bit anyone his whole long life... until this one girl came over to our house and she had really dark eye makeup on and she was talking to him while he was in his bed and he sprung up like someone attached a giant spring to his butt and almost bit her on the face. Totally didn’t see that coming. I’ve heard so many stories like this.

This is a pretty interesting article about dog bites, in general. https://petkeen.com/dog-bite-statistics/

I have a dog with a bit of pittie in her. You can’t really tell, I thought she was all boxer until I had her dna tested. I know, it’s a weird thing to do but it was a gift so I did it. Anyway, I was surprised by the results. I trust her with my life. She has only ever licked me to near death. I would not want to be an intruder in my house, though. I didn’t know very much about pit bulls until I found out I had one, LOL. I’ve learned that they get blamed for a lot of bites and attacks based on appearances only in many cases. Do we really know if true pit bulls are responsible for “many” bites or if the many breeds and mixed breeds who look like them are to blame?

https://www.hepper.com/dog-breeds-that-look-like-pit-bulls/

Like the petkeen article says- until we do a census in every state every 10 years, we’re not going to have accurate stats on this. I don’t think it’s fair to blame this one breed who also has many very positive attributes on being the bad doggo out there.

My sister was bitten in the face when she was little by a Lab. It was a relative’s dog and had supposedly never bitten anyone but it was at a family bbq, chained up and the smell of meat probably triggered something when she tried to pet him. She was extremely lucky because she had puncture wounds inside her mouth and cheek and bruises for a long time on her face. We used to have a dog that was an English shepherd and he never bit anyone his whole long life... until this one girl came over to our house and she had really dark eye makeup on and she was talking to him while he was in his bed and he sprung up like someone attached a giant spring to his butt and almost bit her on the face. Totally didn’t see that coming. I’ve heard so many stories like this.