The most dangerous dogs are the largest.
I did not say "most aggressive", but most dangerous, since such a dog is no more likely to be aggressive, but for obvious reasons becomes more dangerous in the event that it actually does attack.
The least dangerous dogs are the smallest.
Not that I did not say "least aggressive."
So why do we hear so rarely about deaths caused by huge dogs? Why are there so few of those deaths? Because there are hardly any of those dogs around. Hardly anyone owns huge dogs.
As for little dogs, more people own tiny dogs than any other size. But although they are as likely (or more likely, according to some people) to bite, their bites inflict less damage.
Medium dogs, and Medium-large dogs are in the "sweet spot." Big enough to hurt someone, small enough that there's a lot of them around. That's why most attacks that we hear about are from dogs in this size range. It doesn't mean that dogs at this size are more/less likely than other dogs to be mean/sweet.
I did not say "most aggressive", but most dangerous, since such a dog is no more likely to be aggressive, but for obvious reasons becomes more dangerous in the event that it actually does attack.
The least dangerous dogs are the smallest.
Not that I did not say "least aggressive."
So why do we hear so rarely about deaths caused by huge dogs? Why are there so few of those deaths? Because there are hardly any of those dogs around. Hardly anyone owns huge dogs.
As for little dogs, more people own tiny dogs than any other size. But although they are as likely (or more likely, according to some people) to bite, their bites inflict less damage.
Medium dogs, and Medium-large dogs are in the "sweet spot." Big enough to hurt someone, small enough that there's a lot of them around. That's why most attacks that we hear about are from dogs in this size range. It doesn't mean that dogs at this size are more/less likely than other dogs to be mean/sweet.
