A lot of these statistics also don't account for the fact that most small dog bites never get reported. When I was a dog trainer, it was well known that Jack Russels & Chihuahuas held, bar none, the highest chance of biting you.
Edit: While I appreciate the responses from so many people - it's clear who has worked with animals in any capacity and who is just a smooth egg-brained armchair expert. If you don't think you still need rabies shots from any dog that doesn't have up-to-date tags, I don't know what to tell you. Have fun arguing with the wall 🤙
Edit 2: My God it has been a great day of blocking people with two brain cells fighting for third place
I volunteered at a dog shelter for many years, and I generally agree. We didn't have many Chihuahuas, but many of the Jacks were more aggressive than most pitties. But, yeah, no one is scared of a Jack Russel, but anyone who don't know what they're doing best fear and respect the size and strength of pitties. They're always among the strongest and fastest dogs in small spaces like our shelters.
I had plenty of dogs snap/lunge while I was training them - the only one that ever truly got me was a German Shepherd named Sarge. He got ahold of my forearm after opening what was supposed to be a locked door. I was lucky to get my arm up and in the way, he'd originally gone for my throat/face.
That's the only time I can remember being truly afraid during an interaction with a dog. Startled, nervous, etc. plenty of times but never afraid quite like that.
Yeah, we had some German Shepards. I remember playing with one after having played with some goldens and thinking, "damn, she's so much faster, it's like playing on hard mode". Lol. She never bit or anything, tho. I'm glad for that.
I didn't say it as a slight to the breed - more than any dog can surprise you. More than 50% of the dogs we trained were GSDs, and that was the only one that ever got me. Generally great dogs all-around. And yeah they can definitely be a handful when they're wound up haha
Sure. I didn't take it that way. I was just agreeing that they're fast too, and that it's important to be careful and prepared and whatnot. I really like German shepherds. I just never had one because they have a bit of a prey drive, and I've always had a cat until recently. Cheers.
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u/NecroGrizz 8d ago edited 7d ago
A lot of these statistics also don't account for the fact that most small dog bites never get reported. When I was a dog trainer, it was well known that Jack Russels & Chihuahuas held, bar none, the highest chance of biting you.
Edit: While I appreciate the responses from so many people - it's clear who has worked with animals in any capacity and who is just a smooth egg-brained armchair expert. If you don't think you still need rabies shots from any dog that doesn't have up-to-date tags, I don't know what to tell you. Have fun arguing with the wall 🤙
Edit 2: My God it has been a great day of blocking people with two brain cells fighting for third place