I don't know how much it is happening around the area where you guy's are living but over the past two or three year's I've seen the amount of people and dog's attacked and killed by bigger dog's go up dramatically. Having it happen to myself and having to watch my baby die in my arm's it's something that really upset's me and makes me sit up and take notice. Just recently I believe a Doberman attacked a 5 year old boy in my county, when the paramedics arrived he was pronounced dead. Even our animal control is having a tough time as a pit-bull tore an officers tire to shreds when he pulled up to the house to get the dog. It's been getting pretty nasty some vet decided it was a good idea to dump animal bodies, about 150 of them off the side of the highway.
But what got the most attention in our area is the mauling of a elderly lady who only wanted to protect her dog. It's said her body was found on top of that of her small dog and
for the effort of trying to save her dogs life she lost her own.