What about pit bulls that are raised in a loving family environment and turns on somebody? Or a Rottie...my in-laws next door neighbors raised them for years and her 6 year old daughter walks in the back yard with an ice cream cone and the dog latches on to her HEAD and starts slinging her around like a rag doll. From my in-laws that saw it and her parents, she was not teasing the dog. She had just walked out side.
IMO...I think that some breeds are more likely that others to just turn on you. If a dog was bred for centuries to be a fighting dog and people now days have domesticated them to be a family pet, well, they still have that instinct. You guys are right. A lot of times it is the owners that are to blame for a dog's vicious behavior but that isn't always the case.
Another story, a co-worker breeds and raises Pits. Her son and I were talking one day. He tells me that his babies would NEVER bite him. They were sweet, raised with family...etc. A couple of days later, he comes to school with his hand bandaged. His "BABY" had bit him. |