Not to be the downer here, but I was attacked by the neighbor's white german shepard when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Bit me in the face which was pretty nasty. Lucky for me we were both moving and he didn't get the chance to grab on really well. The Mr owner was quite upset and wanted to get rid of the thing, but we kids somehow convinced him it was my fault for playing in the back yard and he kept him. A year or 2 later the dog attacked Mrs owner in the kitchen and nearly killed her. They had him put down after that. Don't know if it was the breed or the dog, but it was some pretty scary shit.