""So you claim. What is your proof? The CDC statistics would seem to state otherwise. Between you and the CDC, I know who I'd bet on.""

Have a wee look at what I've been say in this thread, because I'm getting tired of re-hashing it for those who can't be bothered to read whole posts.

The CDC statistics give the numbers of attacks, and the number of fatalities sorted by breed, and there are a disproportionate number by large, strong jawed, animals such as Pitbulls, Rotweilers, and Doberman Pinschers.

What their statistics do not show, is the numbers deliberately trained to attack by thugs who own them as a status symbol, or the numbers whose owners give them virtually no training at all, either through inability, or indifference.

But, if properly trained, those CDC figures would change dramatically in the dogs' favour, and those breeds need to be carefully matched with good owners.

However, as I have said, there will always be a small risk of attack under certain circumstances, and that risk will apply equally to Jack Russells, Pekes, and toy poodles.

Don T.