american staffordshire terrier - dangerous?, page-51

Hi Sierra,

When he drops he looks threatening and other dogs go very wide but once the owner took his eyes off him and he got up and jumped on my dog from behind.

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Any person or animal on the high ground is more threatening to the one on the low ground.

e.g. Armies always try to get the high ground.

If you are sitting at a table, and someone walks up and stands over you.

You sitting down are definitely not in a threatening position.

I would think your German Shepard in question was in early stages of training.

A well trained dog,Does not REACT to a situation.

A well trained dog RESPONSES only to commands,whether you are there or not.
And when he is released to socialise with people and other dogs he is still has a good behaviour attitude.


Hi boomeronrations,

thanks for that link,
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/aug4/thompson/thompson.html



This extract proves my point,

for at least half of attacks, the victim was the dog's owner.

So whose fault is that? THE OWNERS.


The Injury Surveillance System provided the breed of dog (when it was known). We were confident that the breed names were accurate because in at least half of the attacks the victim was the dog's owner, a family member or a person who knew the dog well and the breeds named were common and easily recognised. Breeds that were unknown could have been a source of bias if their breed distribution was different. However, a comparison of victims who named the dog breed with those who did not failed to show any appreciable differences with regard to age, sex, dog ownership, body part injured and injury severity. The breed distribution of known breeds also largely agreed with other investigations

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cheers,
sypaladin