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Originally Posted by BrianR
I am solidly in the "no bad dogs, only bad owners" camp.
Dogs only do what they are trained to do. Or, in the absence of training, what their instincts tell them to do. <snip>
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I'm in real agreement with most everything in your post,
but need to disagree with the wording of your lead.
Many/most of the "viscous" attacks come, even by so-called "trained" dogs,
when the owner is not around to exert control.
And multiple-dog situations increase the risk of pack-behaviors.
There's too many news accounts of children being attacked
in their own home or playing at their neighbors, to support the notion
that situations can be controlled at all times.
For me, any biting dog needs to be a dead dog...
and training a so-called sporting/fighting breed is akin to training a tame rattlesnake.