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In reply to the discussion: More than 86% of fatal dog attacks are done by this kind of dog: [View all]Loudestlib
(980 posts)33. It's a good idea for people to get their pets spade or neautered.
It's a bad idea to get your information from a source with a strong bias.
From the study they used, note that they chose not to include this information even though it was in the conclusion:
"This is no evidence that, absent circumstances specifically associated with mating or maternal protectiveness, a dog being
intact should be understood as a cause of aggressive behavior toward human beings."
They also left out the main finding of the study that most of the deaths were from outside dogs not kept as family pets.
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Good question. Many people elect to be neutered when their litter is the size they want.
Dollface
May 2013
#31
Very true, and it's why, IMHO, so many men were distressed when Angelina Jolie revealed
Nay
May 2013
#17
This forum is dogged with dogmatic dogfighting and doggerel. Pardon me while I catch a dognap
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#11
Yup. The brainless druggies accross my street keep the dogs to safeguard their property.
lindysalsagal
May 2013
#48
Not if it cites admittedly flawed data by the CDC or that dipshit Merritt Clifton.
flvegan
Jun 2013
#80