> Just to make sure I wasn't talking out my arse I did a quick check. I
typed
> the words "labrador retriever attack child" into google, then "german
shepard
> attack child" then "pit bull attack child". Here are the results:
> Lab - 4,260 hits
> Shepard - 7,270 hits
> Pit Bull - 55,100 hits.
If you spell "shepherd" correctly, you get 85,600 hits, but many of them
have no reference to dogs.
If you drop the "retriever" from the lab search you get 16,600 and if you
shorten it to "lab" you get 200,000.
My point is that this form of googling does not constitute valid research.
David Lieb
former german shepherd owner,
former australian shepherd owner,
former lab owner,
current terrior owner,
to say nothing of the cats and the birds.
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