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Anecdotal evidence being what it is, trends have smaller dogs being more prone to biting – small dog syndrome. Bigger dogs can be dicks if they’re raised poorly, but are less prone to bite.

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CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I think this has everything to do with owners and not taking the bites of small dogs seriously. Also dachshunds skew that statistic WILDLY as they account for 30% of bites to strangers across all breeds… as a dachshund owner I can tell you people see those little stubby legs and their common sense goes out the window, thankfully my dogs are nice but I know many a weary dachshund who would bite you if you came in too fast

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AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ll be the anecdotes for that …… spent my whole life with dogs of all sizes and have always been comfortable with them. But the only one that bit was a mini poodle

Then again, as the other guy said, I’ve always paid more attention to dogs that can do damage, vs the mini poodle bit me when I was ignoring it. Of course the most painful part of that was the tetanus shot

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