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"According to a study of thousands of pet dogs it seems that small dogs are the most aggressive..why is this ?"
I read that this morning too. I think it is down to two reasons broadly - many small breeds have a high prey drive as they were previously used to hunt for rats and other small animals so any dogs that didn't have a high prey drive would not have been bred from. The other reason is how they have been trained and treated by their owners.
I have a small terrier that I adopted from Eastern Europe. She is very friendly and sweet natured and loves everyone, despite being abandoned by her previous owners. We meet lots of other small dogs when we are out on walks and some of them are very snappy and don't want to play with her, sometimes it is fairly obvious that the dog is in control of the owner  |
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Small dogs, terriers etc are bred to catch and hunt out smaller pray so their instinct/drive is to snap rather quickly at anything that moves within range. Not all small dogs will be aggressive towards people obviously and others are just arseholes |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There might be a correlation to size of dog and training. Starting with the largest dog going down to the smallest dog the amount of training decreases.
Apparantly the most dog bites a year are caused by dachshunds. |
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By *an4funMan
over a year ago
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"According to a study of thousands of pet dogs it seems that small dogs are the most aggressive..why is this ?
Are you looking for some Pointers ? "
I had a feeling this thread would maker you spring(er) into action.
Sorry Tom x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Don't know if you would count a Staffy as a small dog, but ours was attacked by another Male dog when he was a Puppy.
Apprantly that hard wires them to be aggresive against other males, so we had to becareful with a muzzlle ect. He was lovely 99% of time |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I have a yorkshire terrier and bless his heat he is the daftest most stupid little thing in the history of little dogs... He's would never be aggressive to anyone... Like somome could break into my house and he'd be there rolling over like Hay new guy show me some love haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"According to a study of thousands of pet dogs it seems that small dogs are the most aggressive..why is this ?
I read that this morning too. I think it is down to two reasons broadly - many small breeds have a high prey drive as they were previously used to hunt for rats and other small animals so any dogs that didn't have a high prey drive would not have been bred from. The other reason is how they have been trained and treated by their owners.
I have a small terrier that I adopted from Eastern Europe. She is very friendly and sweet natured and loves everyone, despite being abandoned by her previous owners. We meet lots of other small dogs when we are out on walks and some of them are very snappy and don't want to play with her, sometimes it is fairly obvious that the dog is in control of the owner "
Only a few small dogs have been working dogs recently in their pedigrees so not an excuse for them. Quite a few were bred for personal protection but again not recently.
I think your dog in charge is the strongest reason, they develop spoilt child syndrome too. |
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By *ewrocksWoman
over a year ago
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I have a jrt cross with little man syndrome, he can be a knob with other dogs and guarding the gate/puppy, but he's not a snappy dog, and is amazing with the guinea pigs and my foster kittens. I think a lot of people put less effort into training smaller breeds, and too often treat them like babies, dressing them up, carrying them around etc. |
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Mines an akita with an ASBO so got to be muzzled and double lead when in public
Had dogs all my life Danes staffies akitas and this 1 is the worst (shes a rescue)
Loves people hates other animals even bloody spiders get her going mad x |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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Combination of fear aggression and lack of training.
Small dogs are generally more fearful than larger dogs because everything else is just bigger.
People also generally don't train or discipline small dogs because they feel they are easier to control and "its cute" |
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By *an4funMan
over a year ago
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"There might be a correlation to size of dog and training. Starting with the largest dog going down to the smallest dog the amount of training decreases.
Apparantly the most dog bites a year are caused by dachshunds."
I thought labradors held that record? Mostly due to the numbers. Very popular breed |
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By (user no longer on site)
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So how does everyone explain that in most domestic animals/livestock that the smaller the breed the most aggressive the behaviour (generalising behaviour) then? How about the research into human aggression and height? |
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By *ewrocksWoman
over a year ago
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"There might be a correlation to size of dog and training. Starting with the largest dog going down to the smallest dog the amount of training decreases.
Apparantly the most dog bites a year are caused by dachshunds.
I thought labradors held that record? Mostly due to the numbers. Very popular breed"
think they did previously , but they're not as popular now, x |
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"There might be a correlation to size of dog and training. Starting with the largest dog going down to the smallest dog the amount of training decreases.
Apparantly the most dog bites a year are caused by dachshunds.
I thought labradors held that record? Mostly due to the numbers. Very popular breed"
Labradors do actually have the most recorded number of reported bites out of all the breeds! |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"There might be a correlation to size of dog and training. Starting with the largest dog going down to the smallest dog the amount of training decreases.
Apparantly the most dog bites a year are caused by dachshunds.
I thought labradors held that record? Mostly due to the numbers. Very popular breed
Labradors do actually have the most recorded number of reported bites out of all the breeds! "
Very true. Note the word "recorded" though.
Popularity of breed mixed with the size and power of the breed. A labrador bite will result in more damage and higher chance of needing medical attention than any breed of small/miniature sized dog.
I have no doubt that there will be far more actual bites caused by a smaller breed than any other breed but that go unreported or having damage caused. |
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"There might be a correlation to size of dog and training. Starting with the largest dog going down to the smallest dog the amount of training decreases.
Apparantly the most dog bites a year are caused by dachshunds.
I thought labradors held that record? Mostly due to the numbers. Very popular breed
Labradors do actually have the most recorded number of reported bites out of all the breeds!
Very true. Note the word "recorded" though.
Popularity of breed mixed with the size and power of the breed. A labrador bite will result in more damage and higher chance of needing medical attention than any breed of small/miniature sized dog.
I have no doubt that there will be far more actual bites caused by a smaller breed than any other breed but that go unreported or having damage caused. "
Oh it's why I specifically said recorded!!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"There might be a correlation to size of dog and training. Starting with the largest dog going down to the smallest dog the amount of training decreases.
Apparantly the most dog bites a year are caused by dachshunds.
I thought labradors held that record? Mostly due to the numbers. Very popular breed
Labradors do actually have the most recorded number of reported bites out of all the breeds!
Very true. Note the word "recorded" though.
Popularity of breed mixed with the size and power of the breed. A labrador bite will result in more damage and higher chance of needing medical attention than any breed of small/miniature sized dog.
I have no doubt that there will be far more actual bites caused by a smaller breed than any other breed but that go unreported or having damage caused. "
Also people tend to think labradors are daft and are more likely to behave inappropriately around them ... |
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"According to a study of thousands of pet dogs it seems that small dogs are the most aggressive..why is this ?"
I’d say for the most part…training is key. Both dog and owner. I have 2 Doberman and a mastiff puppy whom I’m currently training.
All my dogs are very well trained, because If they had the attitude of my mums westie….we’d have problems  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I love small dogs never have big ones. I had a long haired chihuahua rescue dog he was snappy with anyone with dark skin dark hair or anyone blonde with blonde hair or bald men.. im not sure why maybe he couldnt see/distinguish facial features so felt threatened... who knows? Anyhow introduced him to busy places and soon gained trust and stopped snapping. I think alot of it is down to training  |
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