"Ike" wrote in message
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U Penn's Center for the Interaction of Animals and
Society released data published 6/25/08 by Discovery
News at http://blogs.discovery.com/news_animal/

For some reason, raw data is presented without
tabulation or comparison, so I transfered the numbers to
a table and then did sorts and averaging, leading to the
following (reading from top to bottom, so in the first
example Jack Russell is MOST and Greyhound is LEAST):


The most dog-aggressive breeds
Jack Russell
Pit Bull
Dachshund

The least
Havanese
Whippet
Greyhound



The most human-aggressive breeds
Dachshund
Chihuahua
Beagle (!)

The least
Brittany Spaniel
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Poodle



ON AVERAGE (humans+animal/2)

The most aggressive
Dachshund
Chihuaha
Jack RUssell

The least
Brittany Spaniel
Whippet
Greyhound

COMMENTS:
The dogs some might expect to see high on the lists
(Akita, Rotty, Dobe, German Shepherd) were about in the
middle. The dogs that seem to belong near the bottom in
aggression (Cocker, Springer, Mastiff, Golden) were also
in the middle. I was surprised by U Penn's data, but the
numbers are big enough to be statistically valid, so...

My German Pinscher didn't appear on the chart. Evidently
no human victim survived to report her behavior, and of
other dogs there was no trace remaining.

Ike
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I didn't know that Beagles and JR's were aggressive. I don't know much
about JR's but I have never met an aggressive Beagle.
I would have expected Cockers to be higher on
the list also.
My brother's tiny mini Dachshund tried to bite my dog on the nose a couple
of times. I don't see them very often. TG my dog is gentle and well
mannered, because it wouldn't take much to really hurt the little dog. I
try to keep my dog away from him and any other nervous barking dogs. But,
that little thing just charged right up to her barking, leaped up at her and
tried to bite her nose. Actually, I think he succeeded.. No one could
believe their eyes. Everyone thought that was the end of the little guy,
but then no one could believe how well my dog handled it. My dog never
even flinched or growled. The little Dachshund only weighs 6 pounds and my
Rotty weighs 87 lbs; who would think.