I'm not denying they can be dangerous - I'm just saying that any breed of dog can be. It suprises me that the top 3 killers are pitbulls, rottweilers and GSDs which everyone goes around saying are dangerous breeds yet no-one ever says anything about the siberian husky which is at number 4 and is the fashionable breed at the moment. I'd like to think there are far less huskies then GSDs in the world (but I don't have any stats to back that up!!) which would then make them even more dangerous.
There's no doubt there are more retriever breeds around and that increases your chances of being bitten by one purely because you're more likely to come in contact with one. I have 4 huskies in my house with my 13 month old but I know they've been reared and trained properly so I don't worry about my son crawling around with them.
You should never leave kids alone with any breed of dog.
I'm not denying they can be dangerous - I'm just saying that any breed of dog can be. It suprises me that the top 3 killers are pitbulls, rottweilers and GSDs which everyone goes around saying are dangerous breeds yet no-one ever says anything about the siberian husky which is at number 4 and is the fashionable breed at the moment. I'd like to think there are far less huskies then GSDs in the world (but I don't have any stats to back that up!!) which would then make them even more dangerous.
There's no doubt there are more retriever breeds around and that increases your chances of being bitten by one purely because you're more likely to come in contact with one. I have 4 huskies in my house with my 13 month old but I know they've been reared and trained properly so I don't worry about my son crawling around with them.
You should never leave kids alone with any breed of dog.