dogsbite.org is a biased website and not that credible of a source. Unless you're a dog bite lawyer or pit bull hater with a vengeance.
Not sure which report you're referring to, but if it's "the" report released in the late 90's it is no more useful than the pit bull hating site.Thr CDC has a more accurate report. I'm on my phone and about to go into work, otherwise I'd be able to post more, sorry!
The problem with the denominator is relevant to the dogbite site material as well. They make attempts at defining the percentage of breeds in the population, but while the material posted there makes an attempt at looking very official, none of it is peer reviewed research.So-called "bad dog" lists that grew out of CDC dog bite studies from 1979 to the mid-1990s typically include the pit bull, Rottweiler, German shepherd, Siberian husky, Doberman pinscher, chow chow, Great Dane, Saint Bernard and Akita.
Despite the fact that the CDC's studies were not intended to address dog-bite risk by breed, these larger breeds signaled danger to some homeowners insurance companies.
CDC spokeswoman Gail Hayes calls that a misinterpretation of the data. "Because we do not know how many of a particular breed exists, there is no way for us to then determine which breed may or may not bite more," she says. "You have to have that particular denominator to be able to determine that."
Yup, that's the one.Here ya go:
CDC - Dog Bite: Facts
There's a link on there to the official report with the chart and all. Note that is it not normalized by breed popularity.
Allstate excludes Dobermans as far as I know. If your agent didn't say anything then they are just ignoring company policy and you are lucky.We have Allstate and I don't think that it is a problem. At least when the Allstate guy was out here to check on a claim that we made, he did not have any problems playing with Dude.
This is the part of the report that I wanted to quote:Here ya go:
CDC - Dog Bite: Facts
There's a link on there to the official report with the chart and all. Note that is it not normalized by breed popularity.
If your homeowners insurance does not accept dobes, vote with your pocketbook and move to one that does. Be sure to let them know why you're leaving, too!![]()