Most large dogs are capable of bone-snapping jaw pressures of 200 to 450 pounds per square inch. Pit bull jaws can exert nearly 1,500 pounds of pressure, several times more than a German Shepherd. Studies conducted by the Center For Disease Control say that the one breed of dogs most likely to bite are pit bulls, followed, again, by Rottweilers. Nearly one-third of those are due to pit bulls. Some insurance companies are refusing to insure owners of certain breeds.
Children are the most frequent victims.
Dog bites, in general, account for more emergency room visits for children than injuries suffered in playgrounds and from bikes. It can happen anywhere, anytime. It just happened recently in Haywood County. Anyone who has traveled Howell Mill Road to the railroad tracks has seen the tethered animals, pulling, menacing. It was nothing more than a tragedy in waiting.