Behavioral assessment of child-directed canine aggression

Reisner, Ilana R.; Shofer, Frances S.; Nance, Michael L.

doi:10.1136/ip.2007.015396

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“…Our survey further showed that one quarter of the children were bitten when playing with dogs, others when stroking them, when disturbing them during rest, sleep or eating. Other situations were similar to those described by Reisner et al (2007). The injuries were contracted mostly during indoor interactions in which small size dogs prevailed.…”

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“…Akhtar et al 2006;Wake et al 2006;Kaye et al 2009). In the study of Reisner et al (2007), 6-year old children were bitten in association with resource guarding whereas older children were most commonly bitten in association with guarding territory. Our findings corroborate this description.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All puppies should be thoroughly socialised and taught bite inhibition and food-bowl safety (Appleby et al 2002;Luescher and Shaw 2003). Although later obedience training is helpful, it cannot prevent bites; 66% of 113 dogs involved in bites to children were taken to obedience classes (Reisner et al 2007). Veterinarians should also be involved in school education programmes and provide a professional guarantee of quality information to children.…”

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Dog Bites to Children in the Czech Republic: the Risk Situations

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The aim of this study was to analyse dog bites to children in the Czech Republic. Data were obtained from a questionnaire completed with children aged 4 to 13 years in 11 urban and rural primary schools. A total of 103 dog bites sustained by 92 children were analysed using chi square test and F test. There were 58 boys (56.3%) and 45 girls (43.7%) bitten, 57.3% of them once, 42.7% repeatedly. The evaluated answers showed that children were bitten when playing with own dogs (69.2%) or dogs known to them (30.8%) but not by unknown dogs (χ 2 = 25.397, df = 1, p < 0.001). Children were bitten outdoors by loose running unknown dogs (88.5%), known dogs (11.5%) but not by own dogs (χ 2 = 55.528, df = 2, p < 0.001). Thirty-two children were bitten indoors by small (53.1%), medium size (21.9) or large (25.0%) dogs. Small dogs were biting mostly indoors (51.5%), medium size (73.1%) and large (80.5%) dogs bit mostly outdoors (χ 2 = 9.0022, df = 2, p = 0.011). Most of the children that disturbed a resting or sleeping dog were bitten indoors (83.3%; χ 2 = 7.862, df = 1, p < 0.01), predominantly by small dogs (83.3%, χ 2 = 7.482, df = 2, p = 0.022). When stroking a dog, children were bitten by a medium size (45.5%), large (31.8%) or small dog (22.7%; χ 2 = 5.588, df = 2, p < 0.068). Children injured by their family-owned dog had accidentally caused pain to it before being bitten (83.3%; χ 2 = 7.862, df = 1, p < 0.012). These children were always bitten by a small dog (χ 2 = 7.482, df = 2, p = 0.022). Three children reported deliberately causing pain to a dog -these were all small dogs (100.0%; χ 2 = 6.279, df = 2, p < 0.05). Children teasing dogs were bitten most frequently by a small dog (75.0%; χ 2 = 6.98, df = 2, p < 0.032). Male dogs bit more frequently (66.7%) than females (33.3%; χ 2 = 6.338, d.f. =1, p = 0.014). These data were the first ones obtained from the bitten children. They suggest that in interactions with own, known and small dogs, children were more daring. The personal space of dogs, their warning signals, and defence were underestimated, the resulting aggression was mostly of possessive, territorial and fear type. Additional suggestions are made to complete the information on preventive measures for parents, children and the public. Importantly, all information types should point out that the dog remains a predator despite its long domestication history and close co-existence with humans.

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Dog Bites to Children in the Czech Republic: the Risk Situations

2010

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“…Las razas de mayor agresividad, y por lo tanto con más riesgo de mordeduras, de acuerdo a varios estudios, son las siguientes, incluidas sus cruzas: Pastor alemán, Rottweiler, Pit bull, ChowChow y Akitas [55][56][57][58][59][60][61] . Sin embargo, se debe tener presente que en cada raza hay individuos de mayor docilidad y otros más agresivos y dominantes, por lo que es muy importante la evaluación conductual de cada animal.…”

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“…Sin embargo, se debe tener presente que en cada raza hay individuos de mayor docilidad y otros más agresivos y dominantes, por lo que es muy importante la evaluación conductual de cada animal. Además, se deben evitar ciertas conductas de las personas que pueden desencadenar agresividad en el perro 58 , tales como invadir su comida cuando está alimentándose, establecer contacto físico con animales desconocidos o conocidos pero con antecedentes previos de mordeduras y la presencia de niños pequeños en compañía del animal sin la supervisión de un adulto 55,59 .…”

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