[EdEarl]

I'll agree, that it's both genetics and upbringing, probably a 90/10 split, 90% upbringing. Any dog that spends it's life on a chain or small confinment is a potentially lethal animal. Stupid, uneducated and irresponsible dog owners are the real problem. Unfortunatly, the press is lousey about reporting all the facts, just print or report the incident, details unimportant. They will report that a three year old was mauled, without the additional information that the child was wandering around unsupervised in the neighborhood and the dog had spent its entire 3 years of life attached to a 10 foot logging chain.

I have Jack Russells, (just one is not enough) and they can be a challenge. Would I have a larger breed dog? Probably not. Do I disagree with bad dog reporting? Yes. The press should be reporting the real issue, bad and irresponsible dog owners.

A dogs behavior is what you make or let it be. Our social system removes children from bad homes and parents, they need to start removing dogs from bad homes and irresponsible owners, before the tragedy or disaster. Punish the offender, not the victim.