Posted On: July 6, 2007, 3:19 pm CDT

Posted By: Bill Reed

Minor dog bites from "normal" breeds have never been the problem. I've handled GL claims for 35 years and very few "catastrophic" injuries come from normal breeds. They'll snap and bite once or twice then it's over.

More recently, the issue has become the two or three "specialty" breeds that just don't bite, but attack without provocation, maul, maim, and sometimes kill. We all know the names including the Pit Bull and Rottweiller. The stats don't lie. These breeds have the propensity to do significantly more harm than normal pets. My experience has confirmed that the majority of people who own the "specialty" breeds described above usually have an "attitude" that their dogs portray authority. They're also less likely to carry enough liability insurance.