Most of the time, as far as the media is concerned, there are only 3 breeds of dog:

Pit Bull - scourge of society, eat children, should be banned and/or shot on sight.

Police dog - not German Shepard or Rottweiler, but apparently a breed unto itself & just like their human counterparts they can do no wrong.

Generic 'mixed breed' dog - used when they can't get away with calling it a Pit Bull, these are even more evil because they would slip past breed bans.

CBS had a 'fair & balanced' take on dog bites today.

In other (older) news:

According to a 27-year study of dogs in the New York City area made by Dr. Robert Oleson, of the U.S. Public Health Service, these are the 9 dogs most apt to take a nibble out of a human being. They are, in the order of their aggressiveness:

1. German shepherd

2. Chow chow

3. Poodle

4. Italian bulldog

5. Fox terrier

6. Mixed chow chow

7. Airedale

8. Pekingese

9. Mixed German shepherd

Funny, they seem to have missed the evil dogs. :rolleyes:

I did notice that German Sheperd (the de facto police dog) made the list twice. I wonder if this data includes law enforcement use of force like the firearm death stats do. Too bad I can't find the original study online to verify that.

Check out #s 3 & 8. Forget the sharks with frikin' laser beams on their heads, Dr. Evil is just one pack of feral Pekingese away from world domination.