tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post9209530739263680781..comments2024-03-03T13:36:10.569-05:00Comments on The Dog Zombie: New research on dog bite fatalitiesThe Dog Zombiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-75110425308626210582014-01-12T16:02:49.178-05:002014-01-12T16:02:49.178-05:00Hi, Alistair. They don't go into a lot of deta...Hi, Alistair. They don't go into a lot of details about chaining specifically. Here are the only two quotes:<br /><br />"Over three-quarters of cases (195/256 [76.2%]) involved dogs kept by their owners as resident dogs rather than as family dogs. In incidents involving resident dogs, those dogs were kept in a manner that isolated them from the humans in the family, such as chained (74/195 [37.9%]); kept isolated in a fenced area, an outdoor pen, or an isolated indoor area (68/195 [34.9%]); or allowed to roam (30/195 [15.4%])."<br /><br />...<br /><br />"Appropriate, humane, and clear interactions with people provide dogs with information about how to interact with humans in ways that are neither scary nor injurious to the dog or human. This can occur through daily interaction but cannot occur when dogs are reared apart from daily, freely offered (not while chained) human interactions."<br /><br />Hope that helps!<br /><br />JessicaThe Dog Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-60961021550825772962014-01-12T13:45:18.926-05:002014-01-12T13:45:18.926-05:00Hello there,
I appreciate the summary of this a...Hello there, <br /><br />I appreciate the summary of this article. Did the article provide any statistics on the involvement of chained dogs in fatal attacks? The distinction between resident dog and family dog is a good one, in our community there are many dogs that fall in the resident dog category and are chained and pretty much left on their own.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Alistair Schroff<br />Alistair Schroffhttp://www.lakesanimalfriendship.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-88236950431174388892013-12-25T12:01:48.019-05:002013-12-25T12:01:48.019-05:00Dr. Patronek is a highly respected veterinary epid...Dr. Patronek is a highly respected veterinary epidemiologist. I would hesitate to refer to any article that he was involved in as a "puff"piece. I know you are coming from a different place than I am about pit bulls, and I'd be very interested to see your reasoning about what specifically is flawed in this paper's methodology. I read it closely and found the methodology sound.The Dog Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-87777930521313082262013-12-25T09:18:32.141-05:002013-12-25T09:18:32.141-05:00It's not an objective study put out by dispass...It's not an objective study put out by dispassionate researchers. It's a biased puff piece put out by pit bull apologists at the Animal Farm Foundation. Their methodology was designed to intentionally obfuscate breed classifications.BorderWarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410343987050560739noreply@blogger.com