March 6, 2006 — To curb kids’ hazard of pooch bites, a modern consider recommends that parents delay getting dogs until kids are ancient enough to go to school.
“Any dog may assault,” compose the researchers. They included Johannes Schalamon, MD, of the pediatric surgery division at the Restorative University of Graz in Graz, Austria.
Schalamon’s team considered all children — 341 kids — treated at their healing center for pooch nibbles from 1994 to 2003. Information included the kids’ ages and the dogs’ breeds.
The ponder appears that young kids are most likely to get chomped, and that the hazard of dog bites shifted among certain canine breeds. The report shows up in Pediatrics’ online edition.
Most youthful Kids, Greatest Risk
Youthful kids accounted for most of the patients. One-year-olds had the most noteworthy puppy chomp rate. About three-quarters of patients were less than 10 years old.
In most cases (73%), the children knew the dogs that had nibbled them. But only 33% of those dogs were “family members,” the researchers write.
Kids were typically nibbled in the confront, head, or neck. Six percent of kids had more than one injury from their dog chomp. Afterward, among the 341 kids, five children reported having nightmares and 34 remained perplexed of mutts. No dog nibbles were deadly.
Most puppy nibbles happened when the child interfered with the puppy, such as pulling the dog’s tail or exasperating an eating canine. However, some children were chomped after running or biking past pooches without touching those mutts.
Breed by Breed
The researchers moreover checked which dog breeds accounted for the chomps and how common those breeds were within the area.
Based on those information, they positioned the breeds by hazard of canine nibble. Here is their list, from most elevated to least risk:
German shepherd Doberman Spitz Pekingese Dachshund Schnauzer Collie Hound puppy Poodle Rottweiler Beagle Terrier Bernese dog Labrador retriever Cross-breed Spaniel Shi Tzu Maltese German Shepherds, Dobermans
German shepherds and Dobermans accounted for 37% of the canine nibbles but as it were 13% of nearby mutts, note Schalamon and colleagues.
“The relative chance for a puppy assault by a German shepherd or Doberman was more than five times higher than that related with a Labrador retriever or cross-breeds,” the analysts write.
“On the basis of the canine populace in our… zone, German shepherds and Dobermans were the most forceful breed,” they continue. “These findings are comparable to other reports. In any case, each breed poses the danger of pooch bites.”
Of course, numerous pooches never nibble anybody, in any case of their breed, and a dog’s preparing may too be important.
Maintaining a strategic distance from Puppy Nibbles
“Despite possible preparing programs for school-aged children, it still seems to be more reasonable to teach the canine proprietors and guardians to pay attention when children are close to dogs than to put the blame/responsibility for a dog assault on the children,” Schalamon and colleagues write.
Their study incorporates these tips to help dodge canine nibbles:
Some time recently petting a dog, let it sniff you are doing not run past dogs. Do not try to beaten a puppy. Stay calm if a pooch approaches. Don’t hug or kiss a canine. Avoid direct eye contact. Don’t attempt to halt two battling dogs.
The researchers moreover offer these tips for handling dog assaults:
If assaulted, stand still (feet together) and secure your neck and confront with your arms and hands. Stand up. In the event that assaulted whereas lying down, keep your face down and cover your ears together with your hands. Do not move.
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