Which dog breed do you think is scariest?

Pit Bulls are the scariest to me. I don’t like their beady eyes. I know most have gotten a bad rap, but they still scare me.

Not the well-bred pit bulls, but the ones that are bred specifically for fighting scare the bejeesus out of me! I am also rather frightened of those yippy little breeds like toy poodles. They have teeth like needles and they all seem to have the canine equivalent of a Napoleon complex.

German shepherds. Mostly because I’ve been bitten by that breed of dog, twice.

The kind that has the macho asshole on the other end of the leash.

Pit bulls because they are an aggressive breed that I have seen attack others. Rottweilers, because one attacked me once. Chows… they are just tempermental and mean, at least the ones I have been around. I was never afraid of dogs until the rottweiler attacked me. I had, as usual, been told,“he won’t bite.”

Hairless chihuahuas. I mean… what is that?

Probably Hot Dogs.

Have you ever read what they put in those things?

calling a dog scary based on breed is the same as referring to a human as scary based on race

What @tom_g said.

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I’m with @Blondesjon lol.

I’m not a fan of pugs, they’re not even scary, but they’re scary looking. I think most dogs are beautiful and majestic looking.

Chows. Every one of them I’ve ever been around has been unpredictable and aggressive.

Pitt Bulls. I’ve never been around them until I inherited one with my now fiancee. She is the most gentle, graceful and loving girl 99% of the time but she has it her mind to want to kill my little Pom and twice she’s injured him horribly. After seeing her in action, reminded of a shark thrashing and gnawing some hapless seal, I don’t ever want to encounter pitts used for fighting.

Doberman Pinchers because they can turn on even their owners regardless of their upbringing.

The issue everyone has with pitbulls is that they are put in the wrong people’s hands and they are raised to attack and with the jaw strength psi they have and its locking ablity it makes for a killer dog. If raised in a loving enviorment they can be big lap dogs whom love their owners and children too. Having had one as a child long before they got a bad rap our dogs were big babies, though when a neighbor was being broken into our dog did all he could do and escaped our house and actually cornered the robber until the cops came where we were able to just walk away with him and nobody harmed. Another time where he scared someone off from our friends of the neighborhood who was almost abducted if again he didn’t do everything possible to get out of the house and when our neighbor was grabbed from behind and in getting away by biting the guy our dog chased him back into the car. We were out looking for him when we ran in to our neighbor who told us the story and then moments later our dog Pete came bounding up happy as can be. So if raised right a Pitbull won’t nesscessarily hurt a person however they will let the unwanted person know who’s territory it is.

@Blondesjon “calling a dog scary based on breed is the same as referring to a human as scary based on race”

Are you calling me a breedist? WTF dude. They were BRED to have different reactions to situations. Of course you should evaluate a threat based on the breed.

@creative1 Hey, even scary dogs, if they are on your side, are good dogs.

Pitt bulls.

@6rant6 . . . I remember a fella with a funny mustache making the same kind of arguments back in the late 30’s and early 40’s . . .

I love most dogs, but I do not care for pitbulls. That’s the only dog I ever came across that looked at me and I could tell he was sizing me up to figure out how to take me down. I can read animals really well and that was his exact look.

I’m dead scared of dogs, so they all freak me out haha. But I haven’t seen any that actually look scary. Despite my irrational dog fear, most dogs are pretty cute.

Maybe a doberman. But I base that on most movies I’ve watched that deal with Satan. There’s always doberman in movies about the Devil for some reason, and they always curl their lips back as they jump somebody. Although the ones I’ve seen in real life were all just fine. They also look funny because they barely have a tail lol.

However, if I came across this fucking thing in the park, I would definitely find that scary. XD

@Blackberry we have a pug and in addition to their not so attractive looks, they are incredibly noisy! With their smushed in snouts the snarl and snort constantly and snore as loud as sawing wood whenever they are asleep – which is most of the time.

This is an interesting question to me because my neighbour has a Malamute which can get provoked without a lot of warning. I went in search of the danger dog info and here is what I found in a book called Armchair Reader: The Extraordinary Book of Lists 2009 I believe:

Most Dangerous Dogs: 1. Pit bull 2. Rotweiler 3. German Shepherd 4. Huskie 5. Alaskan Malamute 6. Doberman Pinscher 7. Chow chow 8 Great Dane 9.St. Bernard 10. Akita

The book said its source for the materia was Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

@Blondesjon

When I was wanting to get a dog I knew what characteristics I wanted and didn’t want and researched different breeds that most closely fit those desires. Oddly enough, I got just what I wanted and she held pretty damn true to what the breed said they would be and had been bred for 100’s of years to be. I don’t find it odd that dog breeds have certain characteristics that have been bred into them, usually for certain reasons, or due to their genetic makeup. Why is that “stereotyping” a dog breed? and why is that necessarily bad to you?

@SuperMouse Do your pugs spray saliva and snot when you roughhouse with them. I have a friend that loves them, but that seemed to be something I always got playing with them.

@SuperMouse Indeed. I knew someone with a pug that breathed very loud as well. It seriously reminded me of a pig…....Just sayin’

Because Jack the Pug is always snorting, he always seems to be spraying something. It is really quite gross.

@Blondesjon You know what they put in there? Pig vaginas (according to Nikki ;)).

(talking about hot dogs here)

@gravity . . . i don’t believe i used the word “bad” at all. i simply made a comparison.

Pomeranians.

fair enough… I don’t see it as the same (comparing humans and dog breeds) but we can agree to disagree. I’m cool with that : )

The one that has its teeth sunk into your flesh.

@gravity . . . no hassles. stick around long enough and you’ll find that i’m full of shit when it comes to many different subjects. :)

@Jude They brag they use every part of the pig except the oink.

German Shepherds. And I lived with one for 10 years! I love him so much, he is such a beautiful dog, but he is also extremely loyal and protective. He scares me because he’s bitten me before if I wake him up by accident or come in the door too fast. But I hate that I’m scared of him because 99% of the time he’s this big dopey adorable giant.

Pit bulls even the polite ones.

@deni I like German shepards. You just need to be a little more careful around them. They’re very protective and territorial.

I don’t think there’s a particular breed that really scares me, because I like all dogs, even the so-called uglier breeds like English bulldogs. If I had to pick one, it’d be the pitbull. I think it depends on the dog itself. If it’s aggressive and unsociable, it would scare me no matter what the breed it is! Even a little snarly mad chihuahua is scary. Lol.

Im not really afraid of dogs, but I did get bit by a German Shepard, that I knew and usually loved me. ...it was my best friend’s dog and he was in attack mode. It sucked I bled alot but I don’t think every dog is going to attack me,,

Some of those chihuahuas are little bastards especially the ones who shake a lot. Carpet barracudas.

Er, not ALL shepherds are scary . . .

Pitbulls, Rotweilers and Chows.

I would have to say Mastiffs

If you can see their muscles rippling under their skin you should keep an eye on them.

Pit bulls scare the shit out of me. Their beady little eyes like cartoon bullies, their jaws that will bite a dog and not let go until it’s dead, they’re freaky… :\

@woodcutter My muscles ripple . . . .

My muscle ripples in my pants…...

^^ rofl

@Blackberry Wag that tail.

@Kayak8 But do ya bite, or shit on the carpet?

@MRSHINYSHOES Sounds like you have some competition now 4&5 up^^.

@woodcutter I shit on the carpet.

I know you weren’t asking me, but…

Oh gawd you rule

You bite too I bet.

I used to be a parent to two 90-pound greyhounds. The only danger they presented was not seeing you and running in to you. But to see them shoot silently out of the fog on a dark night at 30 mph towards me…it took some getting used to.

Any dog that snarls at me, but especially Doberman Pinschers. They look like efficient killers.

These Do not look them in the eyes EVER…if you do and you are toast! BTW…those are permanent blood stains around its mouth!

Is that real?

None, a dog properly raised (and sometimes neutered or spayed) shouldn’t be frightening at all. I’ve met several adorable friendly pit bulls, mastiffs, and other dogs as well as own an Australian Heeler which normally get stereotyped as a not a child friendly or a vicious fighting dog just because the preferred method of raising them does not allow to show their nice, sweet, gentle and playful side.

@Sunny2 and Doberman Pinschers are easy to kill if they try to attack/kill you.

A so called “friendly” Doberman Pincher (off leash) ripped my wrist wide open in a public park before the owner could call it off. There were actually two Dobermans attacking me and together they could have easily killed me in a very short time. The urgent care clinic bill was $1000 to stitch me up.

The one’s that bite. I once had a shitwawa that bit the crap out of me.. Scary ‘lil bastard. I almost kicked him into next week (now that WAS scary.. picking on something smaller than everybody).

Miniature Schnauzers, step on one accidentally and the ex never forgives you.

I should have stuffed it in the crock pot with some taters, carrots and onions JK

Crazy as it sounds, my worst experiences have been with these and my second worst have been with illy trained Rotties.

Chihuahuas, and poodles.
Can’t stand them because I have been attacked by one too many chihuahuas, and everytime I’m tempted to kick it like a football. Poodles I don’t like because I was randomly attacked by one that was “friendly.”

The one that has it’s jaws around my leg

Scrappy Dappy Doo!! That was one nasty fucker.

Any dog that weighs anywhere close to what I weigh can scare me. I have seen enough dog fights to know what they are capable of when they go into attack mode!

@WestRiverrat No and No!!! I am a search dog, I find lost people and human remains . . .

Rottweilers make me nervous.

Damn…sorry I missed this one, but I will bark in late…

The breed that has an irresponsible owner.
It’s not about the breed for me. It’s about the lack of training or untraining by the owner.
I have experienced more issues with breeds other that any of the “Bad Breeds” because of a lack of the owner being a responsible owner.

Somehow I think these irresponsible owners of pit bulls wouldn’t come off near as irresponsible if they would stick with Labs.

—@woodcutter possibly, but ironically the scary experiences I had had were on 3 different occasions and all were psycho off leash on the loose labs.—

We are talking about dogs that either do what they are taught or return to their breeds norm. My Akita or my Shepard may have been intimidating, but that was to strangers. They also were both trained as Therapy dogs.

Being chased or bitten by any breed is scary and traumatic. Yes, some are much more capable and already in their dominant breed to invoke fear.

I have known quite a few vicious labs as well as goldens and mixed breeds. The back yard breeders and puppy mills are producing dogs at a prodigious rate with no consideration given to temperament or health, just the dollar sign.

Anyone considering purchasing a dog who is going to weigh over 30 pounds should go to a reputable show breeder who will guarantee health and temperament.

I am not saying don’t adopt from a pound. I am saying if you want a pure bred dog, get it from a good source, not the pet shop.

The question really is what kind of dog jaws would do the worst damage physically and psychologically; a Labrador retriever -or a pit bull terrier who’s jaw muscles wrap entirely around their heads and becomes a permanent toothed clamp that can’t be removed while it violently shakes back and forth like a great white shark? I take the Lab bite if there was a choice, at least if you punch them good and hard in the head there is a chance they will let go. Not so with a pit bull.

@woodcutter – you know what the old trainers always said, you train a golden with love and a lab with a 2×4, so I’m not sure if the punch in the head would make a difference once they were engaged! Actually when any dog gets completely engaged, mentally and physically, there isn’t much anyone can do unless you are physically strong enough to pry their jaws apart. That is why I said I can be scared by any dog that weighs more than 20k. Meaning kilograms not thousand!

@rooeytoo maybe that is where the the term “man bites dog” is from. It’s anyone’s guess what a dog will do. I tend to scan for someplace to escape as soon as I get the vibe a dog is going to be bad.

@rooeytoo I don’t agree with training a lab (or any other dog) with a 2×4. Food is far more effective for a lab, they’re very food orientated. My lab-cross was very easy to train; they’re smart dogs.

@downtide – all things are relative and it is a generalization but based on a lot of trainers’ experiences. If you go to an obedience trial and take note of the breeds performing and winning, labs will not be anywhere close to the top of the heap.

Mastiffs kinda scare me all in all im not really afraid of dogs…

I’ve met a mastiff and it was one of the nicest, friendliest dogs I’ve ever met. Huge, but not at all scary. She stood on her hindlegs and rested her forelegs on my shoulders, and she was taller than me.