To curb kids’ risk of dog bites, a new study recommends that parents delay getting dogs until kids are old enough to go to school.
”Any dog may attack,” write the researchers. They included Johannes Schalamon, MD, of the pediatric surgery department at the Medical University of Graz in Graz, Austria.
Schalamon’s team studied all children -- 341 kids -- treated at their hospital for dog bites from 1994 to 2003. Data included the kids’ ages and the dogs’ breeds.
The study shows that young kids are most likely to get bitten, and that the risk of dog bites varied among certain dog breeds. The report appears in Pediatrics’ online edition.
Tell these pointy heads that this is a ridiculous solution to prevent dog bites. How about better parental supervision, better dog training, and not letting young kids and dogs to play unsupervised? This ain't rocket science, folks.
”Any dog may attack,” write the researchers. They included Johannes Schalamon, MD, of the pediatric surgery department at the Medical University of Graz in Graz, Austria.
Schalamon’s team studied all children -- 341 kids -- treated at their hospital for dog bites from 1994 to 2003. Data included the kids’ ages and the dogs’ breeds.
The study shows that young kids are most likely to get bitten, and that the risk of dog bites varied among certain dog breeds. The report appears in Pediatrics’ online edition.
Tell these pointy heads that this is a ridiculous solution to prevent dog bites. How about better parental supervision, better dog training, and not letting young kids and dogs to play unsupervised? This ain't rocket science, folks.
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Simplistic solutions are always sought, but rarely work.
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