I agree that its the owner not the dog in most cases. But a lady down my street my god the nicest lady ever. She never hit her dog and would never ever let any one hit him. She took him to obedencie classes. I mean he should have been the most well trained dog there is. but one day he was outside tied up and a girl about 12 or 13 (I forget) walked up to him and started to pet him. He bit her sevreal times and she almost lost her arm due to the bite. I feel bad the little girl is now afreid of dogs and the dog has to be supervised or in a pen at all times. I was surprised they didn't kill the dog. But I mean the lady did everything she could to keep the dog nice and well trained and it didn't work? So is it the dogs fault? The owners fault? Or maybe the little girls fault? I don't know but sometimes it is the dog not the owner. I'm not saying this breed of dog is mean because I know two of them who are so sweet.