Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023: Heels in mud, blood and dogs

Victoria Stilwell can’t train genetics out of pit bulls and neither can anyone else.

New York, New York––When famous dog trainer Victoria Stilwell tried to teach an old dog a new trick, specifically asking to go outside, after 67 failures in a row, she changed her approach. To train a dog, find out if the dog is too stupid to learn, or by clapping a party hat on the dog’s head, giving the dog a kind, “Good dog!” Say, and take a bow, stiletto-heeled through the last pile of pits, hoping none of her television viewers saw her?

Of course, Victoria Stilwell wouldn’t be a famous dog trainer if she didn’t succeed in teaching dogs 67 times in a row by asking dogs to go outside to milk their owners.

Dog Bite Prevention Week Old dogs never learn.

But when it comes to teaching pit bulls and their many fighters to show off or how to cut their losses from the Insurance Information Institute, American Humane Society, American Veterinary Medical Association and State Farm, the story seems remarkably different. Dog Bite Prevention Week since 67 years without a single reduction in dog attack fees.

“U.S. insurers will pay more than $1 billion in dog-related claims, increasing by double-digit percentages in 2021,” Insurance Information Institute’s Janet Ruiz said in April. 6, 2023.

Is a 28% increase in fees “growth”?

The 2.2 percent decrease in dog bite and dog-related injury claims by 2022 highlights the trend toward educating dog owners to take responsibility for their beloved pets, Ruiz said.

“Unfortunately, the total cost of these claims will increase by 28 percent to $1.13 billion by 2022,” Ruiz said, adding that the average cost per claim will increase by 32 percent to $64,555.

The goal of Dog Bite Prevention Week is to reduce premiums by the non-50-company Insurance Information Institute and State Farm, the largest U.S. home insurance market.

But if fire prevention campaigns are equally effective, one might think that Emperor Nero burning Rome and Mrs. O’Leary’s cow burning Chicago would do better.

The 2.2% decline in claims represents a 10% decline in the American pit bull population

In the year A 2.2 percent decrease in dog bite and dog-related injury claims by 2022 reflects a 10 percent decrease in pit bulls in the U.S. by 2022. Animals 24-7 A survey of dogs offered for sale or adoption at the start of “puppy season” summer dropped from 5.8% of the US dog population to 5.2%.

(See what we found by counting 1,122,465 dogs over the weekend.)

The rate of fatal dog attacks is increasing rapidly, from 42 in 2018, to 49 in each of the next two years, to 56 in 2021 and to 63 in 2022, compared to US dog attack deaths.

Of these deaths, 33 were killed by pit bulls in 2018 and 2019, 38 by pit bulls in 2020, 45 by pit bulls in 2021, and 42 by pit bulls in 2022. In 2022, 12 deaths were recorded due to attacks by dogs. They could be pit bulls.

The stupidest dog in the world

The world’s dumbest dog, Victoria Stilwell, who couldn’t teach her to ask to go outside, presumably, might have picked up on that trend.

Especially since it’s not new.

The Insurance Information Institute reported during Dog Bite Prevention Week 2021 that “the number of dog-related injury claims decreased 4.6% compared to last year” to 16,991, “and the amount paid for these claims increased 7.1%—a record high.

The Insurance Information Institute added, “The average claim payment was $50,245 in 2020, up 12.3% from $44,760 in 2019.

In general, the By 2021, the U.S. insurance industry’s payouts for dog attacks have increased 21 percent over three years, totaling $179 million, while the number of claims is declining.

A growing upheaval

Currently, the US insurance industry’s claims for dog attacks have doubled in five years.

None of this comes as a surprise to anyone, especially the geeks who compile actical charts.

In the year An estimated 611,000 dog bite victims per year in the US in 1960, according to the original Dog Bite Week literature, gradually increased to 4.5 million in 2000, a fact that Dog Bite Prevention Week media has not updated in 23 years.

From 1956 to 1960, US dog attack deaths have increased more than 30 times, from an average of two per year.

Pit bulls were euthanized about once a year, when pit bulls made up less than 1% of the US dog population, according to research going back to classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption. Animals 24-7 Using NewspaperArchive.com resources.

Pit bulls are not mentioned again

Ruiz concludes, “The Insurance Information Institute is celebrating National Dog Bite Prevention Week (April 9-15) this year with the American Humane Society, American Veterinary Medical Association, Positively Victoria Stilwell and State Farm.

But, as always, none of the hoopla dared to mention the pit bulls who accounted for more than two-thirds of the dog attacks for the forty-first year in a row, resulting in above-average payouts, those Animals 24-7 Since 1982, it has been recorded as deadly and infamous.

Seven recommendations

National Dog Bite Prevention Week literature offers seven tips to “reduce the chance of a dog bite.”

Specifically, “dog owners are advised to: know your dog’s aggression triggers, keep your dog safe at home if the dog is persistently upset with visitors, and “start training your dog early,” which is not applicable if the dog is taken from a shelter or rescue as an adult.”

National Dog Bite Prevention Week literature adds, “Pedestrians and other dogs encountering strangers: Never approach a barking, growling, or fearful dog.” Ask the dog’s owner’s permission before petting their dog, and “Avoid leaving children 10 and under alone with dogs.

All good advice, but all these tips combined, by Animals 24-7 In the year Since 1982, more than 12,000 dog attacks have resulted in more than 9,000 human attacks, as have pit bulls and identified pit bulls, which have been unable to prevent many deadly and embarrassing attacks by sterilizing the dog population.

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