Anyone ever heard this?

[Gracie, Jade, & Barkley]

My BIL who is a k9 trainer said that more people get bit by Labradors than any other breed. Mainly because more of the population owns Labradors so there are a higher percentage of labradors.

The second thing he said was that poodles are aggressive.

I've seen something about red poodles, but he seemed to think it was all. When I tried to say something he just brushed me off with sarcasm.

Thoughts?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I hate to disagree with your BIL, but there are statistics on dog bites, and they don't agree with what your BIL told you. I'm looking for a link right now.

[Gracie, Jade, & Barkley]

I disagree with him frequently. ;)

[Ginny Nightingale]

I can see the logic about labs, although I don't know of any personally that bite--the fact that there are so many of them would increase the total of labs in the bite count.  And poodles can be very devoted to their owners, but I doubt it comes down to biting people to protect them--this seems very odd to me--and I doubt it is any more than hearsay. No evidence.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Labs do account for a fairly high number of non-fatal dog bites inflicted upon children under the age of 17, mostly because as your BIL said, there are a LOT of them out there. They've been ranked #1 in popularity for a long, long time. 

The last study I saw on breeds involved in non-fatal bites to kids had "mixed breed" ranked number one, followed by German Shepherds. Labs may have been third, and Poodles were somewhere around #6. I do think popularity has a lot to do with this. There were toy breeds on that list as well.

However, when it comes to statistics on dog bite fatalities, Pit Bulls are in first place, followed by Rottweilers, and those two breeds alone account for something like 80% of the cases.

[Lynda Kamrath]

Don't believe either of these.  I would take his information with a grain of salt.

[F, Calla & Luca]

My son's standard poodle wouldn't,t bite you under duress but I knew a poodle I didn't trust. I don't think you can generalize.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

The key phrase here is, All dogs bite.

It is not just some, but all.  Some run, some bite, but if they cant get away from a ' situation' whatever that might be, they will bite. It is their only defense. 

Just my thoughts about biting 

[Gracie, Jade, & Barkley]

Those are my thoughts as well. I was surprised he was generalizing about the breeds, but he's probably biased with the main breeds he works with.

[Alisha T.]

http://www.9news.com/story/news/investigations/2014/11/10/dog-breed...

I'm not sure if this link works but it does put Labs as number one but poodles aren't on the top five.  It also states that just like your BIL said it has to do with the popularity of Labs.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

This study was only for a certain area of Colorado. I think the statistics might be a little different in other parts of the country, due to geographical differences in breed popularity. But it does seem fairly representative. Interesting that Chihuahuas made #4, lol. The most vicious dog I ever knew personally was my grandmother's Chihuahua. Fortunately, she was too small to hurt anyone, but she sure tried. :)

[Adina P]

Maybe he had a couple 'bad' poodles and he's generalizing. 

[Kaitee and Orwell]

Lab puppies are atrocious. I remember being deathly afraid of Bonny as a puppy when I was 7 years old. They are very mouthy... but they grow out of it. After that puppy stage, she never bit anything again. 

Orwell was pretty much the same way... he's mostly like a poodle, but he definitely had that lab puppy biting episode. 

My cousin said that the only dog that has ever bit her was a poodle and the poodle was pulling on the leash to get to its owner. 

I don't know. I just think it has to do with how the owner teaches the dog to react in certain situations.