Ed Frawley Administrator Reg: 07-11-2001
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Saw a show on Nat’l Geo last night where a guy was testing bite power of various animals. They had a shutzhund sleeve wired to measure grip power. They used three dogs, each got two bites.
Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Unfortunately, just a minor twist of the dog's neck at the time of the bite can askew the test results.
It's very difficult to get an accurate measure of a dog's biting pressure, hence we get those idiot urban myths of "the pit bull has a bite strength of 2000 lbs per square inch" and other such foolish statements...
Diana Matusik Webboard User Reg: 04-27-2004
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Also varies on the individual.. now if they took a large sample from each breed, say 1000 of each and then had EACH dog take several bites (two is a good start, but more is better), taking the average of each dog and then averaging the whole breed, maybe then it'll be more truthful. A larger sample will work out a lot of the variables, at least to the point where they're negligible.
3,000 dogs is kind of tough to gather up.. even if they did 100 of each breed, or even 10 there would probably be more certainty.
Did they mention the background on these dogs, by any chance?
I don't think a schutzhund style sleeve would appropriatley measure the pressure. If the sensor is in the middle, you would be getting what the front of the mouth is registering.
Another factor that makes a HUGE difference in the bite pressure is the frustration level before the bite. I've been working with a dog that gets a bite reward for attention to handler. The longer the exercise takes (before the bite) the more my legs pay. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
well, it's true there are too many variables... but don't you guys think this result physically makes sense though?! Larger head would allow larger muscle, which means more base to generage power. And according to the theory of leverage, longer muzzle will need more jaw power to apply pressure to clamp down. Therefore, rottie will be the #1 on this, pit and gsd will be pretty close.
Rotties just bite harder <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The whole thing is flawed. Who knows the quality of the dogs involved. I have taken bites from dogs with big heads that couldn't bite for nothing. So you can toss that theory out.
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