Originally Posted by
ravenmore
I would say a lot of the dogs that have chased me (and there have been a lot) just wanted to play. I think the only pit out of all the dozens of dogs that has chased me on the bike wanted to play because she totally looked like I hurt her feelings when I yelled at her (whatever else she did stop immediately anyway). There have for sure been some that wanted to bite too though. Fortunately a lot of those weren't big enough to be a serious threat.
Yes, most probably won't bite. My lab-pit mix is the biggest baby most of the time, and gets his feelings hurt rather easily, especially if your tone of voice implies in the least that you're questioning his decisions at the moment.
However, I also saw him catch and kill a tree rat in about 3 seconds. It was like pulling a trigger when he went- there's no way he was veering off his predetermined course of action once he committed. I imagine most dog bites are like that...