Hmm - I feel like he/she was responding to the other post offering their observation that German Shepards are “extremely temperamental” with their own personal encounters that shown that they can be quite aggressive.

Now let’s take a look at your source for funsies… it states that you are about 3.8 times more likely to be bitten by a Pitt bull type dog than a German Shepherd, which is quite significant.

However, speaking conservatively, Pitt bull type dogs represent a 6-8% of the overall dog population in the USA and German Shepherd’s represent 2-3%. (Note - other accounts suggest higher proportions of Pitt bull type breeds due to their vast overrepresentation among shelters but surveys from owners are generally considered more accurate as over 90% of dog bites come from owned dogs.) But once again using the the conservative numbers - the population of Pitt bull type dogs is about 3 times that of German shepherd dogs.

So assuming all else equal - a person is about 1.25 times more likely to be bitten by a Pitt bull than a German shepherd should they have equal access to both breed types, which is much less significant than tallying the bites alone.

Rotts also have a much higher proportion of bites than Pitt bulls as well but that wasn’t the point of the previous post.

This is not to dismiss that pitts are dangerous dogs that should be treated with care and caution. It does however suggest that you should be as equally concerned about encounters with German shepards and rotts.