Are there actually any stats for dog bites though? The KC told me there weren't.

I do agree though that there are possibl;y more instances of bites from the breeds you mentioned, but I wonder if that is because more people own them in general, more people with children own them, and people are complacent with them because they expect them to be placid/biddable.

I've had a phone call from a woman who had had a Bull Mastiff PTS as it had bitten her children. Because of that, she wanted a Golden Retriever puppy. Maybe her dog didnt' bite her children because of anything they had done, but I doubt it, and I wasn't prepared to take the risk with one of my pups.