Some people have their opinions and that's all they'll listen to...

Dogs can be downright dangerous pets. They have teeth, and the bigger they are the harder they can bite. An improperly trained, improperly housed, and improperly cared for dog can be a time bomb waiting to explode. A dog is capable of taking down a full grown adult, even more so a child or baby. Yet how many people let dogs play unsupervised with children?

(Not saying there's anything wrong with keeping dogs as pets, have two of them myself. )