Last Updated:Fri., Feb. 18, 2011, 11:11am

Tiny dogs major culprits behind record number of bites

 

"Lies.. all lies," says upper Eastside,Shih Tzus activist, Elvis. 

 

"First of all," Elvis said,"Who reports a Shih Tzus bite to the Board of Health? Sure I can see reporting a Rottweiler biting an arm off, but a Shih Tzu's nip?  Please."

When Elvis was asked about the reported aggressive behavior blamed on the way fashionable New Yorkers choose to cart them around while going shopping,  Elvis answered with a question, "Who hasn't bitten someone in Barneys?'
 

There were a record number of dog bites in the city last year -- with pint-sized Chihuahuas and Shih Tzus surprisingly among the top five culprits, The Post has learned.

The city's most vicious dog -- measured by the number of bites on humans reported last year -- was the pit bull, with 815 reported chompings. That's nearly a quarter of the 3,609 bites recorded in 2010, the highest annual number in the data provided by the Health Department.

The pit was followed by the Rottweiler, Shih Tzu, Chihuahua and standard poodle.

The aggression by little dogs can sometimes be blamed on the way fashionable New Yorkers choose to cart them around while going shopping or running errands.

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