Dog bite prevention addresses the welfare of both dogs and humans by reducing bite incidents that lead to behavioral euthanasia.
Dogs that bite are frequently euthanized after single incidents, even when the bite was provoked or fear-based and preventable. Their welfare is harmed both by the experiences that drive biting and by the euthanasia that follows. Human education in canine stress signals prevents the majority of bites by enabling appropriate responses before biting escalates. Dogs that bite preventably die preventably.