It's National Dog Bite Prevention Week! There are many things that you can do to avoid dog bites, ranging from properly training and socializing your pet to educating your children on how, or if, they should approach a dog. Information is one of the best cures for this public health crisis.

Here is the AVMA page on Dog Bite Prevention. The photo above is not directly from the AVMA but
has some very common sense information.
http://www.avma.org/public_health/dogbite/default.asp