People bear an uncanny resemblance to their dogs

In one study, researchers studied 355 dog owners in Ohio, about half of whom owned a high-risk breed such as a pit bull, and found that 100% of people who owned a vicious dog had at least 1 run-in with the law (even if it was only a traffic citation). 30% of those who owned a high-risk dog and had failed to register it had felt the wrath of the law at least 5 times, whereas only 1% of owners of gentle, licensed dogs were 5-time convicts. The researchers say their results show that owning a socially deviant dog is itself a marker of social deviance.