Descriptive data on the number of biting incidents reported for dogs in 374 confiscated dogs.

Descriptive data on the number of biting incidents reported for dogs in 374 confiscated dogs, as counts and as % of column total for a first time frame (2008–2010, tf1), a second time frame (2020-mid-May 2022, tf2) and overall for both time frames. Pairwise comparisons between tf1 and tf2 revealed a significantly lower count for dogs confiscated after a first biting incident in tf2 (χ2 = 4.2, P = 0.04, df = 1, residual -2.1). We found a contrasting significantly higher count for dogs confiscated after ≥3 biting incidents in tf2 (42%) than tf1 (32%; χ2 = 4.6, P = 0.03, df = 1, residual 2.1). Note that the incident number includes the last incident that resulted in the dog’s confiscation.