Nearly 90 million dogs live in homes across America. While dogswill always be man's best friend, our pets are still animals withsometimes unpredictable instinctive behaviors, and accidents dohappen.

In 2011, there were approximately 4.5 million reported dogbites in the U.S., 800,000 of which were serious enough to requiremedical attention.

April 8-14 marks National Dog Bite Prevention Week.So State Farm has teamed up with dog trainer Victoria Stilwell andmembers of the National Dog Bite Prevention Coalition toeducate adults and children about ways to reduce dog-relatedinjuries.

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