Thanks, this is a mistake a lot of people make. Not all dogs will attack you if you stare at them. But, dominant dogs take the stare especially personal. To them it is a challenge. To most animals a direct stare is a challenge. If a man just sat there and stared right in your face for an extended period of time you would think " what does this guy have a problem"? This is magnified when done to a dog, because they do not have the ability to think about a situation like a human does. A human might say " this is not worth the trouble" or, "I would kick that guys ass and do not want to be arrested etc etc". While a dog would act on instinct alone.
Many dog attacks occur due to humans taunting the animal through a fence or poking and pulling on it beyond the dogs tolerance level. You hear about these children being attacked by labs and collies. You never hear about how the parents left the child alone with the dog. How the child poked the animal in the eye one time to many times,causing it to attack. How would you like some kid crawling all over you and poking you in the face for hours on end. Pulling your hair and talking one inch from your face.Screaming in your ear and laying all over you. A dog cannot tell a child to stop. It cannot push it away with its hands. It is an animal.That is why there should be supervision at all times when a child is playing with a dog. You look into these attacks closely, and the owners of the attacking dogs are to blame about 98 percent of the time. Lack of socilazation, neglect (work and busy life),abuse,letting the dog get bored, never training it, leaving it alone with small children etc, etc. There are those crazy rogue dogs that go bananas for no reason. But, they are few and far between. Like the ratio of normal humans to stone crazy ones,same deal.
99 percent of attacks could be prevented 
