Joseph, come on, that is not being a good boy. A quick check on my Bar Ilan CD shows that in those Rambams it is follwed by the word Ra, i.e., a dangerous dog, maybe a pit bull. In Nizkei Mamon (5,9) he says they are ok if on a leash. It seems clear that the only fear was that they are dangerous. In those times maybe that was true, as I believe I read that they were originally bread from wolves. Nowadays, most household dogs are quite safe.
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