Yes, even thieves can hit them too.
This is a funny clip of a thief that hid in a swamp and got himself up close and personal, too up close and personal to his liking, with a 60 kg Rottweiler. Though the actual biting/clawing is not shown, we can still hear the terror in the guy's screams. Probably his nuts are being threatened by the dog.
Hit the jump to see the video.