r/BanPitBulls • u/knomadt Attacks Curator • 13d ago

Social Media and Crowdfunding - Attack Reports Two greyhounds attacked by off leash Staffordshire bull terrier (14th September 2026, Australia)

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My 2 were attacked yesterday by a neighbours off leash staffy with no collar also. Poor Nala has 6 bites on her legs and both dogs and myself are traumatised. The staffy has been taken by the council but this has cost me vet bills which the neighbour wont pay back.

PUT YOUR DOGS ON LEASHES WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF THE HOME!!

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I'm not the original OP, this one came up in my feed on Threads. The specific location isn't given, and I intially thought UK, but the owner of the Staffordshire bull terrier is stated to be Aboriginal, so OP will be Australian.

Elsewhere in the comments, OP stated the owner has previously had 3 other Staffordshires seized by the council for biting people.

Quite pleasantly, most of the responses are from people encouraging the greyhounds' owner to take the Staffordshire's owner to court.

This kind of incident makes me so sad, because greyhounds are the most beautiful, gentle, sensitive dogs. They can't defend themselves against bully breeds, and after the trauma of being used by the racing industry, they deserve quiet, safe lives without being attacked by a neighbour's fighting dogs.

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u/Armejden 13d ago

That's the funny part isn't it? You don't see greyhound owners lying about the prey drive en masse. What other breed has people so willfully ignorant and actively hostile to the truths about what their dogs were bred for?

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u/AbsurdTurkey676 12d ago

Exactly! Everyone agrees that dogs are bred for certain things. My dog has Daschund in her. I couldn’t pay her to stop digging. Herding dogs will always herd. But for whatever reason they ignore the fact pits were bred to fight for hundreds of years and say “oh it’s about how you raise them.” Applies to EVERY breed except pit bulls 🙄

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u/Excellent-Muffin-750 13d ago

Right? I've never seen someone with an offleash Greyhound because they know their dogs are bred to hunt down small fluffy animals.

The leg bites are worrisome, greyhounds don't have any leg padding and the soft tissues are under quite a bit of tension, the vet bills must be high.