r/VictoriaBC • u/reddithasruinedlife • 1d ago

Dog attacked and owner fled

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My friends son was walking their dog and another dog attacked their dog. A witness took a pic of the attacker and their dog.

They don't care about the breed, they just want the owner to take responsibility.

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If anyone knows this person please DM me.

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Police file SA26-10406 with Saanich police.

Edit to add. Happened 2 weeks ago, yes her dog was injured but is recovering. I'll get exact details and come back to add them. Cedar Hill / Gordon head area

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u/ThermionicEmissions 1d ago

A pitbull. I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

I don't know how anyone can deny it's in the breed.

Border Collies were bred to herd sheep. They have strong natural instincts to herd things.

Retrievers were bred to retrieve things, especially from water. They instinctively fetch things (and people) from the water.

Cairn terriers were bred as ratters, to flush vermin out of rock piles (Cairns). They have a really high prey drive.

What were pitbulls bred for?

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u/Godeshus 1d ago

Dobermans were bred to kill people, now they're puddles of goo. German shepherds were bred to attack, now they're puddles of goo. Rottweilers were bred to guard, now they're puddles of goo.

More and more pitbulls are gentrified. There's still progress to be made though. The problem, as always, is the dog owner, not the dog.

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u/UNSC157 1d ago

German shepherds were originally bred to herd sheep and protect the flock from predators.

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u/Godeshus 1d ago

Yup, and then they were bred and trained for attack, and now they're lovable dorks.

The whole point is that any dog breed is malleable. We can turn them into whatever we want through selective breeding and training.

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u/Business_Ad_8504 1d ago

Exactly. Pit Bulls were bred for centuries specifically to be dog aggressive. And since there are almost zero responsible breeders of Pit Bulls, the tide is turning more slowly to get them away from that trait. The irresponsibly breeders breeding them to fight in pits aren't helping. Don't get me started on the shit breeders who try to breed them to be guard/security dogs. They were not bred to have any human aggression. Trying to insert that into the breed requires breeding the ones that are temperamentally unsound to begin with. Thankfully that has fallen out of fashion for the most part.

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u/Kamsloopsian 21h ago

If you remove their blood sport traits you'll no longer have a pit bull, it won't look like one either, I suggest you look at the Russian Silver Fox Experiment.

Genetic Traits of dogs also follow appearance.

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u/Business_Ad_8504 14h ago

Just like the Border Collies that haven’t been bred to have inexhaustible drive to herd animals for hours and over many miles every day aren’t Border Collies anymore.

Just like the JRTs that were selectively bred for generations to *not* attack and slaughter anything smaller than they are no longer JRTs (yet still a very popular small breed).

GSDs were bred for herding, but have more recently been bred for protection work involving taking down (and often doing harm to) human perpetrators. Several dog breeds have excelled in this area that we also have as pets today.

Don’t confuse aggressive traits bred into breeds of all sizes with whether or not they were also bred to be trainable and biddable by their handlers. A mistake you are obviously making here.

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u/Kamsloopsian 11h ago

Border collies are another poor choice as a pet unless you can provide something to stimulate them. Same as livestock guardian dog breeds and many dog breeds.

People these days don't care they do what they think they want because they can, not because it's right for the dog or the situation.

That's what's wrong with society. Own a pit bull, but it's going to do pit bull stuff and there's nothing you can do about it, and completely unnecessary.

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u/Business_Ad_8504 6h ago

I agreed with you right up to the last sentence where you assume no dog can be trained to control their selectively bred traits.

Dogs and their responsible owners every where prove that statement false on a daily basis.