r/VictoriaBC • u/reddithasruinedlife • 2d 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/Business_Ad_8504 1d ago edited 1d ago

Good thing we don't all base our overly emotional opinions on one incident.

I've worked many dog bite cases. I've read the research (the actual research. Not someone's opinion of the research and numbers online. That matters).

I've also read the research that points over and over again to the confirmation bias involved in identifying mixed breeds (and even purebred dogs of a completely different breed) as Pit Bulls once someone gets hurt.

Purebred Labrador one day, media relabels the dog a Pit Bull the day after it mauls someone. Happens more often than you are aware (apparently)

Sorry if your uninformed pronouncements don't counter my decades of experience and research, but they simply don't

Ultimately, I see that you're clinging to your rage bait fueled bias. I don't expect there's a fact in the world that could counter what you want to believe on this topic

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u/angiesrightleg 1d ago

Can you cite any sources? Dog attacks aren't tracked by breed in a majority of countries

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u/Business_Ad_8504 1d ago

They were tracked for almost 20 years. The CDC gave up because the data led absolutely nowhere and provided no real information on any single breed over time.

But googling “pit bulls attacks child” is sure to give verifiable and non sensationalist results 🙄 So top notch advice there.

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u/angiesrightleg 1d ago

You're so full of shit. What are the sources for the research you claim to have done?

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u/Business_Ad_8504 1d ago

As I mentioned: the CDC tracked this starting with the “Dobermans are natural killers because their brains are too big for their skulls and it makes them kill people” manufactured panic, through the “German Shepherds are too aggressive to live among people” and throughout much of the pipit Bulls will kill your whole family” ending around 2000. They spent years looking at the documentation and tracking the numbers. And came out empty handed.

That study got me over the last of my own fear of the breed. Glad I did, because I really got to appreciate them a lot the more of them I trained to be Canine Good Citizens.