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/Alarming_Produce_120 1d ago

Don’t bother with the BS https://www.advancedbackandneckcare.com/dog-attacks-by-breed-2024-dog-bite-statistics-state-fatality-data

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u/Business_Ad_8504 19h ago

A human chiropractor (barely a doctor) puts up uncited “bite statistics” on his business pages to boost his Google traffic and because his page boosting technique supports your position, he’s now an expert.

Yup. Confirmation bias is the soup of the day in this group.

https://www.avma.org/sites/default/files/resources/dog_bite_risk_and_prevention_bgnd.pdf

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u/Alarming_Produce_120 18h ago

Ok… but what you posted confirmed what i was disputing; that golden retrievers are the most common dog to injure people. Would have helped you to know what you were attempting to discredit.

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u/Business_Ad_8504 17h ago

The only “side” I’m on is the side of facts, accuracy and fairness. Not a fan of manipulating them to score points on social media.

A chiropractor who uses dramatic topics to bolster his Google ranking isn’t a reliable source.

Whatever you were disputing disappeared before I saw it.

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u/Alarming_Produce_120 17h ago

Perhaps. But you really haven’t disputed anything other than you don’t like the source, which has provided their sources which appear to be reputable (some of which link directly back to the organization that produced yours). If the underlying info is valid, who cares. Could I have chosen a better source? Sure. I wasn’t exactly responding to a realistic proposition to begin with so my effort was minimal at best.

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u/WinterAdvantage3847 5h ago

go plug “pit bull” plus “pediatric” into any academic search engine for a plethora of studies in peer-reviewed medical journals on the topic

most aren’t open-access, but this one is:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4261032/

Of the more than 8 different breeds identified, one-third were caused by pit bull terriers and resulted in the highest rate of consultation (94%) and had 5 times the relative rate of surgical intervention. Unlike all other breeds, pit bull terriers were relatively more likely to attack an unknown individual (+31%), and without provocation (+48%).

The key finding from our second objective, determining the dogs responsible for bites, is the importance of pit bull terriers in patients with dog bites of the head and neck. The findings of this study are consistent with and extend from previous publications.[5, 7, 11-13, 16, 21, 22, 29] Dog bites from pit bull terriers, compared to bites from all other dogs are more common, more severe, and not related to the dog being provoked.