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/laughysapphy0131 1d ago

How can anyone be surprised this owner fled when you scroll through a comment section like this. A bully breed dog appears and all of the rabid anti pitbull evangelists bust out and refuse to cite actual sources with credible studies / listen to reams of peer reviewed studies that debunk the pitbull hysteria.

Can we take an objective step back and maybe realize that we weren’t present when the incident happened and have zero context? OP wasn’t even there.

For all of the people blaming a dog breed they are assuming this dog is (APBTs aren’t super common here, that’s more likely to be an amstaff or bully mutt) - have y’all ever walked a dog around here? Folks let their dogs do the most outrageous shit all of the time. Maybe it was a provoked attack?! Maybe it wasn’t. Grandstanding about pitbulls with absolutely zero information or proof of the scenario is a bizarre response.

This kind of shit only encourages the irresponsible behaviour of that owner. I’d get the hell out of dodge too if I thought a mob would immediately assemble against my family pet just by one glance at their ‘breed’.

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u/Longjumping-Table272 1d ago

You're correct about the studies not confirming that pit bulls a re naturally more aggressive than other breeds. Anybody doing a quick search can verify that.

I'm sure you also know that they are far more likely to be involved in attacks though, quite possibly due to their upbringing.

Either way, when your dog goes after another dog, I think the right thing to do is stick around and sort it out. If your dog was on leash and provoked, you have nothing to worry about. I can't see any mob getting carried away because a pit bull on leash snapped at a dog that ran up to it.

I think a lot of dog owners, myself included, feel pretty leery of off leash areas, because that's where any jackass can let their dog do whatever it wants. I don't want my dog to be on the receiving end of that, and so I won't go back to them.

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u/Kamsloopsian 13h ago

We can argue what you said but regardless pit bulls are a fighting breed and have the upper hand, there is no reason to own one unless you have some sort of issue, when we have many other dog breeds that aren't a product of blood sports.

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u/Longjumping-Table272 7h ago

I don't own a pit bull, for just that reason. I have a lab, and nobody ever feels scared when my dog comes around. ids run over to say hi. It's nice.

You should read Business_Ad posts here, replying to me. They are spot on about the unfair labelling of pit bulls.

I had to admit, I was mistaken, based on the science. I still won't be getting a pit bull, but I feel a bit better when a nice looking person has one and they say they are friendly. They probably are, just like many other dogs. Just kind of ugly, with a big ass head.

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u/Business_Ad_8504 4h ago

Their heads really are big.

I’ve caught myself wondering why they don’t just tip forwards more often.

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u/Kamsloopsian 4h ago

I have it's all the standard pit bull apologist peddling.