A dog owner has been cautioned after his puppy got loose and scared a woman and her child, according to CRD Animal Control.
The RCMP said they were notified about the dog at approximately 4 p.m. on November 19th. The report said the dog was trying to bite a small child near the intersection of Glen Lake Road and Monnington Place in Langford.
According to Westshore RCMP, their officer arrived on the scene and saw the dog growling and lunging toward the pair. The woman had placed her child on the roof of a car to protect them.
Police say the dog had bit the woman’s rain boot but did not break the skin.
CRD Animal Control says the dog, an 8-month-old rottweiler, was likely displaying puppy tendencies and trying to play with the woman.
They also say that the woman and her child were playing with the dog prior to calling the police.
“Apparently these people were petting and playing with this dog,” chief bylaw officer Don Brown told Victoria Buzz. “The dog got overly playful.”
Brown says the RCMP officer was easily able to control the dog, and by the time Animal Control arrived the dog was cooperative and was taken to the impound.
CRD Animal Control was then able to contact the owner, who claimed the dog the next day and paid an impound fee and license fee.
The dog was also recorded in CRD Animal Control’s database with a dangerous dog caution. Brown says a further incident would designate the dog as dangerous.
“It’s still got some puppy tendencies but it’s also a very large dog, and it’s also unfixed, unneutered,” he said.
“We suggested to the owner that he do get it neutered and perhaps get some training for the dog.”
The owner was in the middle of a move and had asked a relative to look after the rottweiler, which Brown says may have made the dog anxious.
He added that the owner was cooperative with authorities, and says he personally thinks it is unlikely the dog will be the subject of a further incident.
